This content is machine translated Multiparametric MRI in prostate cancer. A means to increase diagnostic accuracy Can multiparametric MRI be used in triage to avoid unnecessary prostate biopsies in some individuals and more targeted biopsies in others? According to the results of a British study published…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated General Internal Medicine Update Refresher From the penis pump to the “blue pill With the introduction of PDE5 inhibitors in the late 1990s, the treatment of erectile dysfunction experienced a breakthrough. However, ED is not an isolated phenomenon. It may be a manifestation…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated General Internal Medicine Update Refresher Sexually transmitted diseases in Switzerland – Status 2017 After HIV has lost much of its terror in recent years, the Swiss are once again taking more risks in their sexual behavior. Contraception is gladly dispensed with once in…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Prostate cancer in old age If “man” gets old enough, prostate cancer is almost inevitable Prostate cancers are very common in older men. The clinical presentation varies widely. In principle, older men can also benefit from treatments.
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Prostate Cancer News Diagnostics and therapy of today – what is possible, what is new? Patient counseling is becoming increasingly important in prostate cancer. Diagnosis and therapy should be based on medical appropriateness and not primarily on medical options. In the case of carcinoma, up…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Video advanced training St. Claraspital Video: Minimally invasive rectal surgery From now on, you will find a specific monthly online training course with approximately 20-minute training videos on Medizinonline, which will be realized in cooperation with the Claraspital in Basel.…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Genital precancerous lesions Human papillomaviruses as the most important risk factor In cases of chronic genital symptoms and exclusion of infectious causes, early biopsies should be taken to exclude genital precancerous lesions. Lichen sclerosus should be considered a facultative precancerous condition.…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated What are the options? Surgical therapy of urinary incontinence in women and men Urinary incontinence is common and the level of suffering is often unrecognized. Urinary incontinence needs to be further de-tabooed. Urinary incontinence should be rationally clarified and primarily treated conservatively. Surgical…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Cancer as an occupational disease What occupational activities increase the risk of bladder cancer? Carcinogens that enter the body through respiration or with food are filtered out by the kidneys into the urine and temporarily stored in the bladder. There, the carcinogens can act…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated From urinalysis to USPIO MRI Diagnostic options in urothelial carcinoma The basis of diagnosis in urothelial carcinoma is urethrocystoscopy, bladder irrigation cytology, and computed tomography with excretion phase. Image-enhancing techniques increase the diagnostic accuracy of urethrocystoscopy and thus may improve…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Do not forget to stop smoking Current therapy of bladder carcinoma Most bladder cancers are non-muscle invasive, so the bladder can be preserved. Because of the risk of recurrence, invasive tumor follow-up is required for years. After cystectomy with urinary diversion,…
