This content is machine translated Prostate cancer NeuroSAFE: New surgical technique preserves erectile function A technique to improve the precision of prostate cancer surgery results in almost twice as many men retaining their erectile function compared to men who undergo standard surgery. The results...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Esophageal Cancer Place of radio(chemo)therapy in the multimodality setting. Esophageal cancer is a complex clinical picture. Interdisciplinary consultation and care of the patient are therefore useful. What is the place of radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy in multimodality treatment?
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Coxarthrosis “Common is common” In old age, complaints of the hip are a frequent reason for presentation to the family doctor. The earlier the correct diagnosis is made, the greater the treatment options. However,…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Meningiomas Update 2017 Surgery is the main form of therapy for meningioma, followed by radiotherapy. The latter is used for higher grade tumors, those with non-removable remnants, or for certain meningiomas in the…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Endocarditis prophylaxis for cardiac vitiation Management during non-cardiac surgery Infective endocarditis is an infection of the endocardium and particularly the valve leaflets with an annual incidence of 3-10/100,000 persons. With high mortality and morbidity, prevention strategies such as adherence…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 73rd Annual Meeting Swiss Society of Urology in Lugano The old patient on the operating table The number of seniors in need of surgery is steadily increasing. At the same time, however, the perioperative risk also increases markedly with age. This makes the surgical decision and…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated PCI according to the SYNTAX study Reason to adjust indications? Treatment of main-stem stenosis and multivessel disease by PCI is equivalent to bypass surgery when the syntax score is low. The complexity of coronary stenoses is crucial for the therapeutic…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Surgical revascularization for CHD OPCAB technique not better than bypass surgery with extracorporeal circulation. The use of the heart-lung machine (HLM) is considered the worldwide standard for surgical myocardial revascularization in combination with cardiac immobilization. Inflammatory reactions due to larger foreign surface area may…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pancreatic adenocarcinoma The “borderline resectable” tumors as a specific challenge. At ASCO-GI in San Francisco, one of the topics was pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The so-called “borderline resectable” tumors were of particular interest. It is up for discussion whether primary surgery is…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Aortic valve stenosis Catheter-based Aortic Valve Replacement – Useful for Which Patients? Catheter-based aortic valve replacement is an innovative treatment option for elderly and critically ill patients with aortic valve stenosis requiring surgery. Approximately 30-40% of these patients were previously not even…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Cardiac Surgery Humanitarian projects of the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery at Inselspital Aid projects have a long tradition at the Inselspital in Bern. Often the initiative of an individual is behind it. In the field of cardiac surgery, we have been training…
