This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Dysphagia – Upside-Down Stomach An upside-down stomach, also called a thoracic stomach, is relatively rare. Mostly older people are affected, but not exclusively. It often takes a long time before the correct diagnosis is…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Dynamic compression system for keel chest A novel conservative treatment method for children and adolescents The keel breast (chicken breast, lat. Pectus carinatum [PC]) is the second most common congenital deformity of the anterior thoracic wall in children and adolescents after funnel chest. It is…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer. Slow but steady progress Epithelial ovarian carcinoma is a heterogeneous group of carcinomas that have different etiology, genetics, and thus biological prognosis. In advanced stages (IIB-IV), the standard therapy remains maximal cytoreductive therapy, weighing…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Scars A diverse appearance requires targeted therapeutic approaches Scars can be outwardly disfiguring and can negatively affect a person’s self-esteem. They differ not only in shape, size and elasticity, but also in their cause. Some, such as the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated 10 years GIST Group Switzerland GIST – a life with cancer Since 2004, the patient organization “GIST Group Switzerland” (www.gist.ch) has been supporting patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) and their families. This year’s annual meeting offered a special program for…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated 100 years SGDV/SSDV “We don’t have any worries about new recruits”. This year, the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology celebrates its 100th anniversary. During the annual congress in Montreux, a book on the history of the professional society was presented*,…
