Treatments

Intensive care medicine deals with the diagnosis and therapy of life-threatening diseases and conditions. It is closely linked to emergency medicine, as intensive medical measures are used to maintain vital functions. First

A spinal cord anesthesia is called epidural anesthesia. It is one of the regional anesthesia procedures.

In a bone marrow transplant, bone marrow and thus stem cells are transferred to restore regular blood formation. A bone marrow transplant is usually indicated if the blood-forming cell system is the result of a tumor

Modern dentures suitable for everyday use are currently made from the highest quality and most body-friendly materials that have been developed so far. The result is a perfectly customized denture.

Wound drainage is mostly used in postoperative wound care. They are also helpful as an additional aid in the care of chronic wounds. Wound drainage allows blood and wound secretion to drain and pulls the edges of the wound together. So

With the neutral-zero method, the orthopedic surgeon evaluates and documents the range of motion of a joint using a three-digit code that is indexically valid and can be traced back to the insurance industry.

Palpation refers to touching and corresponds to one of the oldest and most fundamental examination methods. The best known palpation is that of the arteries to measure the pulse rate. But organs or tissue structures are also touched to

Retina implants can, to a certain extent, take over the function of the photoreceptors destroyed by retinal degeneration in severely visually impaired or blind people, provided that the optic nerves and visual pathways of the brain are functional. Ever

Dentistry has been practiced for more than three thousand years, as the ancient Egyptians used it successfully. What is dentistry? What range of treatments does it offer? And what examination procedures are there in dentistry

The term pharmacokinetics encompasses all processes to which drugs are subject in the body. It is about how the body affects the drugs. The influence of the active ingredients on the organism is, in contrast, called

In-vitro fertilization is also known as fertilization in the glass and corresponds to one of the most important methods of artificial insemination, in which the doctor removes egg cells from a woman under hormonal stimulation, which are placed in a test tube with the

Vascular surgery eliminates disorders and diseases of the blood vessels, for example vascular stenoses or varices, through conservative (non-invasive) or surgical therapies. It is a branch of surgery. A commonly performed operation

Instead of sounds, a speech audiogram reproduces human speech through headphones. These can be words or numbers that are repeated. The speech audiogram is an important way of examining hearing disorders and is used in

Toxicology is the study of toxins and the associated research and treatment of poisoning. This particularly refers to the health-damaging effects that individual chemical substances have on living things

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) as a non-invasive imaging method is mainly used in medicine. The different reflection and scattering properties of different fabrics form the basis of this method. As

Oncology refers to the scientific and medical specialty that deals with tumor diseases, i.e. cancer. This involves both basic research and the clinical sub-areas of prevention, early detection and diagnostics

Academic pathophysiology is a medical sub-area within pathology. It deals with the teaching of pathological changes in body functions (pathology) as well as changes in the body (physiology) of a living being. The medical one

Cardioversion is the restoration of a normal sinus rhythm and frequency in the presence of a serious cardiac arrhythmia. In the vast majority of cases, cardioversion is intended to cause atrial fibrillation

There are now numerous different methods of contraception. The most popular are the birth control pills and condoms, but the IUD is also used regularly in women. In addition to advantages, however, there are also risks

Cardiology is a specialty of medicine that is particularly concerned with the research, treatment and healing of heart diseases. It is therefore literally referred to as the “doctrine of the heart”. To be a cardiologist you have to