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Over the past decades, healthcare in the developed countries made major strides. Thanks to this progress, chronic joint diseases are successfully treated using advancements in medical science and the latest technologies. The Orthopedic Center in Munich East is considered one of the best hospitals in the world for the treatment...

Cervical cancer is a disease that can be diagnosed at its early stages unlike other oncologic pathologies if a woman has regular checks at a gynecologist. Cervical cancer does not arise from nothing. The oncologic process is preceded by precancerous conditions, which can be detected and cured in a timely manner. Sometimes, tens of years pass since the onset of precancerous changes in the epithelium of the cervix to appearance of the invasive cancer.

Ventral abdominal hernias are any defects of the abdominal wall fascia, except inguinal and hiatal hernias. Millions of surgeries for these conditions are performed worldwide each year. Most of them are carried out in an open manner, under visual control. But in developed countries, minimally invasive surgery is preferred, including laparoscopic and robot-assisted techniques.

According to its histological characteristics and course features, oral cancer is included in the wider group of "head and neck tumors" and comprises neoplasms of the tongue, cheeks, and gums. Oral cancer treatment aims to remove as much of the tumor and affected lymph nodes as possible, as well as destroy the remaining cancer cells with chemotherapeutic, targeted, and immunological drugs.

Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) is the type of congenital heart disease diagnosed in up to 3 of 10,000 newborns. The pathology may be detected even before the birth by means of expert fetal echocardiography. The abnormal structure of the heart and major vessels hampers a child’s physical activity and normal physical growth and development. 

Erectile dysfunction (impotence) is a disease, which makes it impossible to achieve a sufficient erection for sexual intercourse. This pathology can have many causes. Depending on the origin, erectile dysfunction requires different treatment approaches. In recent years, cell regenerative medicine has been developing.

In Germany, prostate cancer is treated in large multidisciplinary University Hospitals, which have the Departments of Urology and Oncology, as well as in specialized Competence Centers for treatment of prostate cancer and radiation therapy. The availability of robotic surgical systems, HIFU equipment, devices for 3D conformal...