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Joints disease are peculiar, their chronic nature and constant pain adds much suffering to a person’s life. Standard conservative therapy presupposes life-long administration of chondroprotectors (chondroitin, glucosamine) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Scoliosis is a disease developing mainly during childhood. Scoliosis is characterized with the frontal curvature of the spine and vertebrae rotation (turning). One may ask if scoliosis is a curable condition. Yes, the disease can be cured at  stages 1-2 with the help of conservative treatment. The angle of the curvature does not exceed 25°...

Kidney transplantation is the most effective method of treating terminal renal failure. In comparison with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, this type of surgery increases the patient's life expectancy by an average of 2 times. Transplantation is the main method of treating renal failure in children, because hemodialysis can...

According to the World Health Organization, osteochondroma is an osseous projection covered by a cartilage layer that arises on the external bone surface. Such neoplasms generally arise in the immature skeleton, i.e. in children and young adolescents. Debate still continues as to the benign or potentially malignant (pseudotumoral)...

The treatment of stomach tumors in foreign medical institutions attracts patients from countries with underdeveloped medical systems. This is due to the availability of innovative diagnostic and surgical equipment, as well as a wide range of drugs for chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy. The hospitals in Germany...

Oncological diseases in women, especially malignant conditions, include breast cancer and cancer of the genitals (cervical, endometrial, ovarian cancer). Together they take the first place among the causes of death in women of working age. Human papillomavirus infection might cause cervical cancer. It causes malignancy...

Alopecia is a pathological hair loss process, which can have many causes. There are 4 main types of baldness. It includes an androgenic, diffuse, focal and cicatricial alopecia. Each type has a different etiology, which is often difficult to diagnose. What is androgenic alopecia? This is a kind of alopecia, associated with an imbalance...

Robotic assisted technology is the latest breakthrough in neurosurgery. Robotic Surgery Assistance or ROSA as it is commonly called, is now being used at the University clinic in Frankfurt, Germany. The advantages of using robotic surgery is minimally invasive, less pain, small incisions, reduced blood loss, quick recovery ...