Clubfoot - Twisted foot or Pes equinovarus

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Dr. Ledian Fezollari

Parents now immediately know if their newborn has a clubfoot. Some know even before the child is born, if an ultrasound is done during pregnancy after week 16. A clubfoot occurs in approximately one in every 1,000 births, slightly more often in boys than in girls...  read full article

Treatment of Hepatic Cystic Echinococcosis

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Dr. Viktor QERESHNIKU

Until recently, the treatment of the liver echinococcosis disease was considered only surgical. In fact, the spontaneous finding of fully calcified liver cysts shows that after passing several stages, the disease has "self-healed" spontaneously even without any special medical treatment...  read full article

Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis

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Dr. Marsel Haxhia

Pre-implantation Genetic Testing as part of Assisted Reproduction Techniques (ART) is a technique used to identify genetic defects in embryos created before pregnancy begins. This is done with the help of Artificial Insemination or commonly known as IVF....  read full article

Biliary atresia

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Dr. Arjeta Bebeci

Biliary atresia is one of the main causes of cholestatic jaundice in neonates. It is a rare disease of the liver and biliary ducts that is encountered in newborns. Symptoms of the disease appear around two to eight weeks after birth. Hepatocytes produce bile which helps in the digestion of fats an...  read full article

Hyperferritinemia

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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako

I often write about the absence of Iron (absolute) identified with Hypoferritinemia, which is actually the biggest medical deficit and the most worsened, undervalued, and mistreated medical problem (everyone tries, but with nearly 100% failure). But today, I will write about the opposite, Hyperferritinemia, the increase in the level of ferritin in the blood...  read full article

Premature birth

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Dr. Ilda Ndreko

Preterm birth (PTB) is defined as the presence of uterine contractions with intensity and frequency that have a progressive effect on the dilation and shortening of the cervix before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Preterm birth is defined as the presence of 6-8 uterine contractions per hour or 4 uterine contractions every 20 minutes...  read full article

Nuchal Translucency

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Dr. Ilda Ndreko

Nuchal translucency is an ultrasonographic manifestation of the physiological accumulation of fluid in the skin behind the fetal neck during the first trimester of pregnancy. NT increases in fetuses with chromosomal anomalies, cardiac defects, and other genetic syndromes. Screening with NT detects 80% of fetuses with trisomy 21 and aneuploidy...  read full article

Acute and chronic prostatitis

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Dr. Viktor QERESHNIKU

Prostatitis are diseases of the prostate gland infection that affect about 38% of sexually active men. The causes of the disease are still the subject of study, but it is accurate that bacterial infections are responsible for causing some types of prostatitis. Predisposing factors are thought to b...  read full article

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

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Dr. Viktor QERESHNIKU

The prostate is a gland of the male sexual apparatus located below the urinary bladder and in front of the rectum. Traditionally, the prostate gland presents 4 lobes, but more often the subdivision according to McNeal is used, which states that the prostate consists of: Peripheral zone that constitutes about 70% of the prostate tissu...  read full article

Down Syndrome - Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis

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Dr. Elton Peci

Prenatal diagnosis is an integral part of maternal-fetal medicine which aims at the prenatal identification of various fetal diseases. Initially, its object was genetic diseases, chromosomal abnormalities, and fetal malformations. Later, its objectives were expanded with the detection of pre-eclampsia...  read full article

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