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10.10.2023 | original article

Clinical results of acetabular fracture treatment with hybrid fixation by anterior and posterior approach

A minimally invasive technique

Acetabular fractures with a prevalence of 3 in 10,000 people are among the most serious injuries treated by orthopedic surgeons [ 1 ]. They are often associated with many complications and long-term physical disability [ 2 – 4 ]. The incidence of …

verfasst von:
associated professor Mohammad Qoreishy, Abdoreza Sajedi, Morteza Gholipour, Mona Gorji, associated professor Arash Maleki

Open Access 08.09.2023 | consensus report

Updated Austrian treatment algorithm for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer

Approximately 15% of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients have neither hormone receptors expression nor HER2 overexpression and/or HER2/neu gene amplification. This subtype of breast cancer is known as Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), and …

verfasst von:
Assoz. Prof. PD Dr. Rupert Bartsch, PD Dr. Gabriel Rinnerthaler, Univ. Prof. Dr. Edgar Petru, OA Dr. Daniel Egle, Univ. Prof. Dr. Michael Gnant, Assoz. Prof. PD Dr. Marija Balic, OA Dr. Thamer Sliwa, Univ. Prof. Dr. Christian Singer

Open Access 31.08.2023 | original article

Open surgical treatment of unicameral bone cysts

A retrospective data analysis

Surgical management of symptomatic unicameral bone cysts (UBC) warrants an ongoing discussion. As high intraosseous pressure by venous obstruction and enzymatic lysis are mostly considered responsible for UBC pathogenesis, modern approaches aim …

verfasst von:
Kevin Döring, MD, Géraldine D. Sturz, MD, Gerhard Hobusch, MD, Stephan Puchner, MD, Reinhard Windhager, MD, Catharina Chiari, MD

03.08.2023 | original article

Prospective use of molecular minimal residual disease for risk stratification in children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Long-term results of the AIEOP-BFM ALL 2000 trial in Austria

Since 1979 Austrian children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have been treated according to protocols of the Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (BFM) study group. The Associazione Italiana di Ematologia e Oncologia Pediatrica and BFM …

verfasst von:
Leila Ronceray, Michael Dworzak, Karin Dieckmann, Georg Ebetsberger-Dachs, Evgenia Glogova, Oskar A. Haas, Neil Jones, Karin Nebral, Reinhard Moser, Thomas Lion, Bernhard Meister, Renate Panzer-Grümayer, Sabine Strehl, Christina Peters, Ulrike Pötschger, Christian Urban, Georg Mann, Prof. Andishe Attarbaschi, MD, the Austrian Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster (BFM) Study Group

04.07.2023 | original article

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) has an impact on myeloma outcome: Lower HDL associates with worse progression-free survival

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant disease of the elderly. In the era of novel therapeutic approaches, these patients survive longer than in the past. To predict the disease’s outcome and manage the optimal treatment, International Staging …

verfasst von:
Işıl Erdoğan Özünal, MD, Emrah Kılıçaslan, Tayfun Elibol, Erman Öztürk

05.06.2023 | original article

Revisiting the Epworth sleepiness scale

Is excessive daytime sleepiness still a valid screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea in a population at risk?

Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), defined as sleepiness that occurs unintentionally during daily situations when an individual is expected to be awake and alert [ 1 ], is responsible for daytime working inefficiency and work-related and …

verfasst von:
Hrvoje Puretić, MD, Assist. Prof. Marijana Bosnar Puretić, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Gordana Pavliša, MD, PhD, Prof. Marko Jakopović, MD, PhD

Open Access 09.03.2023 | original article

Statements of Austrian hospices and palliative care units after the implementation of the law on assisted suicide

A qualitative study of web-based publications

In Austria, assisted suicide (AS) is regulated by the recently adopted federal Assisted Dying Act (Sterbeverfügungsgesetz, StVfG) Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt) BGBl. I Nr. 242/2021, which allows terminally ill people access to medically …

verfasst von:
Anna Kitta, MD, M.Sc., Franziska Ecker, MD, Elisabeth Lucia Zeilinger, M.Sc., PhD, Lea Kum, MD, Feroniki Adamidis, MD, Eva Katharina Masel, MD, Ph.D., MSc