Publications by authors named "U Hammer"

Background: Structure and process parameters are not sufficient for adequate quality assurance in specialized palliative home care (SAPV). Asking the patients and their relatives for their assessment is crucial. A focus group in Jena, Germany, developed the quality assurance in specialized palliative home care (QUAPS) questionnaire for this assessment of outcome parameters, which was tested in two studies.

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Purpose: To assess the efficacy of ocriplasmin in patients with vitreomacular traction (VMT) syndrome <1,500 μm with or without a full-thickness macular holes of <400 μm.

Methods: In this study, a retrospective analysis of 10 eyes of 10 patients with VMT who were treated with ocriplasmin between December 2014 and January 2016 was performed. Ocriplasmin 0.

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Introduction: Complex retinal arterial macroaneurysms (RAM) are often accompanied by hemorrhage and/or affect the macula. We evaluated the effect of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy using ranibizumab or aflibercept with or without laser photocoagulation in the treatment of macular edema due to RAM.

Methods: A case report of two patients with secondary macular edema caused by RAM is presented.

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The external examination after death requires knowledge in forensics/pathology, dermatology, as well as associated diseases and age-related alterations of the skin. This article highlights some findings with forensic evidence versus dermatological findings. The lectures in forensic medicine should be structured interdisciplinarily, especially to dermatology, internal medicine, surgery, pathology, and toxicology in order to train the overlapping skills required for external and internal postmortem examinations.

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Background: Clinical forensic medicine does not only entail examination of patients after physical violence but also the option of clinical autopsies, e.g. after non-notifiable complications of medical interventions, after fatalities closely following medical interventions or fatalities as a result of injuries when the public prosecutor decides not to order a medicolegal autopsy.

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