Parasites and zoonotic bacteria in the feces of cats and dogs from animal shelters in Carinthia, Austria.

Due to their close associations with humans, dogs and cats can be important reservoirs for zoonotic pathogens. In the current study 200 fecal samples of dogs (n = 70 samples) and cats (n = 130 samples) from animal shelters in Carinthia, southern Austria, were examined for the presence of parasites (fecal flotation and larval migration assay) and selected bacteria. Overall, 17.

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy: an update.

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a safe therapy and there are only a few side effects known (such as pain during ESWT and minor haematomata), but no severe complications are to be expected if it is performed as recommended.Contraindications are severe coagulopathy for high-energy ESWT, and ESWT with focus on the foetus or embryo and focus on severe infection.The effect mechanism of ESWT is still a component of diverse studies, but as far as we can summarize today, it is a similar process to a cascade triggered by mechano-transduction: mechanical energy causes changes in the cellular skeleton, which provokes a reaction of the cell core (for example release of mRNA) to influence diverse cell structures such as mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, intracellular vesicles, etc.

The impact of an algorithm-guided management of preoperative anemia in perioperative hemoglobin level and transfusion of major orthopedic surgery patients.

The aim of this study was to evaluate a laboratory-guided therapeutic algorithm of preoperative anemia. 335 patients with elective hip or knee arthroplasty were included in this retrospective before-after study. Group I (n = 101) underwent conventional preoperative procedures before algorithm implementation.

The use of inflammatory markers as a method for discharging patients post hip or knee arthroplasty.

Background: Complications after orthopaedic surgery have a substantial impact on resources, including the financial resources of the health-care system. Early detection of patients developing complications, thus excluding those patients without complications should have a major impact on patients' management.

Methods: We evaluated the prognostic value of blood levels of inflammatory markers (interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, total white blood cell count) for complications after primary hip and knee arthroplasty in a routine setting, and their impact on patient management.

Long-term results of the cementless ALLOCLASSIC hip arthroplasty system using a 28-mm ceramic head: with a retrospective comparison to a 32-mm head.

One hundred twenty-four total hip arthroplasties in 119 patients, all performed with the cementless ALLOCLASSIC hip arthroplasty system (SL stem and CSF cup; Centerpulse, Winterthur, Switzerland), were analyzed retrospectively. In all hips, a 28-mm head and an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene inlay were used. Of the 124 hips, 81 could be investigated clinically and radiologically after an average of 150.