Extended pregnancy

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Dr. Ilda Ndreko

Extended pregnancy or post-term is defined as a pregnancy that lasts more than 42 weeks or 294 days, starting from the first day of the last cycle in a woman who has a regular menstrual cycle. When we have the first day of the last uncertain, irregular menstruation, a woman who uses oral contraceptives or who has bleedin...  read full article

What is pain?

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Dr. Ilir Agastra

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described as such. Several very important concepts are hidden in this definition: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience. Unlike other sensations such as sight, hearing, smell, taste...  read full article

3D & 4D Fetal Ultrasound

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Dr. Elton Peci

Most ultrasounds during pregnancy are performed using conventional 2-dimensional (2D) scanning, during which the image displayed on the screen is only 2-dimensional. These images are in grayscale, although sometimes, the doctor can change the color of the photo through this technologically advanced equipment...  read full article

Melanoma

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Daniela Xhemalaj

Melanoma is a unique and dangerous form of moles. Melanoma is the most serious and deadliest type of skin cancer. Although they make up the smallest percentage of skin cancers, they cause the highest number of deaths...  read full article

Morphological ultrasound

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Dr. Elton Peci

Now most pregnant women undergo an obstetric ultrasound check between weeks 18-22 of pregnancy. The purpose of the check in weeks 18-22 is to see if the child is developing normally. Usually, this is called the fetal morphology ultrasound check or the fetal anomaly check...  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

Embryo development

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Dr. Armona Vokrri

Embryo development begins a few hours after fertilization. Typically, the first division begins approximately 16 hours after fertilization. The fertilized egg divides into two daughter cells called blastomeres. On the 2nd day of life, the embryo normally consists of 2 or 4 blastomere cells. On the 3rd day of life, the embry...  read full article

Tubal infertility

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Dr. Elton Peci

In a proportion of infertile couples, infertility is tubal in origin. This means the Fallopian tubes are blocked or do not function properly. The damage is usually caused by the formation of scars or adhesions that can occur as a result of pelvic endometriosis, various surgeries (cesarean section deliver...  read full article

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

Diabetic wounds

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Dr. Tauland Qyrdedi

One of the most common complications of Diabetes are hard-to-heal wounds. The numerous factors that increase the likelihood for diabetics to have wounds, which can later become infected, include: Changes (damages) in the blood vessels (microangiopathy) - cause a hypoxic condition in tissue...  read full article

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