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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako
Hemoglobinopathies are inherited diseases, caused by the defective production of hemoglobin protein chains. This includes a large group of diseases, but the main and most common in our country are Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemias. They are most prevalent in the Mediterranean, South America, India, Africa, Caribbean...
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Dr. Ervin Jonuzi
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common problem for people after middle age. Osteoarthritis is often referred to as degenerative arthritis, or wear-and-tear arthritis. The hip, or the hip joint which is formed by the pelvis and femur bone, is one of the joints most affected by osteoarthritis...
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Dr. Shk. Rezar Rusi
The incidence of prostate cancer varies considerably from one country to another. Thus, in Asia, it is 1 in 100,000, whereas in Western Europe and America, it is 160 in 100,000 men. Developing countries have a low incidence. Until two decades ago, there were few diagnosed cases in Albania...
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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako
Leukemia (leucemia, leukosis) represents a heterogeneous group of malignant tumors (neoplasms), with varying degrees of proliferation, differentiation, and cellular maturation, originating from the precursor cells of the blood's formed elements in the Bone Marrow (BM). Leukemia is classified among the "liquid" tumors and differ...
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Dr. Tauland Qyrdedi
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the disease that causes demyelination in the Central Nervous System. This disease is prevalent in 500 thousand people in the USA and around 2.5 million worldwide. Other damages it manifests are axon damage, inflammation of the meningeal membranes (the membranes tha...
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Dr. Elton Peci
Cesarean operation is a surgical intervention which is recommended in cases where natural birth is not possible or when it presents a risk to the health / life of the mother and / or fetus. During this operation, through a 10 cm horizontal incision (the so-called Pfannestiel laparotomy) at the bottom of the abdome...
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Dr. Ervin PRIFTAJ
Knee prosthesis (knee arthroplasty) has proven to be a very effective tool in the surgical treatment of knee osteoarthritis for many years. Recently, the Unicompartmental Knee Prosthesis has also emerged as a possible option for some patients. The knee consists of three compartments: the medial compartment, the lateral compartment, an...
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Dr. Viktor QERESHNIKU
The thyroid is an endocrine gland located in the front part of the neck, below the "Adam's apple". It consists of two lobes (right and left) of equal size like two walnuts that are connected at the bottom center by a bridge called the isthmus. At the back of it are located 4 glands that are calle...
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Dr. Florentina Robelli
Glaucoma is a term that describes a group of eye disorders that have the common characteristic of increased pressure of the eye fluid (aqueous humour), which is called intraocular pressure. The intraocular pressure of the eye is measured in millimeters of mercury column. The normal values of intraocular pressure are 12-22 mmHg...
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Prof. Pellumb Pipero
There has been much discussion about the virus circulating from wild animals to humans in a food market in Wuhan, where wild animals were traded and manipulated. Initially, the night bats were falsely accused, but later it turned out that no night bats were ever traded in that market. Another wild animal, a pangolin, was also accused...
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