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Deep brain stimulation helps severely depressive patient
A team of neurosurgeons at Heidelberg University Hospital and psychiatrists at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim have for the first time successfully treated a patient suffering from severe depression. The experts stimulated the habenula, a tiny nerve structure in the brain. The 64-year-old woman, who had suffered from depression since age 18, could not be helped by medication or electroconvulsive therapy. Since the procedure, she is for the first time in years free of symptoms. More
Better outlook on glaucoma
If the internal pressure in the eyes is too high, the aqueous fluid doesn't flow properly. Surgery to enlarge the eye channel is often risky. But a new, less-invasive method is changing the outlook on glaucoma. Using a micro-catheter, doctors insert a tiny tube into the eye to dilate the channel. The fluid can drain properly, and the internal pressure drops off. Watch the report in Deutsche Welle’s TV health show In good shape. Deutsche Welle is Germany's international broadcaster, producing TV, radio and Internet programming in 30 languages.
Heart surgery: clear vision through blood
With the new Angiocam an old dream of cardiovascular surgeons will come true, namely to see through blood with sufficiently high resolution. Using an infrared laser for illumination, the new endoscopic vision system allows surgeons to directly view vessel walls and cardiac structures from the inside. The novel technical concept of Angiocam Infrared Vision Systems, a company founded by the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronics Systems, will promote progress in minimally invasive surgery. It is aiming at guiding cardiac operations such as mitral valve repair, closure of septal defects, or endovascular stenting of the severely diseased thoracic aorta, as well as procedures in interventional cardiology. The Angiocam is currently tested in clinical studies and said to be introduced later this year.
New imaging technology for surgery
A new imaging technology allows surgeons to perform operations more safely and with greater situational awareness. The technology of Munich-based company SurgicEye will first be applied to surgical procedures related to breast cancer. According to SurgicEye, freehand SPECT provides minimally invasive access to the lymph node and offers 3D data directly during surgery. This is said to promise shorter operation time, smaller scars, and less trauma/morbidity. Freehand SPECT is currently introduced in two clinics in Germany and Italy.
Help for HIV patients
Unfortunately, HIV patients in developing countries have much less of a chance to get adequate treatment than patients in developed nations. This is partly due to the lack of an established medical infrastructure. With the help of portable technology from German company Partec this might change, however. In order to treat HIV successfully the illness must be monitored closely. To do that the number of so called CD4 cells needs to be counted in the patient’s blood about four times a year. This can be done with Partec’s CyFlow Counter. It can check more than 100,000 cells in less than one minute. Also, the price for such a blood test is well below other methods. That is why many governmental as well as non-governmental health organizations use the counter. In 2008 more than 2.5 million tests were done.
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