Orthopedics refers to a field of medicine that deals with the treatment of congenital malformations, the prevention and therapy of chronic diseases, and injuries to the musculoskeletal system.
Orthopedic surgery has the expertise for the surgical treatment of the musculoskeletal system.
In recent decades, the number of cases treated in orthopedics has increased massively.
The number of people who train competitively or even play competitive sports is increasing every day. As a direct conclusion from these facts, the importance and position of sports medicine in society will continue to increase.
Treatment abroad is a necessity and a need for citizens of many countries in Europe and beyond.
Wiener Privatklinik is one of the oldest private hospitals and has a tradition of 150 years.
After treatment, patients from abroad at WPK also undergo check-ups, and online consultations are also possible through the WPK Online Healthcare Center.
Medical tourism is no longer unknown, especially in border regions around the world. However, the location itself is never too remote, but there are occasions when the procedure has to be carried out in one of the most prestigious clinics in the world, as the only way to healing.
Difficulty breathing means that the patient has the feeling that he is not getting enough air. Shortness of breath is a sensation between a subjective "should" and a possible "existing," i.e., that the patient may be short of breath (short of breath) even though many of the findings are not bad. Learn more here!
When you hear the word 'tumour' or, as doctors call it - 'tumour', you don't automatically think of cancer. The good news is that many tumours are actually benign, i.e. non-cancerous. But how do they differ and how can you tell if a lump, for example, is malignant or benign? More on that below.
Ulcerative colitis can be debilitating and sometimes lead to life-threatening complications. Although it has no known cure, there are ways to significantly alleviate the symptoms of the disease, which do not appear for long.
Today around 30% of patients that suffer from esophageal cancer are candidates for surgery. Learn all about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Esophagus Cancer here!
9 doctors of the WPK hospital in Vienna, rated in the top 10% scientists in the world by Stanford University
The best score was obtained by Prof. Univ. Dr. Siegfried Kasper, a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, who was placed in the top 0.2% of the world's scientists.
WPK offers the broadest range of therapeutic procedures for gynecologic cancers nationwide, including minimally invasive procedures, fertility-preserving treatments, sentinel lymph node procedures and radical surgery. Our expertise includes surgical and medical treatment of all stages and types of malignancies, including ovarian, endometrial, cervical and vulvar cancers.
According to a study around 1.7 million people die annually from lung cancer world-wide: Among the cancer-conditioned deaths the lung and bronchial cancer represents thus the most frequent cause of death!
Many people wonder what is actually treated in thoracic oncology clinics?
