Multiple pregnancy

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Dr. Elton Peci

The incidence of multiple pregnancies has been on the rise in recent decades. For example, in the period 1980 – 2005, the incidence of twins in the USA has doubled, while the incidence of triplets has increased 6 times. The first reason is that increasingly more females are planning pregnancy after the age of 30...  read full article

Freezing of embryos

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Dr. Elton Peci

With cryopreservation, we will understand the preservation of embryos formed during the in vitro fertilization process at very low temperatures (cryo). Cryopreservation is an alternative that has further increased the chances of success for pregnancy after a single IVF cycle. The first baby born after being frozen a...  read full article

Miscarriage

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Dr. Kozeta Mustafaraj

Abortion is the spontaneous (not induced) loss of pregnancy before the 20th week. About 10-20% of identified pregnancies end in spontaneous abortion, but the number of spontaneous losses is higher, as most pregnancies end before the woman herself knows she is pregnant...  read full article

Ultrasound during pregnancy

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Dr. Elton Peci

Ultrasound, or otherwise called ultrasonography, is a method for obtaining images of internal organs by sending high frequency sound waves into the body. These waves are recorded and presented as an image in real time. In the echo procedure, there is no ionizing radiation...  read full article

Aspirin and blood thinning

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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako

Since I have anemia and use Aspirin, does Aspirin worsen my anemia since it thins the blood? Of course, there is Dilutional Anemia, which occurs when the plasma volume increases without a proportional increase in the blood's cellular elements. There are a number of pathological conditions when the plasma volume increases (third trimeste...  read full article

Unicompartmental knee prosthesis

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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...  read full article

Pre-implantation genetic screening

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Dr. Elton Peci

PGD and PGS are terms used to describe testing an embryo for a specific genetic disease that it may inherit from the parents. PGD is usually the diagnosis of a single genetic defect in an embryo for couples who have only one genetic mutation and want to ensur...  read full article

Teratogenicity and medications

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Dr. Ilda Ndreko

Changes (damages) in the blood vessels (microangiopathy) - cause a hypoxic condition (insufficient oxygen supply) in tissues, which in turn leads to spontaneous skin damage, hinder the normal healing of wounds and infections...  read full article

Glaucoma

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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...  read full article

Menorrhagia

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Dr. Jonida Reveli

Menorrhagia is defined as regular menstrual cycles, but with increased flow and duration. It is one of the most common complaints in modern gynecology. Clinically, menorrhagia is defined as a total blood loss > 80 mL per cycle or menstruation lasting more than 7 days. According to statistic...  read full article

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