IVF or ICSI?

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Dr. Marsel Haxhia

Which technique should be used during In-Vitro Fertilization: "Classic" Fertilization or Microinjection (ICSI)?! Most likely many are wondering if we are not talking about the same thing? In-Vitro Fertilization is one and what is the difference between these two terms. The moment has come when we talk about In-Vitro Fertilizatio...  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

Obstetric fistula

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Dr. Ilda Ndreko

Obstetric fistula is an abnormal communication with the vagina, rectum, or urinary bladder, which develops after a difficult and prolonged childbirth that leads to urinary and fecal incontinence. Vesico-vaginal fistulas are a communication between the vagina and the urinary bladder. Recto-vaginal fistulas are a communication betwee...  read full article

Thyroid tumors

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Dr. Riselda Tahiraj

Thyroid Carcinomas (TC) are rare (3.6% of all human tumors) but are the most common endocrine malignancies. Their incidence has increased in recent decades, attributed to the detection of carcinomas < 1cm through the use of neck ultrasound. The male-to-female ratio is 4/1. The average age at diagnosis is...  read full article

Genital Herpes

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Dr. Kozeta Mustafaraj

Genital herpes is primarily caused by the Herpes Simplex virus type 2 (HSV2) but in some cases can be caused by type HSV 1 (through oro-genital contact). Regardless of the type, the characteristics for both types remain indistinguishable from one another. Transmission of this virus is only through humans...  read full article

Myomectomy

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Dr. Elton Peci

Myomectomy is the term for the surgical procedure that performs the removal of uterine fibroids while preserving the uterus. This procedure can be done through open surgery (laparotomy - opening the abdomen) or through closed surgery (laparoscopy - which does not require opening the abdomen or hysteroscopy...  read full article

Echo-Endoscopy EUS

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Altin CEKODHIMA

Endoscopic ECO is a combination of echo and endoscopy to obtain images and information about the digestive tract, organs, and surrounding tissues. Endoscopy is a procedure where a flexible tube with a mini-camera is inserted through the patient's mouth or rectum to see inside the digestive tract...  read full article

Acute and chronic prostatitis

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Dr. Viktor QERESHNIKU

Prostatitis are diseases of the prostate gland infection that affect about 38% of sexually active men. The causes of the disease are still the subject of study, but it is accurate that bacterial infections are responsible for causing some types of prostatitis. Predisposing factors are thought to b...  read full article

In Vitro Fertilization

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Dr. Marsel Haxhia

Fertilization of mammalian eggs in vitro has a history that goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. Analyses of rodent embryos in short-term cultures opened a new research perspective in human embryos in vitro. This phase of research made in 1930 Pincus and his colleagues, Enzmann and Saunder...  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

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