Olaf P Jungmann, Wolfgang Schöps, Wobbeke Weistenhöfer, Martin Forchert, Klaus Golka
{"title":"[When must the suspicion of an occupational disease or urological sequelae of an occupational accident be reported? : Legal background, medical obligations and course of the procedure].","authors":"Olaf P Jungmann, Wolfgang Schöps, Wobbeke Weistenhöfer, Martin Forchert, Klaus Golka","doi":"10.1007/s00120-022-01939-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00120-022-01939-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physicians are obliged to report the suspected presence of an occupational disease to the German Social Accident Insurance Institutions or to the state authority responsible for occupational health and safety. In the field of urology, tumors of the urinary tract are the most common, followed by the less common renal cell cancer and mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis; however, for such a suspicion to arise at all, sufficient knowledge of urological occupational diseases must be present and the occupational or work history over the entire training and working life since the beginning of employment must be collected. In daily life the notification often fails at this point. In addition to the legal foundation and the principal course of the procedure, this article explains how a relevant comprehensive medical history by means of questionnaires can contribute to the fact that neither too many or all tumor diseases are unreflectedly reported, nor that occupational diseases are overlooked due to the lack of a medical history or detailed knowledge (or fear of this). Urological sequelae of accidents are often not adequately appreciated in the primary process or may take a long time to develop. In this case reporting the aggravation of the consequences of the accident is essential.</p>","PeriodicalId":319655,"journal":{"name":"Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"1186-1196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40381937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Occupational cancer of the urinary tract-incidence, reporting behavior, and administrative procedures].","authors":"M Zellner, O P Jungmann, W Schöps","doi":"10.1007/s00120-022-01942-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00120-022-01942-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tumors of the urinary tract are among the most common types of occupational cancer. A significant proportion of about 5-15% may be of occupational etiology. Suspicion of an occupational genesis is subject to mandatory reporting. However, epidemiological analyses show that the number of reports received by accident insurance companies and employers' liability insurance associations is significantly lower than expected. Finally, the economic and administrative effort in surveying a patient's occupational history hinders adequate reporting. By routinely and systematically using a structured questionnaire as part of clinical routine in our hospital, a significantly improved detection of justified suspected cases (from about 4.8% to about 67% of the theoretically expected value) has been achieved since about 2006. In addition to improved medical care and adequate compensation for recognition as an occupational disease, disease-related care is subject to extra-budgetary remuneration in Germany (UV-GOÄ).</p>","PeriodicalId":319655,"journal":{"name":"Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"1179-1185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40586654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olaf P Jungmann, Wolfgang Schöps, Wobbeke Weistenhöfer, Martin Forchert, Klaus Golka
{"title":"[Erratum to: When must the suspicion of an occupational disease or urological sequelae of an occupational accident be reported? : Legal background, medical obligations and course of the procedure].","authors":"Olaf P Jungmann, Wolfgang Schöps, Wobbeke Weistenhöfer, Martin Forchert, Klaus Golka","doi":"10.1007/s00120-022-01965-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00120-022-01965-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":319655,"journal":{"name":"Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"1197"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40658892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Pharmaceutical residues in aquatic compartments : Status quo and perspectives].","authors":"H-P Lipp, A Lipp","doi":"10.1007/s00120-022-01934-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00120-022-01934-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Meanwhile, more than 600 different pharmaceuticals have been detected in surface water, with diclofenac, ethinylestradiol and cotrimoxazole as the frequently dominating substances. The highest concentrations of parent compounds, metabolites and transformation products were measured particularly in urban wastewater discharges, in liquid manure from animal husbandries and aquaculture facilities; however, the levels of certain psychopharmaceuticals and estrogen effective substances in surface water have been associated with behavioral changes and reproduction toxicity in fish species. As a consequence, in the near future measures must be implemented that noticeably reduce the discharge of pharmaceuticals into the environment. With respect to drinking water, the currently detected concentrations of active agents have so far not been found to reach toxicologically relevant concentrations for human beings. In contrast, swimming and bathing in receiving waters can be critical.</p>","PeriodicalId":319655,"journal":{"name":"Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"1208-1216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40378964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isabel Leuchtweis, Christer Groeben, Luka Flegar, Aristeidis Zacharis, Martin Baunacke, Christian Thomas, Marcel Schmidt, Andreas Schneider, Daniela Schultz-Lampel, Björn Volkmer, Nicole Eisenmenger, Johannes Salem, Johannes Huber
{"title":"[Outpatient before inpatient treatment?-Reality of care and economic analysis for minor urological interventions in Germany between 2013 and 2018].","authors":"Isabel Leuchtweis, Christer Groeben, Luka Flegar, Aristeidis Zacharis, Martin Baunacke, Christian Thomas, Marcel Schmidt, Andreas Schneider, Daniela Schultz-Lampel, Björn Volkmer, Nicole Eisenmenger, Johannes Salem, Johannes Huber","doi":"10.1007/s00120-022-01873-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00120-022-01873-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although outpatient provision of services is economically desirable, many minor urological interventions in Germany are currently carried out on an inpatient basis. The aim of our study is to investigate whether the current health policy framework contributes to more outpatient treatment.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We used a sample of 4.9 million anonymous, insured persons representative according to age and region provided by the Institute for Applied Health Research (InGef GmbH). We report extrapolations for the number of outpatient and inpatient services throughout Germany between 2013 and 2018. In addition, we performed an economic analysis for two selected interventions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the study period, the total number of prostate biopsies declined from 184,573 to 174,558 cases. The share of outpatient biopsies declined continuously by 0.9% per year from 81% to 76% (p < 0.001). For botulinum toxin injection into the bladder, the total increased from 15,630 to 26,824 cases. The share of outpatient treatments increased by 2.7% per year from 3% to 19% (p = 0.01). For the other examined interventions (insertion of suprapubic urinary catheters, the insertion, removal, and changing of ureteral stents, cystoscopies and urethral dilatation), there were no significant changes in the share of outpatient procedures.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The significant increase of outpatient botulinum toxin injections shows the successful control effect through adapted remuneration options. A shift to the inpatient sector was observed for prostate biopsies. This may be due to higher hygienic standards and technical requirements for MRI fusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":319655,"journal":{"name":"Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany)","volume":" ","pages":"1229-1236"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9636086/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40582555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}