• Rheumatoid arthritis

    Inflammatory disease of the joints.

  • RING CURETTE

    Surgical instrument used to remove tissue.

  • Risk stratification

    Estimation of risk.

  • Rooms

    Cleanliness of the room - Politeness of the staff who cleaned the room - Room temperature - Noise level in the room and the vicinity of the room

  • ROTATOR CUFF

    Group of four muscles in the shoulder essential for the stability and mobility of the shoulder joint.

  • Rupture

    Tissue tear.

  • Satisfaction rate

    The five response categories (very bad, bad, moderate, good, very good) are converted into a scale value between 0 - 100. The mathematical average of the data set is then specified based on that.

  • Sciatic nerve

    Largest peripheral nerve in the human body. Starts near the third lumbar vertebrae and runs down both legs. The pain syndrome involving the sciatic nerve is called sciatica.

  • Scintigraphy

    Medical imaging. This involves introducing radioactively marked substances into the body, which then accumulate in the organ under examination. It also provides information about the function of the organs. Exposure to radiation is generally lower than with comparable x-ray examinations.

  • Scoliosis

    Sideways curvature of the spine and twisting of individual vertebrae.

  • Secondary hypertension

    Causes of high blood pressure are known.