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Medical
Second Opinion
Every day we have to make over a hundred decisions. The most challenging ones are about health. Can you trust your doctor’s diagnosis? What should be done if physicians could not find the cause of complaints, or the administered treatment is not effective? Is it safe to agree to an operation? One can seek advice from various sources. But when time is crucial, you can not afford to waste it on drifting in murky waters of unverified information. A more sensible choice is a remote consultation of a reliable expert, that is, a medical second opinion.
Considering an alternative method of treatment and a competent specialist's opinion could be helpful in a variety of situations. When you doubt a diagnosis or treatment recommendations. If it seems that the doctor is suggesting exams that are redundant in your condition, or, on the contrary, overlooking some important tests. In the case of a rare disease which is beyond the local doctors’ expertise. Whenever the current therapy is unsuccessful, a medical error is suspected, or a choice from several procedures or drugs has to be made.
You can get an unbiased reevaluation of the available data and find the best solution to your issue with the help of experts from the world’s leading hospitals. All that is needed to obtain another opinion are medical reports and study results.
The main benefits of our international second opinion service include:
- a remarkable portfolio of specialists in a wide range of conditions, capable of making correct diagnoses;
- a unique online platform which makes it possible to make an order and get the result from any country in the world;
- an experienced team providing continuous support throughout the whole procedure.
We ensure efficient assistance in most complicated health issues. It can help make the right decisions and gives confidence in getting over the disease.
ISSUES THAT WE HANDLE
Our doctors can help you with over a hundred health disorders. Your health problem will be resolved in the comfort of your home, avoiding the hassle of a waiting room or the costs of overseas travel. You will get your remote second opinion at a convenient time and in your preferred format.
OUR EXPERTS
We carefully select physicians for our medical expert team on the bases of their qualification, professional record and second opinion expertise. Your issue will be handled by world-class providers in accordance with high quality healthcare standards.
Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Therapeutic Oncology
Assoc. Prof., MD
Chief Physician, Gastroenterology Department, RKM 740 Medical Center, Duesseldorf
Neurosurgery
Neurology, Epileptology
Prof. Dr. med.
Medical director and managing partner «Beta Neurology» - Competence Center for Epilepsy, Beta Klinik Bonn, Germany
Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
Assoc. Prof., MD
Orthopedist and trauma surgeon, Center for Molecular Orthopedics, Dusseldorf, Germany
Diagnostic Radiology, Preventive Medicine
Mammology, Gynecological Oncology
Cardiology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, Immunology
Prof. Dr. med.
Cardiologist, Private cardiology clinic "Cardio Centrum", Dusseldorf
Cardiac Surgery
Prof. Dr. med.
Deputy Department Head & Head of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Section, Heart, Thorax-, Transplantation- and Vascular Surgery Department, Hannover Medical School
Otolaryngology and Allergology
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.
Medical Director of the University Hospital Erlangen, Head of the ENT and Head and Neck Surgery Clinic
Cardiology, Internal medicine
Prof. Dr. med.
Head of the Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Clinic Preventicum, Essen
Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Therapeutic Oncology
Prof. Dr. med.
Gastroenterologist, Gastroenterology Department, RKM 740 Medical Center, Duesseldorf
NEWS
Our service is constantly improving to meet the challenges of the times. In this section you can get the latest update on the most important company events, new services and specialists in medconsonline expert portfolio.
Our honored consultant team has been joined by an outstanding specialist in robotic surgery, prostate disease treatment and reconstructive urological surgery. Meet Prof. Jorn H. Witt, MD.
The General Meeting of the German Society of Neurosurgery elected Prof. Hans Clusmann, Director of the Neurosurgery Department at Aachen University Hospital, as its President.
Another experienced clinician has joined the provider team on medconsonline.com. Meet doctor Michael Mirkin, a heart disease specialist.
Blog
We keep you informed on the latest healthcare events and trends, share relevant information on various health conditions and tell you about the benefits and advantages of remote second opinion consultations.
A study by Berlin scientists has convincingly shown that a negative multiparametric MRI of the prostate is reliable evidence of a very low risk of carcinoma development. If an experienced radiologist finds no signs of malignancy on such scans, regular follow-up can replace biopsy.
A Dutch study suggests that CDK4/6 inhibitors can be administered as second-line therapy in patients with advanced hormone-dependent and HER2-negative breast cancer without decreased survival, but with fewer side effects. The scientists reported about it in the journal Nature.
Patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer may benefit from supplementing chemotherapy with the administration of pembrolizumab. This was supported by the results of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
FAQ
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What is a Second Opinion?
A Medical Second Opinion is the practice of getting an expert opinion on a diagnosis or recommended treatment. A doctor who offers a Second Opinion Service gets the results of tests already done and opinions written by other doctors for analysis. On…
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What are the advantages of the Second Opinion?
Despite progress in the standardization of health care processes, algorithms for diagnosis and treatment of most diseases involve alternatives. One physician's choice of one method or another is not always optimal in terms of other options.…
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Why an International Second Opinion?
The International Second Opinion not only provides reassurance that the diagnosis is correct, but also a suggestion for alternative treatments that may be more appropriate to the case. Doctors in different countries traditionally follow a certain…
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Second opinion and telemedicine: what's the difference?
Telemedicine is the remote delivery of medical services using telecommunications and information technology. For example, special home devices can transmit a number of vital parameters to a doctor located at a considerable distance from the …
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