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Surgery in Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Does fusion improve outcome in subgroups? A secondary analysis from a randomized trial (NORDSTEN trial)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background context: Patients with spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis are treated surgically with decompression alone or decompression with fusion. However, there is debate regarding which subgroups of ... -
Surgical debulking promotes recruitment of macrophages and triggers glioblastoma phagocytosis in combination with CD47 blocking immunotherapy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Surgical resection is a standard component of treatment in the clinical management of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). However, experimental therapies are rarely investigated in the context of tumor debulking ... -
Surgical resection of glioblastomas induces pleiotrophin-mediated self-renewal of glioblastoma stem cells in recurrent tumors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Glioblastomas are highly resistant to therapy, and virtually all patients experience tumor recurrence after standard-of-care treatment. Surgical tumor resection is a cornerstone in glioblastoma therapy, but its ... -
Surgical site infection after hip fracture – mortality and risk factors: an observational cohort study of 1,709 patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background and purpose — Surgical site infection (SSI) is a devastating complication of hip fracture surgery. We studied the contribution of early deep SSI to mortality after hip fracture surgery and the risk factors for ... -
Surgical treatment and clinical outcomes in Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-12)Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) is defined as an anterior displacement of one lumbar vertebra relative to the vertebra below due to age-related changes. In clinical practice, DS are most commonly concomitant to ... -
Surgical Treatment of Distal Radial Fractures with External Fixation Versus Volar Locking Plate A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: The use of volar locking plate fixation (VLP) for unstable extra-articular distal radial fractures has increased in the last decades. External fixation (EF) is less frequently used. This change of surgical ... -
Surgical treatment of hip fractures in Norway. The Norwegian Hip Fracture Register
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-04-17)Each year in Norway, approximately 9,000 patients are hospitalised and operated on due to hip fractures (femoral neck fractures, trochanteric fractures, and subtrochanteric fractures). There are several treatment methods ... -
Surgical Treatment of Severe Bowel Obstruction as a Rare Complication Following Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
(Journal article, 2020)Gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease are common complications occurring after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), and contribute to a high degree ... -
Surgical treatment of shoulder instability in Norway. The Norwegian Shoulder Instability Register
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-02-12)Shoulder dislocation affects approximately 1300 person per year in Norway. The dislocation is normally caused by a fall on the outstretched arm. Many of the patients develop chronic recurrent instability, where the shoulder ... -
Surgical treatment outcome of children with neural-tube defect: A prospective cohort study in a high volume center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction Prevalence of neural tube defects (NTD) is high thus many children are born with a neural tube defect in Addis Ababa, and surgical closure is a commonly performed procedure at the pediatric neurosurgical ... -
Surgical vs conservative treatment of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw—A complex systematic review and meta-analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective The objective of this study was to compare the outcome of surgical and conservative treatment approaches for medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw. Study Design Publications in Medline, The Cochrane ... -
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2004-10-11)Background: Antimicrobial resistance is particularly harmful to infectious disease management in low-income countries since expensive second-line drugs are not readily available. The objective of this study was to implement ... -
Surveillance of molecular markers for antimalarial resistance in Zambia: Polymorphism of Pfkelch 13, Pfmdr1 and Pfdhfr/Pfdhps genes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12)Antimalarial resistance is an inevitable feature of control efforts and a key threat to achieving malaria elimination. Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of several species causing human malaria, has developed resistance ... -
Surveillance of multiple congenital anomalies; searching for new associations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Many human teratogens are associated with a spectrum of congenital anomalies rather than a single defect, and therefore the identification of congenital anomalies occurring together more frequently than expected may improve ... -
The surveillance of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Norway, February 2020 – May 2022 : Systems comparisons, risk factors and clinical course
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-04-26)Bakgrunn: I Norge ble tre ulike system for overvåking av pasienter innlagt i sykehus med COVID-19 opprettet for å overvåke alvorligheten av pandemien. Ett var en aggregert, manuell innrapportering om belegg ved sykehusene, ... -
Survey of ENT services in sub-Saharan Africa: Little progress between 2009 and 2015
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Background: A 2009 survey of ENT, audiology, and speech therapy services and training opportunities in 18 Sub-Saharan African countries reported that the availability of services was extremely poor, the distribution of ... -
A survey of Ethiopian physicians’ experiences of bedside rationing: extensive resource scarcity, tough decisions and adverse consequences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-14)Background Resource scarcity in health care is a universal challenge. In high-income settings, bedside rationing is commonly discussed and debated as a means to addressing scarcity. However, little is known about physicians’ ... -
A survey of occupational health in The Royal Norwegian Navy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008)Objective. The aim of this article is to describe possible risk factors in the work environment that can affect the health of staff of the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN). The article presents the main results from a subproject ... -
A survey of surgical team members' perceptions of near misses and attitudes towards Time Out protocols
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-09)Background: Medical errors are inherently of concern in modern health care. Although surgical errors as incorrect surgery (e.g., wrong patient, wrong site, or wrong procedure) are infrequent, they are devastating events ... -
A survey of total IgE reference intervals reported by Scandinavian and British medical laboratories – a need for harmonisation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objectives There appears to be marked discrepancies between total IgE reference intervals (RIs) in use by many laboratories and those recommended by published studies. The aim of this study was therefore to review total ...