Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Engesæter, Lars B."
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Bacterial Findings in Infected Hip Joint Replacements in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis: A Study of 318 Revisions for Infection Reported to the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register
Schrama, Johannes Cornelis; Lutro, Olav; Langvatn, Håkon; Hallan, Geir; Espehaug, Birgitte; Sjursen, Haakon; Engesæter, Lars B.; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)High rates of Staphylococcus aureus are reported in prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA patients are considered to have a high risk of infection with bacteria of potentially oral or dental ... -
Cemented or uncemented hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture? Data from the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register
Kristensen, Torbjørn; Dybvik, Eva Hansen; Kristoffersen, Målfrid Holen; Dale, Håvard; Engesæter, Lars B.; Furnes, Ove; Gjertsen, Jan Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background A displaced femoral neck fracture in patients older than 70 years is a serious injury that influences the patient’s quality of life and can cause serious complications or death. Previous national guidelines ... -
Cognitive impairment influences the risk of reoperation after hip fracture surgery: results of 87,573 operations reported to the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register
Kristoffersen, Målfrid Holen; Dybvik, Eva Hansen; Steihaug, Ole Martin; Kristensen, Torbjørn; Engesæter, Lars B.; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Gjertsen, Jan-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background and purpose — About one-fourth of hip fracture patients have cognitive impairment. We investigated whether patients’ cognitive function affects surgical treatment, risk of reoperation, and mortality after hip ... -
Complications after intramedullary nailing of femoral fractures in a low-income country. A prospective study of follow-up, HIV infection, and microbial infection rates after IM nailing of 141 femoral fractures at a central hospital in Malawi
Young, Sven; Banza, Leonard N.; Hallan, Geir; Beniyasi, Fletcher; Manda, Kumbukani G.; Munthali, Boston S.; Dybvik, Eva Hansen; Engesæter, Lars B.; Havelin, Leif Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10)Background: Some surgeons believe that internal fixation of fractures carries too high a risk of infection in low-income countries (LICs) to merit its use there. However, there have been too few studies from LICs with ... -
Countrywise results of total hip replacement. An analysis of 438,733 hips based on the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association database
Mäkelä, Keijo T.; Matilainen, Markus; Pulkkinen, Pekka; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Engesæter, Lars B.; Furnes, Ove; Overgaard, Søren; Pedersen, Alma Becic; Kärrholm, Johan; Malchau, Henrik; Garellick, Göran; Ranstam, Jonas; Eskelinen, Antti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Background and purpose: An earlier Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) report on 280,201 total hip replacements (THRs) based on data from 1995–2006, from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, was published in 2009. The ... -
Do direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) cause delayed surgery, longer length of hospital stay, and poorer outcome for hip fracture patients?
Leer-Salvesen, Sunniva; Dybvik, Eva Hansen; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Husebø, Bjørn Liljestrand; Dahl, Ola Einar; Engesæter, Lars B.; Gjertsen, Jan-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose The perioperative consequences of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hip fracture patients are not sufficiently investigated. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether DOAC-users have delayed surgery ... -
Failure rate of cemented and uncemented total hip replacements: register study of combined Nordic database of four nations
Mäkelä, Keijo T.; Matilainen, Markus; Pulkkinen, Pekka; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Engesæter, Lars B.; Furnes, Ove; Pedersen, Alma B; Overgaard, Søren; Kärrholm, Johan; Malchau, Henrik; Garellick, Göran; Ranstam, Jonas; Eskelinen, Antti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Objective: To assess the failure rate of cemented, uncemented, hybrid, and reverse hybrid total hip replacements in patients aged 55 years or older. Design: Register study. Setting: Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association ... -
Hemiarthroplasties after hip fractures in Norway and Sweden: A collaboration between the Norwegian and Swedish national registries
Gjertsen, Jan Erik; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Leonardsson, Olof; Engesæter, Lars B.; Kärrholm, Johan; Furnes, Ove; Garellick, Göran; Rogmark, Cecilia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05)National registration of hemiarthroplasties after hip fractures has been established in both Norway and Sweden. We aimed to investigate differences in demographics, choice of implant selection, surgical approaches, and ... -
Hoftelidelser hos barn og unge- utredning og behandling av senfølger.
Halvorsen, Vera Baasland; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Röhrl, Stephan Maximillian; Engesæter, Lars B.; Nordsletten, Lars; Terjesen, Terje; Furnes, Ove; Hallan, Geir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020) -
Increased risk of revision for infection in rheumatoid arthritis patients with total hip replacements. A study of 390,671 primary arthroplasties from the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association
Schrama, Johannes Cornelis; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Dale, Håvard; Hallan, Geir; Overgaard, Søren; Pedersen, Alma B; Kärrholm, Johan; Garellick, Göran; Pulkkinen, Pekka; Eskelinen, Antti; Mäkelä, Keijo; Engesæter, Lars B.; Fevang, Bjørg-Tilde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background and purpose — Medical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has changed dramatically over the last 15 years, including immune modulation. We investigated the risk of revision for infection after primary total ... -
Increasing but levelling out risk of revision due to infection after total hip arthroplasty: a study on 108,854 primary THAs in the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register from 2005 to 2019
Dale, Håvard; Høvding, Pål; Tveit, Sindre M.; Graff, Julie B.; Lutro, Olav; Schrama, Johannes Cornelis; Wik, Tina Strømdal; Skråmm, Inge; Westberg, Marianne; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Hallan, Geir; Engesæter, Lars B.; Furnes, Ove (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background and purpose — Focus on prevention, surveillance, and treatment of infection after total hip arthroplasty (THA) in the last decade has resulted in new knowledge and guidelines. Previous publications have suggested ... -
Increasing Resistance of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Total Hip Arthroplasty Infections: 278 THA-Revisions due to Infection Reported to the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register from 1993 to 2007
Lutro, Olav; Langvatn, Håkon; Dale, Håvard; Schrama, Johannes Cornelis; Hallan, Geir; Espehaug, Birgitte; Sjursen, Haakon; Engesæter, Lars B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-09)We investigated bacterial findings from intraoperative tissue samples taken during revision due to infection after total hip arthroplasty (THA). The aim was to investigate whether the susceptibility patterns changed during ... -
Increasing risk of prosthetic joint infection after total hip arthroplasty. 2,778 revisions due to infection after 432,168 primary THAs in the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA)
Dale, Håvard; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Hallan, Geir; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Furnes, Ove; Overgaard, Søren; Pedersen, Alma B.; Kärrholm, Johan; Garellick, Göran; Pulkkinen, Pekka; Eskelinen, Antti; Mäkelä, Keijo; Engesæter, Lars B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-10)Background and purpose: The risk of revision due to infection after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) has been reported to be increasing in Norway. We investigated whether this increase is a common feature in the Nordic ... -
Increasing risk of revision due to deep infection after hip arthroplasty. A study on 97,344 primary total hip replacements in the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register from 1987 to 2007
Dale, Håvard; Hallan, Geir; Espehaug, Birgitte; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Engesæter, Lars B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12)Background and purpose: Over the decades, improvements in surgery and perioperative routines have reduced the incidence of deep infections after total hip arthroplasty (THA). There is, however, some evidence to suggest ... -
Infection after primary hip arthroplasty. A comparison of 3 Norwegian health registers
Dale, Håvard; Skråmm, Inge; Løwer, Hege Line; Eriksen, Hanne M.; Espehaug, Birgitte; Furnes, Ove; Skjeldestad, Finn Egil; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Engesæter, Lars B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-12)Background and purpose: The aim of the present study was to assess incidence of and risk factors for infection after hip arthroplasty in data from 3 national health registries. We investigated differences in risk patterns ... -
Influence of Hospital Volume on Revision Rate After Total Knee Arthroplasty with Cement
Badawy, Mona; Espehaug, Birgitte; Indrekvam, Kari; Engesæter, Lars B.; Havelin, Leif Ivar; Furnes, Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Background: The number of total knee replacements has substantially increased worldwide over the past ten years. Several studies have indicated a correlation between high hospital procedure volume and decreased morbidity ... -
Low infection rates after 34,361 intramedullary nail operations in 55 low- and middle-income countries. Validation of the Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) Online Surgical Database
Young, Sven; Lie, Stein Atle; Hallan, Geir; Zirkle, Lewis G.; Engesæter, Lars B.; Havelin, Leif Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-12)Background: The Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) supplies intramedullary (IM) nails for the treatment of long bone fractures free of charge to hospitals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Most operations ... -
Operating room ventilation-Validation of reported data on 108 067 primary total hip arthroplasties in the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register
Langvatn, Håkon; Bartz-Johannessen, Christoffer; Schrama, Johannes Cornelis; Hallan, Geir; Furnes, Ove; Lingaas, Egil; Walenkamp, Geert; Engesæter, Lars B.; Dale, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Rationale, aims, and objectives: The true effect of laminar airflow (LAF) systems on postoperative infection is disputed, partly due to uncertainty regarding the validity of ventilation data in register studies. The aim ... -
Outcome of 881 total hip arthroplasties in 747 patients 21 years or younger: data from the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) 1995-2016
Halvorsen, Vera Baasland; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Engesæter, Lars B.; Nordsletten, Lars; Overgaard, Søren; Pedersen, Alma B.; Kärrholm, Johan; MOHADDES, MAZIAR; Eskelinen, Antti; Mäkelä, Keijo T.; Röhrl, Stephan Maximillian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-19)Background and purpose — The literature is scarce on the outcome of the youngest patients with total hip arthroplasties (THAs). We analyzed register data, revision risk, and related factors in patients 21 years or younger ... -
Posterior approach and uncemented stems increases the risk of reoperation after hemiarthroplasties in elderly hip fracture patients
Rogmark, Cecilia; Fenstad, Anne Marie; Leonardsson, Olof; Engesæter, Lars B.; Kärrholm, Johan; Furnes, Ove; Garellick, Göran; Gjertsen, Jan Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Background — Hemiarthroplasties are performed in great numbers worldwide but are seldom registered on a national basis. Our aim was to identify risk factors for reoperation after fracturerelated hemiarthroplasty in Norway ...