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Surface hydrophilicity: a key factor in developing bone tissue engineering constructs
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-02-16)Poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) (poly(LLA-co-CL)) meets many of the requirements of a scaffolding material for bone tissue engineering, such as adequate biocompatibility, degradability, and tunable properties. However, ... -
Surgery as a Principle and Technical Consideration for Primary Tumor Resection of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Small bowel neuroendocrine tumors (SB-NETs) are increasingly identified and have become the most frequent entity among small bowel tumors. An increasing incidence, a high prevalence, and a prolonged survival with optimal ... -
Surgery for colorectal liver metastases: the impact of resection margins on recurrence and overall survival
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-27)Background: Several reports have presented conflicting results regarding the association between resection margins (RMs) and outcome after surgery for colorectal liver metastases (CLM), especially in the era of modern ... -
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’ ...