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Optimal duration of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis in total hip arthroplasty: new evidence in 55,540 patients with osteoarthritis from the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) group
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background and purpose — The recommended optimal duration of the thromboprophylaxis treatment in total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients has been a matter of debate for years. We examined the association between short (1–5 ... -
Optimal surgical approach for digestive neuroendocrine neoplasia primaries: Oncological benefits versus short and long-term complications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The rising incidence and the accumulating prevalence of neuroendocrine neoplasia (NEN) in the population makes this a common, prevalent and a clinically relevant disease group. Surgical resection represents the only ... -
Optimization of receptor occupancy assays in mass cytometry: Standardization across channels with QSC beads
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Receptor occupancy, the ratio between amount of drug bound and amount of total receptor on single cells, is a biomarker for treatment response to therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. Receptor occupancy is traditionally ... -
Oral Mucosal Lesions and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Persons Attending a Dermatology Clinic in Khartoum, Sudan
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-11-08)Background: The mucous membrane of the oral cavity is the site of many neoplasms, reactive processes, infections and manifestation of systemic diseases. Lesions in the oral mucosa may be the primary clinical feature or the ... -
Orthopaedic surgeons' ability to detect pathologic hip fractures: review of 1484 fractures reported to the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-04)Background: The proximal femur is the most common location of metastases in the appendicular skeleton. Data on pathologic hip fractures, however, are sparse despite it is the most frequently operated pathologic fracture. ... -
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery in Low-Income Countries. Follow-up, Infections and HIV
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-01-31)This thesis is based on three published papers about complications after intramedullary (IM) nailing of fractures of the long bones in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The first two studies were register studies ... -
Oslo government district bombing and Utøya island shooting July 22, 2011: The immediate prehospital emergency medical service response
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-01-26)Background: On July 22, 2011, a single perpetrator killed 77 people in a car bomb attack and a shooting spree incident in Norway. This article describes the emergency medical service (EMS) response elicited by the two ... -
Osteoporosis as a Risk Factor for Distal Radial Fractures. A Case-Control Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)Background: Distal radial fractures occur earlier in life than hip and spinal fractures and may be the first sign of osteoporosis. The aims of this case-control study were to compare the prevalence of osteopenia and ... -
Outcome at 1 year in patients with femoral shaft fractures treated with intramedullary nailing or skeletal traction in a low-income country: a prospective observational study of 187 patients in Malawi
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background and purpose — Intramedullary nailing (IMN) is underutilized in low-income countries (LICs) where skeletal traction (ST) remains the standard of care for femoral shaft fractures. This prospective study compared ... -
Outcome of 881 total hip arthroplasties in 747 patients 21 years or younger: data from the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) 1995-2016
(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 ... -
The outcome of primary per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for treatment of achalasia: Norwegian single-center experience with long-term follow-up
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background and aims: Per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has become an established treatment for achalasia, but no Scandinavian studies with long-term follow-up exist. This study from a tertiary referral center in Norway ... -
Outcomes after treatment of distal radius fractures with a volar locking plate or an external fixator
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-08-19)Samandrag på norsk Bakgrunn Bruk av volare låseplater (VLP) i behandling av ustabile ekstra-artikulære distale radiusfrakturar (DRF) har auka dei siste tiåra samstundes som bruk av ekstern fiksasjon (EF) er mindre ... -
Outcomes of patients aged ≥80 years with respiratory failure initially treated with non-invasive ventilation in European intensive care units before and during COVID-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been commonly used to treat acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19. In this study we aimed to compare outcomes of older critically ill patients treated with NIV before and ... -
Overactive, aggressive, disruptive and agitated behavior associated with the use of psychotropic medications in schizophrenia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Evidence is limited for the associations between use of psychotropic medications and overactive, aggressive, disruptive or agitated behavior (OADA)1 in clinical practice. Aims: To investigate the associations ... -
Overall survival after resection for colon cancer in a national cohort study was adversely affected by TNM stage, lymph node ratio, gender, and old age
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-05-12)Background A national surveillance program of colon cancer treatment was introduced in 2007. We examined prognostic factors for colon cancer operated in 2000 with an aim of improving survival in the new program and a special ... -
Overexpression of mir-20a-5p in tumor epithelium is an independent negative prognostic indicator in prostate cancer—a multi-institutional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective: assessing the prognostic role of miR-20a-5p, in terms of clinical outcome, in a large multi-institutional cohort study. Methods: Tissue microarrays from 535 patients’ prostatectomy specimens were constructed. ... -
Overlapping of irritable bowel syndrome with erosive esophagitis and the performance of Rome criteria in diagnosing IBS in a clinical setting
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) overlap. It is not clear whether GERD is caused by non‑erosive esophagitis, or erosive esophagitis. The Rome criteria are not widely used for the ... -
The overriding role of surgery and tumor grade for long-term survival in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: A population-based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) comprise a heterogeneous disease group. Factors that affect long-term survival remain uncertain. Complete population-representative cohorts with long-term ... -
Overweight and eating disorders in people with epilepsy
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-09-27)Background: Epilepsy is a common neurological disease and occurs in 0.7-1.3 % of the general population. It is associated with comorbid mental disorders such as depression and anxiety, and with a high risk for adverse ... -
Overweight and obesity in Norwegian children. Trends, current prevalence, effect of socio-demographic factors and parental perception
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-10-22)Background: The prevalence of paediatric overweight and obesity has shown a rapid increase in most parts of the world during the last decades. Estimates of prevalence of overweight and obesity in Norwegian children have ...