• Anastomotic leak after surgery for colon cancer and effect on long‐term survival 

      Stormark, Kjartan; Krarup, Peter-Martin; Sjövall, Annika; Søreide, Kjetil; Kvaløy, Jan Terje; Nordholm-Carstensen, Andreas; Nedrebø, Bjørn Steinar Olden; Kørner, Hartwig (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Aim An anastomotic leak after surgery for colon cancer is a recognized complication but how it may adversely affect long‐term survival is less clear because data are scarce. The aim of the study was to investigate the ...
    • Endorectal ultrasonography, strain elastography and MRI differentiation of rectal adenomas and adenocarcinomas. 

      Waage, Jo Erling Riise; Leh, Sabine Maria; Røsler, Cornelia; Pfeffer, Frank; Bach, Simon; Havre, Roald Flesland; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Ødegaard, Svein; Baatrup, Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02)
      Aim Strain elastography is a method for recording tissue hardness. Strain in different areas may be compared using strain ratio (SR). The aims of this study were to validate a previously proposed SR cut-off value of 1.25 ...
    • Low rate of local recurrence detection by rectoscopy in follow-up of rectal cancer 

      Tronstad, Per Kristian; Simpson, Lise Valen Hume; Olsen, Bjørn Christian Elias Grova; Pfeffer, Frank; Karliczek, Anne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Aim: The main aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of rectoscopy for detecting local recurrence of rectal cancer in patients following low anterior resection. Method: This was a retrospective study of 201 ...