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Aspects of bone quality and risk assessments in fracture and elective orthopaedic patients
(2021-09-15)
Background: Bone quality, bone strength, and bone remodelling are important in many orthopaedic
conditions and can have an impact on fracture incidence, bone healing, implant failure, and different outcome
aspects. ...
Humeral fractures - Epidemiology, treatment and reoperations in the Swedish Fracture Register
(2021-10-15)
Fractures are common, but the knowledge on outcomes, treatment methods or the actual number of fractures treated each year has been sparse. With the introduction of the Swedish Fracture Register (SFR) in 2011, the prospective ...
Congenital Heart Disease, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(2020-04-28)
Worldwide, 1% of all live born children are born with a congenital heart disease (CHD) and currently >95% reach adulthood due to better diagnostics and medical care. At the same time, Diabetes Mellitus (DM), type 1 (T1DM) ...
Periprosthetic femoral fracture after total hip replacement. Incidence, risk factors, and treatment
(2020-02-18)
This thesis investigates the incidence of surgically treated periprosthetic femoral fractures (PPFF) in Sweden between 2001 and 2011, the demography of this population, risk factors that may contribute to its occurrence ...
On the mortality of patients treated with dental implants: Association to age, degree of tooth loss, and treatment modality
(2020-12-15)
Rehabilitation of partially or completely edentulous patients with implant-supported prostheses is a common treatment in dentistry. Clinical studies evaluating this type of treatment have largely focused on technical and ...
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction of ischaemic and non-ischaemic aetiology – Clinical characteristics, prognosis and factors associated with outcome
(2022-10-28)
BACKGROUND: Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is common in heart failure (HF) and is often considered to infer a worse prognosis. Following treatment improvements and the increased survival in both IHD and HF, patients are ...
Non-functioning pituitary adenomas and hypopituitarism - studies on morbidity and mortality
(2022-06-15)
Background and aims: Hypopituitarism is most commonly caused by benign pituitary tumors, often resulting in insidious symptoms that develop over a long time. Due to either a mass effect exerted by the tumor, or due to the ...