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lmprovement in perioperative care of the day case patient; logistics and quality of care.
(2022-02-23)
Background: The “Day surgery concept” is increasing and nowadays numerous of surgical procedures in patients of all ages, with different comorbidities are performed as day case surgery. Day surgery (DS) is a process; not ...
Pelvic floor dysfunction in nulliparous women
(2022-01-18)
Background: Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) is a public health problem affecting millions of women worldwide. In addition to personal suffering, it also creates an economic burden for health care systems and society. Parity ...
Bioabsorbable Screws for Pelvic Osteotomies in Children
(2022-01-07)
Multiple conditions, with developmental dysplasia of the hip being a prime example, affect the congruity of the pediatric hip joint. A Salter osteotomy (SO) or a triple pelvic osteotomy (TPO) can be used to address suboptimal ...
Promoting the Clinical Relevance of 3D Bioprinting
(2022-02-03)
This thesis focuses on the development of methodologies enabling the reconstruction of autologous, functional, and long-term-stable cartilage-like tissue using 3D bioprinting technology and animal experiments. The stability, ...
The role of sodium salicylate as a virulence inhibitor for soft tissue infections
(2022-08-16)
Approximately 2% of the total population will suffer from chronic wounds
during their lifetime. These wounds can last for years and are associated with
considerable patient suffering and large socioeconomic costs. ...
Recovery after surgically treated distal radius fracture - Aspects of evaluation and rehabilitation
(2022-11-14)
BACKGROUND A distal radius fracture (DRF) is a common injury, occurring in both genders and during the entire life span, although it is most common in elderly women. An uncomplicated fracture is treated with a cast, but ...
Centralized Ovarian Cancer Care - Complications, Costs and Survival
(2022-04-19)
Background: Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed at advanced stages, and its mortality is high. Surgical treatment of advanced ovarian cancer strives toward complex primary debulking surgery (PDS), aiming for complete ...
Mild primary hyperparathyroidism - Long-term effects of parathyroidectomy versus observation - with emphasis on skeletal outcomes
(2022-03-29)
Background: The majority of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) in developed countries today present with no obvious symptoms, i.e. the mild form of the disease. As the only curative treatment is parathyroidectomy ...
Curatively Intended Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastases - Patient, Primary and Metastatic Pattern as Prognostic Factors
(2022-03-23)
Background: Resection and/or ablation of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) is increasingly common and long-term results are improving. In this thesis prognosis of CRLM is studied in a wide perspective, with focus on common ...
Automatic tumour segmentation in brain images: moving towards clinical implementation
(2022-09-16)
The aim of this thesis was to examine and enhance the scientific groundwork for translating deep learning (DL) algorithms for brain tumour segmentation into clinical decision support tools. Paper II describes a scoping ...