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The long-term effects of obstetrical anal sphincter injury on pelvic floor function
(2023-01-23)Background: As women live longer, the long-term effects of childbirth may negatively affect their quality of life and professional careers. Aim: This thesis investigates the long-term effects of vacuum extraction (VE) ... -
Long-term follow-up after intensive care: Development of an ICU-specific questionnaire
(2023-05-03)Background: With improved results in intensive care comes a shift in focus – from survival to survivorship. Studies show that ICU survivorship includes effects on, for example, mental and physical health, cognition, ADL, ... -
Long-term follow-up of adult women with urinary tract infection in childhood
(2016-01-27)Acute pyelonephritis is common in young children and can lead to permanent renal damage. Renal damage increases the risk of complications such as hypertension and decreased renal function later in life. For women with renal ... -
Long-term outcome of children born after Assisted Reproductive Technology
(2020-11-11)Background: While the short-term outcome after assisted reproductive technology (ART) is broadly examined, studies on the long-term outcome of ART children are limited. Aim: To examine the long-term outcome in children ... -
Long-term outcome of lumbar disc herniation surgery. Studies on different influencing factors
(2010-04-23)Background: A majority of patients suffering from sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation experience a positive natural history and respond well to non-surgical treatment. Patients who fail conservative treatment and are ... -
Long-term radiobiological effects of 131I exposure - dose, age and time related transcriptomatic and proteomic rasponse in rats
(2021-03-23)131I is commonly used in the clinic for treating thyroid diseases, using the physiological uptake of iodine in thyroid, but also for other target tissues. 131I is also commonly released during nuclear accidents. Children ... -
Long-term results after partial knee arthroplasty with the Oxford Knee
(2009-05-14)Introduction Osteoarthritis of the knee is one of the most common reasons for disability, especially in elderly people. Surgical treatment is still controversial. Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, i.e. partial knee ... -
Long-term studies after primary and revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction using different types of autograft - with special emphasis on the clinical, radiographic, histological and ultrastructural results
(2008-05-13)Long-term studies after primary and revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction using different types of autograft– with special emphasis on the clinical, radiographic, histological and ultrastructural results Mattias ... -
Long-term survival and prognostic factors in endometrial cancer - a populationbased cohort study
(2019-03-14)Aims: The over-all aims of this thesis were to evaluate the associations between prognostic factors and excess mortality rate, between socioeconomic and immigrant status and incidence rate, in endometrioid (EEC) and ... -
Long-term symptoms after breast cancer radiotherapy
(2012-04-05)Since breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and the relative 10-years overall survival is 80% there is an increasing number of women living with a history of breast cancer treatment. This results ... -
Longitudinal outcome following total hip replacement. Time trends, sequence of events and study of factors influencing implant survival and mortality
(2018-02-23)Osteoarthritis of the hip is a common, debilitating and symptomatic joint disease. The disabling symptoms can be successfully treated with a total hip replacement (THR). It is known that the majority of patients do well ... -
Longitudinal study of infants with high-grade vesicoureteral reflux
(2009-09-09)Background: Infants with congenital high-grade vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) have been regarded as a special group amongst children with reflux, with their own characteristics concerning renal damage, gender, resolution rate ... -
Lower Urinary Tract symptoms in women - aspects on epidemiology and treatment
(2009-04-17)Lower urinary tract symptoms in women – aspects on epidemiology and treatment Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are common conditions that compromise a person’s quality of life and result in increased health care costs ... -
Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery - Novel Approaches, Timing and Outcomes
(2021-11-16)Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery – Novel Approaches, Timing and Outcomes JOEL BECK Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of clinical sciences, Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 2021 ABSTRACT BACKGROUND ... -
Lung and chest wall properties during mechanical ventilation
(2018-11-16)Background: Mechanical ventilation causes injury to the lungs due to high pressures and high volumes. Pressure affecting the lungs, the transpulmonary pressure, needs to be monitored to minimise harmful side effects but ... -
Lung Emphysema & Cardiac Function
(2008-03-07)Patients with severe lung emphysema have poor quality of life because of impaired lung function and reduced exercise tolerance. Concomitant heart disease in severe emphysema is well recognised. The prevailing view is that ... -
Lutetium-177-octreotate treatment of small intestine neu-roendocrine tumors - Radiation biology as basis for optimization
(2016-12-19)Patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) often have metastatic spread at the time of diagnosis. NETs frequently express somatostatin receptors (SSTR) that can be targeted by radiolabeled somatostatin analogs (e.g. ... -
Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Screening Tool for Prostate Cancer
(2021-04-20)The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the role of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the prostate as an adjunct to the prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-test in screening for prostate cancer (PCa), focusing on the ... -
Maintaining quality of life after prostate cancer diagnosis
(2011-09-30)Knowledge of real-life factors that are associated with men’s self-assessed quality of life after prostate-cancer diagnosis could improve the support from health-care professionals in maintaining the men’s quality of life. ... -
Management of late term pregnancy
(2021-02-17)Background: The optimal time point to intervene and induce labour in women with a low-risk pregnancy, in order to decrease perinatal adverse outcome, is up for debate. Some advocate for induction of labour (IOL) at 41 ...