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Obesity, weight reduction treatment and IVF
(2021-10-26)
Background: Obesity is a growing problem on a global scale and women with obesity have a higher risk for infertility and complications, for both mother and child, in pregnancy and birth. This has been shown both regarding ...
Excess skin after bariatric surgery - patients' perspective and objective measurements
(2015-05-04)
Most of the world's population lives in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. The only effective treatment is found to be bariatric surgery. Excess skin is an undervalued, negative ...
The importance of lifestyle factors for the outcome of gynecological surgery
(2017-04-06)
Background: Hysterectomy (HT), urinary incontinence- (UI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery are common surgical procedures in women with benign disorders and more than 16 000 procedures are performed annually in ...
Urethral strictures in men: Studies on reconstructive surgery and pathophysiology
(2016-11-14)
Urethral stricture is a common disease that is characterised by fibrotic tissue arising from inflammation after urethral injury. Urination is inhibited when there is total obstruction, and the suffering is immense. Following ...
Bone and fat tissue in children and adolescents: studies with focus on osteocalcin
(2016-09-15)
The general AIM was to investigate the possible interplay between bone and
fat tissue through clinical studies of children and adolescents. Osteocalcin
(OC), a bone formation marker, has been proposed to act as a link ...
Intestinal adaption in response to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery
(2015-11-12)
ABSTRACT
Background: Obesity is a condition with increasing prevalence that leads to morbidity, decreased quality of life and reduced life expectancy. The only effective evidence-based treatment is bariatric surgery. The ...
Robotic Surgery for Endometrial Cancer
(2021-04-16)
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecological malignancy. A large proportion of patients present with the risk factors high age and obesity, which puts them at increased risk when undergoing surgery. The last ...
Aspects on the functional characteristics of the Roux-limb after Gastric Bypass surgery
(2017-11-10)
Background: Bariatric surgery, and particularly the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGBP) procedure, has highlighted the central role of the gastrointestinal tract in the regulation of body weight and metabolism. The Roux-limb ...
On massive weight loss and body contour
(2023-05-16)
Abstract
Background/Aims: Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for severe obesity. However, massive weight loss is associated with adverse effects, such as excess skin. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate ...
Obesity and IVF outcome. The hope of improvements through weight reduction
(2023-09-20)
Background: Female obesity is associated with decreased live birth rate (LBR) after in vitro fertilization (IVF) and adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes are increased in obese women compared to normal weight women after ...