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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 ...
Renal injury in liver transplantation clinical and mechanistic studies
(2023-04-19)
ABSTRACT
Background: Renal injury in liver transplantation (LT) is common and presents both as early and late insufficiency. These conditions are interconnected and have substantial impact on the long-term outcome. Multiple ...
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 ...
Monitoring cystic fibrosis lung disease in children - Clinical utility and associations between functional and structural methods
(2022-05-23)
Background: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is an inherited progressive disease that causes severe
damage to the airways and other organs of the body. Many methods are available to track CF
lung disease but longitudinal data are ...
Metopic synostosis - surgical results and perinatal aspects
(2022-04-27)
Metopic synostosis (MS) is the second most common type of craniosynostosis (CS). This thesis aimed to evaluate surgical results in children operated for MS, their perinatal outcomes and potential etiological risk ...
lntramuscular pressure in the lower leg - Studies on chronic exertional compartment syndrome and effects of external compression
(2022-11-04)
This thesis on intramuscular pressure (IMP) in the lower leg is concerned with two topics. The first of these is external compression; more specifically, the effect of compression stockings (CS). There are conflicting data ...
Coagulation in paediatric cardiac surgery
(2022-10-28)
Background: Surgical correction of congenital heart defects has a profound effect on the coagulation of the patients during and immediately after surgery. The aim of this thesis was to increase the knowledge of this effect, ...
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 ...
Rhinosinusitis beyond the upper airways. Epidemiological aspects.
(2023-05-09)
Rhinosinusitis (RS) is a prevalent, multi-factorial disease, including several subgroups of disease with different characteristics and pathophysiology. RS symptoms for more than 12 weeks are defined as chronic rhinosinusitis ...
On the biological response to different biomaterials under normal and irradiated conditions
(2022-03-10)
There are several challenges when introducing an implant into a host. Concerning soft tissues, major complications are fibrosis and capsule contracture, whereas for bone, failure of osseointegration may occur. In addition ...