Bakgrunn: Leverreseksjoner utføres på bred indikasjon, og er en etablert behandlingsform for både maligne og benigne tilstander. Prosedyren har tradisjonelt sett vært utført med åpen teknikk, men i de senere år har også laparoskopi fått sin plass i behandlingen. Formålet med denne oppgaven er å beskrive utvikling i bruk av lapasoskopi, indikasjoner, komplikasjoner og reseksjonsmarginer for ...

Introduction: Being diagnosed with cancer and undergoing treatment is a life-changing experience, and many cancer patients find the physical, emotional and social effects of the disease to be stressful. This study explores the experiences of cancer patients and their relatives from all parts of Northern Norway visiting the centralised cancer support centre. <p> <p>Methods: In a comprehensive ...

Background - Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents.<p> <p>Methods - For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic ...

<i>Objectives</i> - This study aimed to explore whether population characteristics were associated with the use of dental services, individual's personal oral health practices, dental caries and oral health‐related impacts using the revised Andersen's behavioural model as the theoretical framework.<br><br> <i>Methods</i> - This cross‐sectional study included participants from a Norwegian general ...

INTRODUCTION There is a scarcity of studies on labour outcomes with defibulation. This study assessed the outcomes of labour with defibulation at delivery in women with type III female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) compared to labour without defibulation. METHODS We identified and reviewed the records of all Somali and Sudanese women who delivered at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, ...

Objective - To evaluate adherence to national guidelines for follow-up, and assess residual and recurrent disease after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse (CIN2+).<p> <p>Study design - In a case-series design women aged 25–69 years treated for primary CIN2+ in 2006–2011 (n = 752) were followed through August 9, 2019 for residual or recurrent disease, i.e., CIN2+ ...

Background and aims - Many patients with prior intracerebral haemorrhage have indications for antithrombotic treatment with antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs for prevention of ischaemic events, but it is uncertain whether such treatment is beneficial after intracerebral haemorrhage. STudy of Antithrombotic Treatment after IntraCerebral Haemorrhage will assess (i) the effects of long-term antithrombotic ...

Background: It has been proposed that irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a low-grade mucosal inflammatory disease. <p> <p>Objective: To characterize the intestinal inflammatory profile in IBS patients with or without fructose intolerance.<p> <p>Design: Patients referred to colonoscopy with IBS complaints were screened for participation. IBS patients diagnosed according to the Rome II criteria ...

Background - The overall usefulness of palliative thoracic re-irradiation depends on the balance between efficacy, survival, and toxicity, and is difficult to judge from previous studies. In the absence of patient-reported data, we developed a method for provider decision regret that addresses the question “would we re-irradiate this patient again in light of the known outcome?” Furthermore, we ...

Aim - The aim of this study was to characterize the survival results of patients with up to four brain metastases after intense local therapy (primary surgery or stereotactic radiotherapy) if extracranial metastases were absent or limited to one site, e.g. the lungs.<p> <p>Background - Oligometastatic disease has repeatedly been reported to convey a favorable prognosis.<p> <p>Material and ...