Search for dissertations about: "intestines"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the word intestines.
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1. On intestinal ischaemia after aortoiliac surgery : Epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies
Abstract : An important cause of death among patients undergoing surgery of the abdominal aorta is intestinal ischaemia. In the Swedish Vascular Registry 2930 aortoiliac operations were identified. The complication was studied in a combined cohort and case-control study, and multivariate analysis performed. The incidence of intestinal ischaemia was 2. READ MORE
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2. Mesentric hemodynamics and effects of angiotensin II during circulatory stress
Abstract : Mesenteric hypoperfusion and ischemia is considered to be deleterious to the intestinal mucosal barrier function and it is suggested that the renin-angiotensin system plays a pivotal role in the regulation of mesenteric perfusion.The present thesis examines the effects of the specific AT1 receptor blocker candesartan on mesenteric hemodynamics during acute hypovolemia and endotoxinemia. READ MORE
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3. Abdominal & pelvic radiotherapy: acute effects on inflammation, leucocytes and collagen deposition
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4. Understanding normal-tissue late effects in the intestines after pelvic radiotherapy
Abstract : Radiotherapy cures patients from deadly cancer, alone or in combination with other treatments. The photons must pass through normal tissue to converge on the tumor, and it is unavoidable that radiotherapy causes acute as well as late adverse effects. READ MORE
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5. Towards surgical use of matrix metalloproteinase biology
Abstract : Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), such as collagenases, are a family of enzymes capable of degrading most constituents of the extracellular matrix. MMPs are thought to be involved in the aetiopathogenesis of tendon rupture. Additionally, failure of healing has in some instances been associated with elevated levels of MMPs. READ MORE