Search for dissertations about: "post-operative adhesions"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words post-operative adhesions.

  2. 1. Adhesive small bowel obstruction: aspects on epidemiology, treatment, costs and prevention

    Author : Thorbjörn B. Sakari; Filip Sköldberg; Urban Karlbom; Wilhelm Graf; Per J Nilsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; small bowel obstruction; adhesions; acute surgery; colorectal cancer; Surgery; Kirurgi;

    Abstract : Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common and sometimes life-threatening clinical condition, usually caused by post-operative adhesions. The aims of this thesis were to investigate the outcome after SBO surgery (Paper I), cost of SBO surgery including follow-up (Paper II), incidence of SBO after colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery (Paper III), and to assess the safety of using the adhesion preventing substance icodextrin in CRC surgery (Paper IV). READ MORE

  4. 2. Retograde migration of starch particles in the female genital tract

    Author : Anette Sjösten; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Gloves; glove-powder; starch particles; post-operative adhesions; vaginal examination; endometriosis; cell-culture; SCID-mice.;

    Abstract : Tubal and pelvic adhesions are a major cause of female infertility in humans. The majority of postoperative intra-abdominal adhesions result from the presence of ischaemic tissue within the abdominal cavity. These precipitate an inflammatory vascular response from neighbouring healthy tissue. READ MORE