Search for dissertations about: "stricture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the word stricture.

2. 1. Function and morbidity of the esophagus and respiratory system in the growing child with esophageal atresia

   Author : Felipe Donoso; Helene Engstrand Lilja; Andrei Malinovschi; Christer Janson; Kate Abrahamsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : esophageal atresia; lung function; pulmonary function; pH-metry; PPI; anastomotic stricture; Barnkirurgi; Pediatric Surgery;

   Abstract : Background: Esophageal atresia (EA) is a congenital malformation that consists of various degrees of discontinuity of the esophagus and affects about 1:3000 live births. EA is usually corrected at birth with survival rates over 90%, which has shifted the focus towards improvement of associated morbidity and health-related quality of life. READ MORE

4. 2. Intrapperative and endoscopic surveillance after surgery in Chron's disease

   Author : Kennet Smedh; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. There is no cure and the disease progresses to severe intestinal inflammation and stricture fonnation. Most patients will require intestinal resection of diseased bowel segments, but this is frequently followed by recurrent inflammation and symptoms. READ MORE

5. 3. Patients with head and neck cancer : aspects on treatment, complications and rehabilitation

   Author : Alexander Ahlberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Head and neck cancer is reported to be the fifth most common cancer globally and around 1,200 new patients are diagnosed in Sweden every year. Historically, survival rates have been rather constant but have started to improve over the last few decades as a result of new and more aggressive oncological treatments. READ MORE

6. 4. Bleeding Oesophageal Varices. A Clinical Study of Mesocaval Interposition Shunting and Endoscopic Sclerotherapy

   Author : Björn Isaksson; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; repeated sclerotherapy; mesocaval interposition shunt; lysosomal enzymes; hepatic encephalopathy; bleeding oesophageal varices; Liver cirrhosis; portal hypertension; oesophageal manometry; Surgery; orthopaedics; traumatology; Kirurgi; ortopedi; traumatologi;

   Abstract : This thesis is aimed at evaluating the clinical results of two treatments in patients with bleeding oesophageal varices; the mesocaval interposition shunt (MI shunt) and repeated endoscopic sclerotherapy (ST). 24 patients were randomised to MI shunt and 21 patients to the ST group (mean age 51.6?9.2 and 53. READ MORE

7. 5. Inguinal Hernia after Urologic Surgery in Males with Special Reference to Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy. A Clinical, Epidemiological and Methodological Study

   Author : Johan Stranne; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Prostate cancer; inguinal hernia; radical retropubic prostatectomy; Complication;

   Abstract : Background and aims: In 1996 the first report indicating that inguinal hernia (IH) was a complication to radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) was published. The main aims of this thesis were to further establish this relation, to establish the background incidence of IH in men not subjected to surgery, to identify risk factors for postoperative IH occurrence and to investigate whether postoperative IH is a complication also after other types of surgery performed through a lower midline incision. READ MORE