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1. Aspects on preoperative evaluation prior to EVAR of AAA
Sammanfattning : Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, AAA, is mainly a silent disease that mainly affects elderly males with a history of tobacco use, but when rupture occur most affected dies. Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has made it possible to treat more fragile and elderly patients with advanced co-morbidities. LÄS MER
2. Stress urinary incontinence among women. Aspects of risk factors, evaluation and surgical treatment
Sammanfattning : The etiology of female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is unclear. By linking three nationwide medical registries we evaluated maternal and obstetric factors associated with later SUI surgery. Surgery for SUI was strongly associated with vaginal delivery, but not with pregnancy as such. LÄS MER
3. Abdominal aortic aneurysm. Epidemiology, preoperative evaluation, and postoperative inflammation
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4. Studies of preoperative evaluation and surgical procedures for gastroesophageal reflux disease
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is defined as the non-physiological movement of gastric contents from the stomach to the esophagus, which causes various degrees of troublesome symptoms and/or esophageal mucosal injury. Symptoms of GERD such as heartburn and regurgitation are common and the prevalence has been reported to vary between 7-20 % in the Western world. LÄS MER
5. Pre- and postoperative evaluation of function and activity in patients with paralytic scoliosis
Sammanfattning : This thesis evaluates surgical correction in patients with paralytic scoliosis with emphasis on function and activity. The thesis includes four studies of 100 consecutive patients preoperatively evaluated and surgically corrected between 1992 and 1996 at Linköping University Hospital. Eighteen different diagnoses were represented. LÄS MER