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Vascularised lymph node transfer and lymphatic growth factors in the treatment of lymphedema
(Turun yliopisto, 2024-09-20)
Lymphedema is a progressive disease that can significantly deteriorate the quality of life of patients if not treated appropriately. The conventional treatment for lymphedema has been conservative, with the continuous use ...
The WHO surgical safety checklist in neurosurgery
(Turun yliopisto, 2019-12-13)
The World Health Organization’s surgical safety checklist (WHO SSC) is designed to improve adherence to operating room safety standards. Its use has been shown to reduce surgical morbidity and mortality. Studies on solely ...
Towards better patient safety: Patient Injuries in vascular surgery
(Turun yliopisto, 2022-05-20)
Safe care is a prime priority for all health care professionals. Surgical care is associated with potentially high risks. Patient injuries can cause significant suffering to the patients and major costs to health-care ...
Challenges in diagnostics of Prostate cancer
(Turun yliopisto, 2020-05-29)
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men and it is one of the leading causes of men’s cancer deaths in the developed countries. It can be considered as a continuum of neoplasms with aggressiveness ...
Clinical efficacy of platelet-rich plasma injections in common musculoskeletal disorders
(Turun yliopisto, 2024-03-08)
Together osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, epicondylitis of the elbow and tendinopathy of the shoulder rotator cuff (RC) affect 5.9% to 13.8% of the general population worldwide. These conditions cause significant disability ...
Melanoma in children, adolescents and young adults
(Turun yliopisto, 2022-06-03)
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous melanoma in children and adolescents is a rare malignancy, and specific treatment guidelines have not been established for this patient group. Also, Spitzoid tumours in the young pose diagnostic ...
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer
(Turun yliopisto, 2020-08-28)
Bladder cancer can be divided into non-muscle-invasive and muscle-invasive types. In the muscle-invasive type of bladder cancer, removal of the bladder and internal genitalia is the cornerstone of treatment. Treatment ...
Atherosclerotic traits of intracranial aneurysm patients – Focus on aortic calcification
(Turun yliopisto, 2024-09-20)
With a 3% prevalence in the general population, intracranial aneurysms (IA) are not rare. Asymptomatic and unruptured aneurysms are harmless, but growth is associated with rupture risk. Other characteristics, such as their ...
Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy vs. laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Special focus on procedure selection, gastroesophageal reflux, and quality of life
(Turun yliopisto, 2023-12-01)
Background: Severe obesity is an increasing global epidemic. To date, metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) is the only treatment for severe obesity with good and sustainable long-term weight loss and remission of obesity ...
Assessment of disease activity of inflammatory bowel disease using positron emission tomography / magnetic resonance imaging and keratin 7 -analysis
(Turun yliopisto, 2024-03-08)
The clinical course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by relapses and spontaneous or drug-induced remissions, but it cannot be predicted by currently known parameters. The priority of this thesis was to ...