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Articles by Brynjulf Ystgaard
Emergency laparotomy at St Olav's Hospital, Trondheim
- Endre Wangen*,
- Even Westgaard Gillund*,
- Eirik Midtgaard Reinholdtsen,
- Kristian Jostad Henriksveen,
- Alex J. van Duinen,
- Mirwais Faqiri,
- Brynjulf Ystgaard,
- Håkon Angell Bolkan
24.04.2023:
Emergency laparotomies are associated with higher mortality, more postoperative complications, and longer hospital stays than elective laparotomies (1–4). The most common abdominal surgical conditions requiring emergency laparotomy are perforation and obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract (5)...
Surgery and task shifting in the rainforest
- Brynjulf Ystgaard,
- Håkon Bolkan
20.08.2013:
Task shifting is a topic not only in Norway. In Africa, training of other groups of health personnel to perform tasks that are traditionally within the purview of the medical profession represents an important contribution to the provision of health services for the population. The aid organisation...