Egil Johnson

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Gastrokirurgisk avdeling

Oslo universitetssykehus, Ullevål

Forfatterbidrag: datainnsamling, revisjon og godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.

Egil Johnson er spesialist i generell kirurgi og i gastroenterologisk kirurgi og er professor emeritus.

Articles by Egil Johnson

Robot-assisted oesophageal and gastric resection at Oslo University Hospital

Tobias Hauge,
Magnus Hølmo Fasting,
Egil Johnson,
Ulrik Sundmann Joys,
Caroline Ursin Skagemo,
Dag Tidemann Førland,
Tom Mala

24.03.2026: In Norway, 673 new cases of oesophageal or gastric cancer were recorded in 2024 (1). Curative treatment involves perioperative chemo(radio)therapy combined with oesophageal or gastric resection (2). Both procedures are technically challenging, with morbidity rates of up to 60 % (3). Over the past...

Resection for oesophageal cancer – complications and survival

Marie Sæthre Grøtting,
Else Marit Løberg,
Hans-Olaf Johannessen,
Egil Johnson

24.05.2016: Oesophageal cancer is a relatively rare form of cancer, but the incidence is increasing in Norway and other Western countries. In 2014, 289 new cases (220 men) were registered in Norway. The incidence varies considerably from country to country, and in Norway (men 9.2, women 2.5 per 100 000) it is...

Surgical treatment of epiphrenic oesophageal diverticulum

Tobias Hauge,
Egil Johnson,
Olav Sandstad,
Hans-Olaf Johannessen,
Erik Trondsen

27.05.2014: An epiphrenic oesophageal diverticulum develops as the result of increased pressure in the oesophageal wall (pulsion diverticulum). The diverticulum is located in the distal 10 cm of the oesophagus, with herniation of mucosa and submucosa through the muscularis propria, usually towards the right in...