Vilhjalmur Finsen

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Medisinsk fakultet

NTNU

Forfatterbidrag: utarbeiding og revisjon av manusskripet samt godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.

Vilhjalmur Finsen er spesialist i generell kirurgi og i ortopedisk kirurgi og professor emeritus.

Articles by Vilhjalmur Finsen

Coccyx pain

Rainer Günter Knobloch,
Ante Matti Kalstad,
Vilhjalmur Finsen

11.02.2026: Coccyx pain, coccydynia, can occur as a result of trauma or childbirth, but the cause can also be unknown. Coccydynia is more common in women, and the symptoms usually subside within a few months. The main symptom is pain when sitting. Alleviation of pain can be achieved by reducing pressure on the...

Reduced pain when injecting lidocaine

Vilhjalmur Finsen

02.05.2017: Pain on injection of lidocaine is often considered a necessary evil, but it can be reduced by simple means. Surgical interventions, also those of a more extensive nature, are increasingly performed under local anaesthesia. For patients undergoing minor surgery it is often the anaesthesia itself that...