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- Jönsson, P. ‐E, et al.
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Treatment of malignant melanoma with dacarbazin (DTIC‐DOME) with special reference to urinary excretion of 5‐S‐cysteinyldopa
- 1980
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Ingår i: Cancer. - 0008-543X. ; 45:2, s. 245-248
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Seventeen patients were given DTIC, 200 mg/m2/day in five‐day courses every four to six weeks. In four patients (stage II) treated on an adjuvant basis, tumor recurrence has been verified in three. Four of the palliatively treated patients were also given DTIC by regional intra‐arterial infusion with minimal positive tumor effect and minimal toxicity. 5‐S‐cysteinyldopa excretion in urine was checked continuously in all patients. Tumor recurrence was revealed in two patients given DTIC on an adjuvant basis three and four months before clinical signs of tumor. In the palliatively treated patients, 5‐S‐cysteinyldopa excretion increased in 5/6 patients judged to have stable disease, before tumor progression was clinically detectable. The use of 5‐S‐cysteinyldopa examination is a valuable adjunct to the follow‐up of the effect of DTIC therapy in melanoma patients.
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- Arnbjörnsson, E., et al.
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Appendicectomy in the elderly, incidence and operative findings.
- 1983
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Ingår i: Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae. - 0355-9521. ; 72:4, s. 223-228
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The incidence during the last decades of acute appendicitis and the number of appendicectomies in the elderly, 60 years of age and older were studied. In addition, the incidence of the disease and of appendicectomy and the preoperative findings were studied in a well defined population during the twelve year period from 1969 to 1980. The results showed that there was no increase in the sex- and age-specific incidence of acute appendicitis in the elderly. However, there has been a significant decrease in the incidence of acute appendicitis in the elderly during the last four decades. Furthermore, a significant difference was found in the findings in the elderly operated upon because of suspected acute appendicitis compared to the younger age groups. The percentage of perforated appendices and normal appendices was significantly higher in the elderly. This difference might be of importance to the surgeon in his approach to an elderly patient admitted because of suspected acute appendicitis.
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- Arnbjörnsson, E.
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Postoperative acute appendicitis.
- 1984
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Ingår i: Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae. - 0355-9521. ; 73:5, s. 277-280
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Six patients who developed acute appendicitis after surgical operations (cholecystectomy, choledocholithotomy, sigmoid resection, osteosynthesis of a hip fracture, abdomino-perineal resection) are described. The symptoms, signs and the results of investigations leading to relaparotomy are summarized. Possible causes of acute appendicitis after operation or trauma (luminal obstruction, bacterial infection, ischaemic changes and thrombosis) are discussed. As prevention is not possible, successful management of postoperative acute appendicitis includes an awareness of the complication and prompt surgical intervention.
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- Arnbjörnsson, E.
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Relationship between the removal of the nonacute appendix and the menstrual cycle
- 1984
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Ingår i: Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey. - 0029-7828. ; 39:10, s. 658-660
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present author has investigated the frequency with which normal appendices are found at appendectomy in different phases of the menstrual cycle. The study is based on 504 female patients, 15–45 years of age, who were perated on for suspected acute appendicitis during the period from 1976 to 1982. The results are shown in Tables 1 and 2. The frequency of acute appendicitis in the luteal phase of the menstrual.
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- Arnbjörnsson, E.
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Relationship between the removal of the nonacute appendix and the menstrual cycle.
- 1983
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Ingår i: Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae. - 0355-9521. ; 72:6, s. 329-331
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The significantly higher incidence of removal of a normal appendix in females in the second, third and fourth decades of life for suspected acute appendicitis lead to a study of the frequency of appendicectomy and the peroperative findings at the time of surgery in patients in different phases of the menstrual cycle. The results showed that the frequency of acute appendicitis in the luteal phase was more than twice the frequency of the disease in the remaining half of the menstrual cycle. Further, there was a significantly higher proportion of gangrenous, perforated and normal appendices removed from patients in the menstrual and follicular phases of the menstrual cycle. The diseases mimicking acute appendicitis are tabulated. From these results it can be concluded that the female sex hormones might play an important aetiological role in the development of acute appendicitis or influence the inflammatory process in the appendix.
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- Arnbjörnsson, E., et al.
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The effect of intraperitoneal fluid on the prevention of small intestinal obstruction after appendicectomy. Preliminary results.
- 1983
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Ingår i: Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae. - 0355-9521. ; 72:5, s. 250-252
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 173 patients (study group), undergoing appendicectomy because of suspected acute appendicitis, normal saline solution, in the amount of 10 ml per 1000 g of patient weight, was injected into the peritoneal cavity before closing the incision. A control group of patients undergoing appendicectomy was selected, matched for age and sex. The mean observation period was five years for both groups. One of the patients in the study group and two patients in the control group developed small intestinal obstruction due to adhesions which led to relaparotomy. The difference was not statistically significant. Because of the rarity of this complication after appendicectomy (1-2%) and the long elapse of time reported from the appendicectomy to the development of the small intestinal obstruction due to adhesions, the group of 173 patients in too small and the observation period of five years too short to enable a conclusion to be made so far. Further follow-up of the patients in this study and a further investigation is necessary.
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