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ABSTRACT: Although early intravenous fluid therapy for haemorrhage and shock is usually given before arrival at the hospital, its value is unclear and more precise indications are needed. The indications will take into account such factors as transport time, volume and type of bleeding, and the presence or absence of concomitant head injury. Fluid resuscitation can be omitted if transport time is less than 30 min, but may be beneficial if it is more than 30 min. Choice of infusion rate should be guided by the estimated risk of re-bleeding when haemorrhage is uncontrolled, and by cerebral perfusion where severe head injury is present.
Lakartidningen 10/1999; 96(37):3896-8.
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Lakartidningen 12/1994; 91(44):3981-2, 3985-6.
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ABSTRACT: From January 1985 to September 1993, 399 patients (368 men and 31 women), median age 28 years (mean 31.1, range 16-71 years), were admitted with stab wounds due to assault. The number of stab wounds per patient was one (N = 268 patients), two (N = 63), three (N = 31), four (N = 15), five (N = 7), or more than five (N = 15). The series as whole (N = 399) accounted for 543 sites of injury. Upper extremity wounds were the most frequent (35 per cent); of 188 arm injuries, 60 per cent were in the left arm. The next most frequent site was the head and neck region (N = 105; 12 per cent), followed by the chest (N = 75; 14 per cent), abdomen (N = 66;12 per cent), lower extremities (N = 59;11 per cent), back (N = 48;9 per cent), and the male genitalia (N = 2;0.4 per cent). Ninety-five major operations were performed in 74 patients. Seven patients died, and 40 had somatic or cosmetic life-time sequelae.
Lakartidningen 11/1994; 91(42):3801-4.
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ABSTRACT: During 1985 at Sabbatsberg Hospital in Stockholm, carpal tunnel decompression was done for 50 men (58 hands) with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). In 1988 2.5 to 3 years after the operations, a questionnaire about their present health was answered by 43 men (50 hands). In 10/17 (59%) hands exposed to vibrations and 26/33 (79%) not exposed, carpal tunnel decompression had resulted in no recurrence of neurological symptoms at follow up. Preoperative signs of neurophysiological dysfunction of the ulnar nerve, which might indicate a more widespread neuropathy, did not correlate with poor postoperative function of the median nerve. We recommend that patients with carpal tunnel syndrome should be operated on, whether or not they have been exposed to vibration.
Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery 07/1994; 28(2):147-9. · 0.94 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Two women presented with similar symptoms of acute pain in the hand that was diagnosed as acute carpal tunnel syndrome caused by peritendinitis calcarea. Radiological examinations in both cases showed calcifications in the carpal tunnel. Both patients were operated on immediately and the median nerve was decompressed. Both were completely relieved of pain after operation and hand function returned to normal.
Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery 02/1993; 27(2):157-9. · 0.94 Impact Factor
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The Lancet 04/1991; 337(8743):744-5. · 38.28 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: One hundred and ninety-one hands with suspected carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) were treated with surgical decompression of the median nerve. In a retrospective analysis 2.5-3 years later, an inquiry was carried out by questionnaire and the patients' records were examined to evaluate the final outcome. The questionnaire was answered by all 158 still living patients (ie, 175 hands), of whom 91 per cent reported numbness in the hand to have been completely relieved after surgery, while 23 per cent had had a recurrence of numbness, or other hand problems not clearly related to CTS, though just under half of this 23 per cent reported their symptoms to be milder than prior to operation. Thus, 2.5-3 years after surgical intervention, 85 per cent of the patients had recovered completely or improved; and 96 per cent were satisfied with the outcome. To conclude, surgical treatment of CTS is a technically simple operation with good final results.
Lakartidningen 09/1990; 87(32-33):2497-500.
