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Avdeling for gastro- og barnekirurgi
Oslo universitetssykehus, Ullevål
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Universitetet i Oslo
Forfatterbidrag: utforming, design, utarbeiding, revisjon og godkjenning av manus.
Tom Mala er spesialist i generell- og gastroenterologisk kirurgi, fagansvarlig for øvre gastrokirurgi og professor II.
Articles by Tom Mala
Single anastomosis gastric bypass for morbid obesity
- Andrea J. Richardsen,
- Monica Chahal-Kummen,
- Jon A. Kristinsson,
- Torgeir Thorson Søvik,
- Inger Elisabeth Løkken Eribe,
- Tom Mala
08.11.2023:
Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) > 30 kg/m 2 and is a global health challenge (1). In Norway, the prevalence of obesity in adults increased from 8 % for men and 13 % for women in 1984 to 25 % and 20 % respectively in 2019. The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Norwegian children...
Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis and interval appendectomy
- Airazat M. Kazaryan,
- Peter W. Monrad-Hansen,
- Lars L. Eftang,
- Martin Hagve,
- Bjørn Steinar Nedrebø,
- Peter Rancinger,
- Tom Mala
08.05.2023:
Our 'Perspectives' article has triggered a discussion about the optimal treatment of acute appendicitis (1). The feedback we received during the Norwegian Autumn Surgical Meeting 2022 and during internal teaching at Østfold Hospital Trust has revealed two central themes that were not discussed in...
The treatment of appendicitis should be standardised
- Airazat M. Kazaryan,
- Lars L. Eftang,
- Pål Ødegaard,
- Martin Hagve,
- Benedicte Skjold-Ødegaard,
- Ole Christian Olsen,
- Svetlana A. Sharapova,
- Rafael Georg Breuer,
- Olof Vinge-Holmquist,
- Yasir G. Malik,
- Joachim Wiborg,
- Lars Bergene Grønvold,
- Peter Wiel Monrad-Hansen,
- Søren Nobæk,
- Khayam Butt,
- Hans H. Wasmuth,
- Bjørn Steinar Nedrebø,
- Erik Trondsen,
- Peter Rancinger,
- Tom Mala,
- Kjetil Søreide
01.08.2022:
Routine practices for the diagnostic investigation and treatment of acute appendicitis seem to vary between hospitals. We propose working towards a joint strategy for the diagnostic investigation and treatment of acute appendicitis in Norway, on the basis of updated international recommendations and...
Acute abdomen as an early symptom of COVID-19
- Hilde Bastøe Sellevoll,
- Usman Saeed,
- Victoria Solveig Young,
- Gunnar Sandbæk,
- Karsten Gundersen,
- Tom Mala
31.03.2020:
A woman with acute abdominal pain was admitted to hospital with suspected cholecystitis. In addition to abdominal pain, she had vomiting, loss of appetite, diarrhoea and symptoms of pyrexia. She had no symptoms from the respiratory tract, but was later found to have COVID-19. A number of patients...