Scandinavian Surgical Society: The Oldest International Surgical Society in the World.

Scandinavian Surgical Society (SSS), Nordisk Kirurgisk Förening, founded in 1893, is the oldest international surgical society in the world. The purpose of the society is to promote scientific and clinical work as well as education in the field of surgery in the Nordic countries; Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Nordic co-operation has long traditions in the medical field.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of five procedures for great saphenous vein reflux in a Norwegian healthcare setting or societal setting.

Objective: The aim of this work was to estimate cost-effectiveness of five common procedures for varicose vein surgery ( and ) in a Norwegian setting from both a societal and a healthcare payer perspective.

Design: Cost-effectiveness analysis using decision tree modelling.

Methods: A structured literature search was conducted to estimate the clinical effectiveness and the rate of complications in the five methods.

A 24-year controlled follow-up of patients with silent gallstones showed no long-term risk of symptoms or adverse events leading to cholecystectomy.

Background: The fate of asymptomatic gallstones has not been investigated in many studies with a long-term follow-up. We wanted to examine the subsequent rate of cholecystectomy and gallstone-related symptoms in a population examined in 1983.

Methods: Among the persons examined in 1983, unknown (perceived as silent) gallstones were discovered in 20.