Publications by authors named "Koudahl V"

The incidence of keratinocyte carcinoma (KC) is rising globally, significantly burdening healthcare resources. Treatment options include medical treatment, non-invasive procedures, and surgery, each associated with their distinct benefits and risks. With advanced treatment, the procedures become increasingly invasive for the patients and expensive for the society.

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Introduction: The incidence of keratinocyte carcinoma (KC), i.e., basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), is increasing worldwide, placing a significant burden on healthcare resources.

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 Direct-to-implant breast reconstruction (DIR) is becoming more and more accepted. There is a lack of high-quality studies assessing differences in patient-reported quality of life (QoL) between different implant placement methods. The aim of this randomized controlled (clinical) trial was to compare QoL between women reconstructed by sub- or prepectoral implant placement.

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Split skin harvesting is a common procedure in reconstructive surgery with only minor complications such as delayed wound healing. This is a case report of severe hypoglycaemia following harvesting of split skin from the anterior thigh of a type 1 diabetic patient, a 75-year-old male. The patient used to inject his long-acting insulin degludec subcutaneously in the anterior thigh.

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 The incidence of breast animation deformity (BAD) is reported to be substantial after direct-to-implant breast reconstruction with subpectoral implant placement. It has, however, never been examined if BAD can occur following prepectoral implant placement. Our primary aim was to compare the incidence and degree of BAD after direct-to-implant breast reconstruction using either subpectoral or prepectoral implant placement.

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Introduction: Periprosthetic infection is one of the most severe complications following implant-based breast reconstruction affecting 5%-10% of the women. Currently, many surgeons apply antibiotics locally on the breast implant to reduce the risk of postoperative infection, but no randomised, placebo-controlled trials have tested the treatment's efficacy.

Methods And Analysis: The BREAST-AB trial (BREAST-AntiBiotics) is an investigator-initiated, multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of local treatment with gentamicin, vancomycin and cefazolin on breast implants in women undergoing implant-based breast reconstruction.

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Thoracodorsal artery perforator (TAP) flaps are versatile flaps that provide a consistent and aesthetically pleasing breast reconstruction. We prefer the TAP flap to the latissimus dorsi (LD) flap due to the morbidity associated with the LD flap. In this paper we aim to show how we perform bilateral TAP flap breast reconstruction and present our preliminary results from 32 bilateral reconstructions in 16 patients.

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Objectives: The management of sternal defects arisen after deep sternal wound infection is challenging and often requires extensive interdisciplinary teamwork between plastic and thoracic surgeons. In this study, the published literature on methods used to reconstruct sternal defects arisen as a result of deep sternal wound infection after open-heart surgery will be reviewed.

Design: The Cochrane, Embase, PubMed, and SveMed + databases were searched in December 2011.

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RNA is easily degraded by RNAses. An efficient and non-hazardous method optimizing RNA preservation and extraction is needed. Our aim was to evaluate RNA preservation methods on murine granulation tissue from subcutaneously implanted ePTFE tubes.

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This experimental study was set up to investigate left ventricular function and remodelling after repeated ischaemic episodes using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A significant reduction in mortality due to coronary heart disease (CHD) has been explained by both a decline in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and an improved post-AMI survival rate, suggesting a change in the natural history of CHD. Experimental intracoronary microembolization can induce different ischaemic patterns and the functional impact of repeated ischaemic episodes different from occlusion of central epicardial arteries can be studied.

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