Publications by authors named "Margrethe Andersen"

Around 500,000 Danes are suffering from urinary incontinence, and stress urinary incontinence and urgency urinary incontinence, alone or mixed, are the most common types. Diagnostic workup is similar for all types of urinary incontinence (men and women) and can be done by the GP. Most conservative interventions can be commenced by the GP.

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Kidney stone disease is rapidly increasing with a strong relationship to metabolic syndrome. This review gives a brief overview of the current state and current treatment modalities. Increasing use of CT and ultrasound scans leads to increased diagnosis of asymptomatic kidney stones, which rarely require treatment.

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Objective: Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is a well-established treatment modality for idiopathic overactive bladder and urgency incontinence, idiopathic fecal incontinence and non-obstructive urinary retention. This study describes the start-up phase of establishing the SNM service. To investigate the patient-reported outcome measures of SNM on lower urinary tract dysfunction symptoms.

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Purpose: To summarise recommendations about 20 non-surgical interventions for recent onset (<12 weeks) non-specific low back pain (LBP) and lumbar radiculopathy (LR) based on two guidelines from the Danish Health Authority.

Methods: Two multidisciplinary working groups formulated recommendations based on the GRADE approach.

Results: Sixteen recommendations were based on evidence, and four on consensus.

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Angiomyolipoma (AML) is a benign tumour composed predominantly of blood vessels, smooth muscle tissue and adipose tissue. It is a rare disorder found in 0.1% of men and 0.

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We present a case of persisting macroscopic haematuria in a patient with severe co-morbidity and need of blood transfusion. With a combination of selective embolisation of the internal pudendal artery and transurethral microwave therapy in local anaesthesia, the patient was treated successfully.

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Objective: To establish an animal model of a vesicovaginal fistula that can later be used in the development of new treatment modalities.

Materials And Methods: Six female pigs of Landrace/Yorkshire breed were used. Vesicotomy was performed through open surgery.

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Introduction: The objective of this study was to present patients who underwent either elective or acute renal embolisation in a single centre where embolisation was available at all hours.

Methods: The records of all patients who underwent transcatheter arterial embolisation (TAE) at Odense University Hospital from October 2010 to July 2013 were extracted retrospectively and examined to determine the indication for treatment, procedural details and complications. Patients were divided into four groups: renal cancer, trauma, angiomyolipoma (AML) and others.

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