Publications by authors named "O P Foss"
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- Glaciers in the Arctic have significantly lost mass over the past two decades, particularly through processes at glacier calving fronts which remain poorly understood due to limited long-term data.
- Researchers studied Austfonna, the largest ice cap in Svalbard, using satellite data and in-situ ocean records from 2018-2022, revealing that calving and melting mainly occur in autumn.
- Ocean temperature plays a crucial role in glacier ablation, while the impact of subglacial meltwater runoff is minimal, indicating that marine-terminating glaciers may rapidly respond to seasonal ocean changes influenced by warmer Atlantic waters.
Background And Purpose: Physical function and pain are the most important outcomes following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). These can be evaluated by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), or by an anchor question. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate whether a simple anchor question can replace KOOS-PS in assessing postoperative knee function until 1-year follow-up, evaluated by analyzing the agreement between the 2 methods using the diagnostic odds ratio (DOR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study evaluates the clinical evidence for performing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) without a tourniquet, a shift from the near-universal use in 2009 to current trends towards tourniquet-less TKA in Norway and Sweden. This change is set against a backdrop of conflicting evidence regarding the positive and negative effects of tourniquet use.
Questions/purposes: The aims were to determine if the tourniquet has an impact on [1] Forgotten Joint Score-12 (FJS-12) at 8 weeks after surgery; [2] postoperative strength and function; [3] postoperative pain and opioid analgesic use; and [4] operative time, bleeding, and length of stay (LOS).
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- Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is a treatment for T-cell-related disorders that involves using a drug (8-MOP) and UV light to kill T-cells, but it isn't very selective and can harm healthy cells.
- An alternative, ALA-based photodynamic therapy, shows more promise in targeting T-cells effectively without harming healthy cells, based on previous studies.
- A clinical trial with one cutaneous T-cell lymphoma patient found that ALA-ECP was safe, led to a significant reduction in skin symptoms, and resulted in only mild adverse events.