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How can Big Data and Artificial Intelligence affect clinical research in the future?
Jens Ravn Eriksen, chief surgeon of colorectal surgery at the Zealand University Hospital, talked to Mie Brandstrup and the Ugeskrift for Læger about the role of the pelvic lymph nodes…
It's time for data to save lives
Region Zealand has initiated an innovative project in which medical doctors, data scientists and cloud computing experts work together to develop a solution that can reduce the number of serious…
The influenza vaccine - an old friend in new territories
Surgery is the only treatment that today can cure patients with colorectal cancer. However, up to 30% of patients experience a relapse of their cancer following curative-intended surgery. Relapse is…
Multimodal Prehabilitation – the road to personalized surgery
It is almost intuitive that low functional capacity, weight loss, malnutrition, anemia, and neuropsychological problems all are associated with an increased risk of complications after surgery. Undergoing surgery is a…
Insights on parastomal bulging
During surgery for cancer or other abdominal illness, it is sometimes necessary to form a stoma (an ileostomy or a colostomy). Having a stoma means that the bowel can empty…
Scoping into the future of endoscopy
For years, the trend on improving the quality of endoscopy has been the launch of new models where the aim was: thinner and better looking. These developments have given us…
Do pelvic lymph nodes affect disease recurrence in colorectal cancer patients?
Jens Ravn Eriksen, chief surgeon of colorectal surgery at the Zealand University Hospital, talked to Mie Brandstrup and the Ugeskrift for Læger about the role of the pelvic lymph nodes…
The Center for Surgical Science receives funding for research on the Covid-19 pandemic
The Center for Surgical Science receives funding from the government to conduct research on optimizing the selection of patients with cancer to operate during the novel coronavirus pandemic in order…
High risk emergency surgery, to whom it may concern.
In abdominal surgery, when emergency and high risk is combined, it should concern everyone. From hospital entry through surgery and all the way to the discharge patient undergoing emergency surgery…
The perioperative phase: A golden opportunity to improve surgical oncological outcomes.
Through decades we have realized that surgery is the main stay of treatment in patients with solid cancers. This has been the reality since the introduction of surgery for cancer…