Browsing Institutt for helse og samfunn by Author "Aabakken, Lars"

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  • A novel intragastric balloon for treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. A two-center pilot trial 
    Tønnesen, Christer Julseth; Hjelmesæth, Jøran Sture; Hofsø, Dag; Tonstad, Serena; Hertel, Jens Kristoffer; Heggen, Eli; Johnson, Line Kristin; Mathisen, Tor Erik; Kalager, Mette; Wieszczy, Paulina; Medhus, Asle Wilhelm; Løberg, Magnus; Aabakken, Lars; Bretthauer, Michael (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Background and aims: Obesity with type-2 diabetes is a global challenge. Lifestyle interventions have limited effect for most patients. Bariatric surgery is highly effective, but resource-demanding, invasive and associated ...
  • A pilot study of implementation of endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) in Norway 
    Tønnesen, Christer Julseth; Hjelmesæth, Jøran Sture; Aabakken, Lars; Lund, Randi Størdal; Johnson, Line Kristin; Hertel, Jens Kristoffer; Kalager, Mette; Løberg, Magnus; Bretthauer, Michael (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    Background and aim Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for obesity but is invasive and associated with serious complications. Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a less invasive weight loss procedure ...
  • Endoscopy assistants influence the quality of colonoscopy 
    Holme, Øyvind; Pedersen, Ina Borgenheim; Medhus, Asle Wilhelm; Aabakken, Lars; Glomsaker, Tom Birger; Kvamme, Jan-Magnus; Løberg, Magnus; Bretthauer, Michael; Seip, Birgitte Karen Berggreen; Kjellevold, Øystein; Jørgensen, Anita; Furholm, Siv; Hoff, Geir; de Lange, Thomas (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Background: Colonoscopy performance varies between endoscopists, but little is known about the impact of endoscopy assistants on key performance indicators. We used a large prospective colonoscopy quality database to perform ...
  • Gastronet survey on the use of one- or two-person technique for colonoscopy insertion 
    Hoff, Geir; Volker, Moritz; Bretthauer, Michael; Aabakken, Lars; Høie, Ole; deLange, Thomas; Berset, Ingrid; Kjellevold, Øystein; Glomsaker, Tom; Huppertz-Hauss, Gert; Lange, Ove; Sandvei, Per (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
    Background Usually, colonoscopy insertion is performed by the colonoscopist (one-person technique). Quite common in the early days of endoscopy, the assisting nurse is now only rarely doing the insertion ...
  • Impact of artificial intelligence on colorectal polyp detection for early-career endoscopists: an international comparative study 
    Ainechi, Diba; Misawa, Masashi; Barua, Ishita; Larsen, Solveig Linnea Veen; Paulsen, Vemund; Garborg, Kjetil Kjeldstad; Aabakken, Lars; Tønnesen, Christer Julseth; Løberg, Magnus; Kalager, Mette; Kudo, Shin-Ei; Hotta, Kinichi; Ohtsuka, Kazuo; Saito, Shoichi; Ikematsu, Hiroaki; Saito, Yutaka; Matsuda, Takahisa; Itoh, Hayato; Mori, Kensaku; Bretthauer, Michael; Mori, Yuichi (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Background Artificial intelligence (AI) for polyp detection is being introduced to colonoscopy, but there is uncertainty how this affects endoscopists’ ability to detect polyps and neoplasms. We performed a video-based ...
  • The effect of train-the-colonoscopy-trainer course on colonoscopy quality indicators 
    Hoff, Geir; Botteri, Edoardo; Huppertz-Hauss, Gert; Kvamme, Jan-Magnus; Holme, Øyvind; Aabakken, Lars; Dahler, Stein; Medhus, Asle Wilhelm; Blomgren, Ingrid; Sandvei, Per; Darre-Næss, Ole; Kjellevold, Øystein; Seip, Birgitte Karen Berggreen (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Background: Systematic training in colonoscopy is highly recommended; however, we have limited knowledge of the effects of "training-the-colonoscopy-trainer" (TCT) courses. Using a national quality register on colonoscopy ...