Vetenskapliga publikationer

Long-term complications after tonsil surgery: an analysis of 54,462 patients from the Swedish Quality Register for Tonsil Surgery. Odhagen E, Alm F, Axelsson S, Hemlin C, Nerfeldt P, Stalfors J, Sunnergren O. Frontiers in Surgery 2023:10:1304471.

Comparison of clinical practice of tonsil surgery from quality register data from Sweden and Norway and one clinic in Denmark
Joacim Stalfors, Therese Ovesen, Jannik Buus Bertelsen, Vegard Bugten, Siri Wennberg, Ola Sunnergren. BMJ Open 2022;12

A validation study of data in the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden: high agreement with medical records ensures that data can be used to monitor clinical practices and outcomes. Lundström F, Odhagen E, Hemlin C, Nerfeldt, Sunnergren O. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2022;22:3.

Practice, complications and outcome in Swedish tonsil surgery 2009–2018. An observational longitudinal national cohort study. Lundström F, Stalfors J, Østvoll E, Sunnergren O. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 2020 May

Reducing post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage rates through a quality improvement project using a Swedish National quality register: a case study. Odhagen E, Sunnergren O, Söderman AH, Thor J, Stalfors J. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Jun;275(6):1631-1639.

Systematic review of tonsil surgery quality registers and introduction of the Nordic Tonsil Surgery Register Collaboration. Ruohoalho J, Østvoll E, Bratt M, Bugten V, Bäck L, Mäkitie A, Ovesen T, Stalfors J. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Jun;275(6):1353-1363.

Patient reported pain-related outcome measurements after tonsil surgery: An analysis of 32,225 children from the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden 2009-2016. Alm F, Stalfors J, Nerfeldt P, Ericsson E. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Oct;274(10):3711-3722.

Tonsil surgery in Sweden 2013–2015. Indications, surgical methods and patient-reported outcomes from the National Tonsil Surgery Register. Hallenstål N, Sunnergren O, Ericsson E, Hemlin C, Hessén Söderman AC, Nerfeldt P, Odhagen E, Ryding M, Stalfors J. Acta Otolaryngol. 2017 Oct;137(10):1096-1103.

Indirect costs related to caregivers' absence from workafter paediatric tonsil surgery. Gudnadottir G, Tennvall GR, Stalfors J, Hellgren J. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Jun;274(6):2629-2636.

Factors influencing morbidity after paediatric tonsillectomy: a study of 18,712 patients in the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden. Elinder K, Söderman AH, Stalfors J, Knutsson J. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Aug;273(8):2249-56.

Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage rates are related to technique for dissection and for haemostasis. An analysis of 15734 patients in the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden. Söderman AC, Odhagen E, Ericsson E, Hemlin C, Hultcrantz E, Sunnergren O, Stalfors J. Clin Otolaryngol. 2015 Jun;40(3):248-54.

Radiofrequency tonsillotomy in Sweden 2009-2012. Sunnergren O, Hemlin C, Ericsson E, Hessén Söderman AC, Hultcrantz E, Odhagen E, Stalfors J. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2014 Jun;271(6):1823-7.

Paradigm shift in Sweden from tonsillectomy to tonsillotomy for children with upper airway obstructive symptoms due to tonsillar hypertrophy. Hultcrantz E, Ericsson E, Hemlin C, Hessén Söderman AC, Roos K, Sunnergren O, Stalfors J. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 Sep;270(9):2531-6.

Tonsil surgery efficiently relieves symptoms: analysis of 54 696 patients in the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden. Stalfors J, Ericsson E, Hemlin C, Hultcrantz E, Månsson I, Roos K, Hessén Söderman AC. Acta Otolaryngol. 2012 May;132(5):533-9.

Reduced risk of primary postoperative hemorrhage after tonsil surgery in Sweden: results from the National Tonsil Surgery Register in Sweden covering more than 10 years and 54,696 operations. Hessén Söderman AC, Ericsson E, Hemlin C, Hultcrantz E, Månsson I, Roos K, Stalfors J. Laryngoscope. 2011 Nov;121(11):2322-6

Postoperative recovery in children after tonsil surgery: with a focus on pain and pain management from the child's, caregivers', and professionals' perspectives. Fredrik Alm, 2021, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

Tonsil Surgery, studies on surgical methods and postoperative haemorrhage, Erik Odhagen, 2019, Sahlgrenska Akademin, Göteborgs universitet, Göteborg

Tonsil Surgery - Register Studies of Complications and Outcomes, Eirik Östvall, 2019, Sahlgrenska Akademin, Göteborgs universitet, Göteborg

Paediatric sleep-disordered breathing - diagnostics and treatment, Gunnhildur Gudnadottir, 2018, Sahlgrenska Akademin, Göteborgs universitet, Göteborg

Complications and Their Registration in Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery : Special Emphasis in Tonsil Surgery Quality Registration, Ruohoalho, Johanna, 2018, Helsingfors universitet, medicinska fakulteten, Helsingfors

Behandling av smärta och illamående i samband med tonsilloperation. Nya riktlinjer för farmakologisk behandling till barn och ungdomar. Brattwall M, Lundeborg S, Ericsson E. Läkartidningen 2014;111:CXDL

Nationella riktlinjer för farmakologisk behandling av smärta och illamående i samband med tonsillotomi och tonsillektomi på barn och ungdomar (< 18 år). Ericsson E, Lundeberg S, Brattwall M, Stalfors J, Hemlin C, Hessén Söderman AC, Sunnergren O, Hultcrantz E, Odhagen E. Ventilen 2013;4:18-19 och Smärta 2014;1;20–21

Nationella riktlinjer för farmakologisk behandling av smärta och illamående i samband med tonsillotomi och tonsillektomi på barn och ungdomar (< 18 år). Ericsson E, Lundeberg S, Brattwall M. SFAI-tidningen 2013;19(4):248–251

Processen med utformning av nationella farmakologiska riktlinjer i samband med tonsilloperation. Ericsson E. SFAI-tidningen 2013;4:252–253, Smärta 2014;1:19 och Ventilen 2013;4:17

Nationell kartläggning av farmakologiska rutiner och information i samband med tonsilloperation. Andersson E, Kroon A, Ericsson E. Ventilen 2013;4:16-17 och Smärta 2014;1:18-19

“From TE to TO: The Scandinavian Experience”. Hultcrantz E, Stalfors J. Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - Skriptum 2008;10:18-20