Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Alhaug, Ole Kristian"
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Accuracy and agreement of national spine register data for 474 patients compared to corresponding electronic patient records
Alhaug, Ole Kristian; Kaur, Simran; Dolatowski, Filip C; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Solberg, Tore; Lønne, Greger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose Data quality is essential for all types of research, including health registers. However, data quality is rarely reported. We aimed to assess the accuracy of data in a national spine register (NORspine) and its ... -
Characteristics and outcomes of patients who did not respond to a national spine surgery registry
Kaur, Simran; Alhaug, Ole Kristian; Dolatowski, Filip Celestyn; Solberg, Tore; Lønne, Greger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Loss to follow-up may bias outcome assessments in medical registries. This cohort study aimed to analyze and compare patients who failed to respond with those that responded to the Norwegian Registry for Spine ... -
Criteria for failure and worsening after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. A prospective national spine registry observational study
Alhaug, Ole Kristian; Dolatowski, Filip Celestyn; Solberg, Tore K.; Lønne, Greger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background context: Criteria for success after surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) have been defined previously; however, there are no clear criteria for failure and worsening after surgery as assessed by ... -
Incidental dural tears associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients operated for lumbar spinal stenosis
Alhaug, Ole Kristian; Dolatowski, Filip Celestyn; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Mjønes, Sverre Markussen; Lønne, Greger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Incidental dural (ID) tear is a common complication of spine surgery with a prevalence of 4-10%. The association between ID and clinical outcome is uncertain. Former ... -
Long-term comparison of anterior (ALIF) versus transforaminal (TLIF) lumbar interbody fusion: a propensity score-matched register-based study
Alhaug, Ole Kristian; Dolatowski, Filip Celestyn; Thyrhaug, Anette Moltu; Mjønes, Sverre Markussen; Roque Dos Reis, Joao André Barroso Pereira; Austevoll, Ivar Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose Anterior (ALIF) and transforaminal (TLIF) lumbar interbody fusion have shown similar clinical outcomes at short- and medium-term follow-ups. Possible advantages of ALIF in the long run could be better disc height ... -
Lumbar spinal stenosis, assessing failure and worsening after surgery. Identifying predictive factors with critical use of data from a national spine registry (NORspine)
Alhaug, Ole Kristian (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:210, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Norsk sammendrag Spinal stenose er en vanlig lidelse som skyldes trang ryggmargskanal og karakteriseres av smerter i rygg og bein og redusert gangfunksjon. Operasjon er ofte nødvendig og spinal stenose er den hyppigste ... -
Predictors for failure after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: a prospective observational study
Alhaug, Ole Kristian; Dolatowski, Filip Celestyn; Solberg, Tore; Lønne, Greger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background/context Some patients do not improve after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), and surgical treatment implies a risk for complications and deterioration. Patient selection is of paramount importance to ...