• Cervical Disc Disease: Biomechanical Aspects 

      Kolstad, Frode (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2011:139, Doctoral thesis, 2011)
      Degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine may cause significant pain and disability. Patients present themselves with neck pain, radiculopathy, and/or myelopathy. When the symptoms do not improve with conservative ...
    • Effect of Arthroplasty vs Fusion for Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial 

      Johansen, Tonje Okkenhaug; Sundseth, Jarle Østberg; Fredriksli, Oddrun; Andresen, Hege; Zwart, John-Anker; Kolstad, Frode; Pripp, Are Hugo; Gulati, Sasha; Nygaard, Øystein Petter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Surgical treatment for cervical radiculopathy is increasing. Treatment with motion preserving anterior cervical disc arthroplasty was introduced to prevent symptomatic adjacent segment disease, and there is need to evaluate ...
    • Impact of the number of previous lumbar operations on patient-reported outcomes after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis or lumbar disc herniation 

      Riksaasen, Anniken S.; Kaur, Simran; Solberg, Tore; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Brox, Jens Ivar; Dolatowski, Filip Celestyn; Hellum, Christian; Kolstad, Frode; Lønne, Greger; Nygaard, Øystein Petter; Ingebrigtsen, Tor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aims Repeated lumbar spine surgery has been associated with inferior clinical outcomes. This study aimed to examine and quantify the impact of this association in a national clinical register cohort. Methods This ...
    • Non-respondents do not bias outcome assessment after cervical spine surgery: a multicenter observational study from the Norwegian registry for spine surgery (NORspine) 

      Ingebrigtsen, Tor; Aune, Grethe; Karlsen, Martine Eriksen; Gulati, Sasha; Kolstad, Frode; Nygaard, Øystein Petter; Thyrhaug, Anette Moltu; Solberg, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background The Norwegian registry for spine surgery (NORspine) is a national clinical quality registry which has recorded more than 10,000 operations for degenerative conditions of the cervical spine since 2012. Registries ...
    • The Norwegian registry for spine surgery (NORspine): cohort profile 

      Mikkelsen, Eirik; Ingebrigtsen, Tor; Thyrhaug, Anette Moltu; Olsen, Lena Ringstad; Nygaard, Øystein Petter; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Brox, Jens Ivar; Hellum, Christian; Kolstad, Frode; Lønne, Greger; Solberg, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Purpose To review and describe the development, methods and cohort of the lumbosacral part of the Norwegian registry for spine surgery (NORspine). Methods NORspine was established in 2007. It is government funded, ...