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    Laparoscopic lavage in Swedish routine care 2016-2018. The LapLav study
    (2024-10-02) Samuelsson, Andreas
    Aim: The aim of the thesis was to compare laparoscopic lavage with resection surgery for perforated diverticulitis. Method: All patients operated for perforated diverticulitis in Sweden between 2016-2018 were identified through the national In-Patient Registry. Data from medical records and a few other registers were used. All patients alive after 2-3 years were invited to answer a questionnaire regarding function and well-being. Results: Paper I found that lavage resulted in a lower complication burden and shorter length of hospital stay. Paper II evaluated functional outcomes and quality of life. There were few differences between the groups and both groups reported a high level of distress due to dysfunction. In paper III the primary outcome of “additional surgery” was reported. The lavage group had fewer additional operations. Further, 27% of the lavage patients had resection surgery during the two-year follow-up. Paper IV compared Hinchey IV patients with Hinchey III. Mortality was higher for the Hinchey IV group. However, sepsis was a stronger predictor for death than the Hinchey grade. Conclusion: Laparoscopic lavage is a feasible and safe method to surgically treat perforated diverticulitis, Hinchey grade III, in routine care. Sepsis is a strong mediator of death and should be taken into consideration.
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    EN UNDERSÖKNING AV BEGREPPET ’READYMADE’-LITTERATUR – med huvudfokus på Enrique Vila-Matas roman Dublinesk
    (2020-06-11) Samuelsson, Andreas; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion; University of Gothenburg/Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion
    This essay examines the usage of the ‘readymade’-technique in the literature by the spanish author Enrique Vila- Matas. Specifically in his novel Dublinesk. The concept ‘readymade’ was originally created by the french artist Marcel Duchamp and the term ‘readymade novel’ is now frequently used in articles covering the contemporary literature. The essay also has a comparative perspective when it comes to differences in usage and definition of the ‘readymade’-tehnique between earlier époques and the contemporary. The aspects which are being emphasized in the articles is also found in some contemporary research on Vila-Matas´ literature, even though it is not spcifically called ‘readymade literature’. A conclusion in the essay is that Vila-Matas explicitly declared usage of the concept ‘readymade’ might have lead chritics and theorists even more to use the term in relation to his work, even though it is possible to look at most of his writings as taking place within the ‘readymade’ domain. Another result of the investigation is that some of the characteristics in the Vila-Matas novel rather seem to be part of a technique and genre of today which on several occasions is being called ‘reality hunger’.