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| Joakim FolkessonSummaryAffiliation: Uppsala University Country: Sweden Publications
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The circular stapling device as a risk factor for anastomotic leakageJ Folkesson
Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Colorectal Dis 6:275-9. 2004..To investigate the relation between the type of circular stapler and anastomotic leak in rectal cancer surgery...
Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial: long lasting benefits from radiotherapy on survival and local recurrence rateJoakim Folkesson
Department of Surgical Sciences and Oncology, Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
J Clin Oncol 23:5644-50. 2005..To evaluate the long-term effects on survival and recurrence rates of preoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of curatively operated rectal cancer patients...
Population-based study of local surgery for rectal cancerJ Folkesson
Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Br J Surg 94:1421-6. 2007..The aim was to determine long-term survival and recurrence rates after local excision of rectal cancer from a prospectively registered population-based database...
Rectal cancer survival in the Nordic countries and ScotlandJoakim Folkesson
Department of Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Int J Cancer 125:2406-12. 2009..The study emphasizes the need for high quality and detailed data in order to understand international survival differences, and cautions comparisons between large national samples and those of smaller areas...
Randomised multicentre trial of circular stapling devicesJoakim Folkesson
Department of Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden
Int J Colorectal Dis 27:227-32. 2012..Based on those data, a randomised multicentre study was started to explore the risk of an anastomotic leakage based upon the surgical device...
