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    One-year outcome after open inguinal hernia repair with self-fixated mesh: a randomized controlled trial

    The aim of this study was to analyze pain after surgery with the use of self-fixated meshes, which are commonly used as an alternative for sutured mesh in open inguinal hernia repair.

    Anna-Maria Thölix, Jyrki Kössi, Jukka Harju in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2023)

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    Three-dimensional versus two-dimensional high-definition laparoscopy in cholecystectomy: a prospective randomized controlled study

    While 3D laparoscopy increases surgical performance under laboratory conditions, it is unclear whether it improves outcomes in real clinical scenarios. The aim of this trial was to determine whether the 3D lap...

    Hanna Koppatz, Jukka Harju, Jukka Sirén, Panu Mentula, Tom Scheinin in Surgical Endoscopy (2019)

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    Improvement in the quality of life following cholecystectomy: a randomized multicenter study of health status (RAND-36) in patients with laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus minilaparotomy cholecystectomy

    The assessment of the quality of life (QoL) in minilaparotomy cholecystectomy (MC) versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) with the ultrasonic dissection in both groups has not been addressed earlier.

    Samuli Aspinen, Jari Kärkkäinen, Jukka Harju, Petri Juvonen in Quality of Life Research (2017)

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    A Prospective, Randomized Study Comparing Minilaparotomy and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy as a Day-Surgery Procedure: 5-Year Outcome

    The long-term outcome between laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and minilaparotomy (MC) has not been compared in randomised trials as day-surgery procedures. We therefore investigated the outcome after day-cas...

    Samuli Aspinen, Jukka Harju, Petri Juvonen, Kalevi Karjalainen in Surgical Endoscopy (2014)

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    Ten-year outcome after minilaparotomy versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective randomised trial

    Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and minilaparotomy cholecystectomy (MC) are the two most commonly performed mini-invasive surgical techniques for the treatment of symptomatic gallstone disease, but the long-...

    Jukka Harju, Samuli Aspinen, Petri Juvonen, Hannu Kokki in Surgical Endoscopy (2013)