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Articles by Hebe Désirée Kvernmo
Treatment of wrist fractures 2009–14
- Hebe Désirée Kvernmo,
- Petter Otterdal,
- Lise Balteskard
16.10.2017:
Wrist fractures are the most frequently occurring fracture type in Norway (1, 2). Previous estimates based on incidence rates from Bergen and Oslo indicate an incidence of more than 15 000 of these fractures annually among adults in Norway (1–3). The incidence is regarded as among the highest in the...
Nerve tumour of the wrist
- Christer Kjærvik,
- Hebe Désirée Kvernmo,
- Anna Bågenholm,
- Sissel Løseth
06.12.2016:
A previously healthy teenage girl was referred to the department of hand surgery with a lump on the flexor side of the left wrist. The lump had been discovered by the girl’s mother around seven years earlier and had gradually become increasingly painful. The patient described hypersensitivity to...
Treatment of congenital syndactyly of the fingers
- Hebe Désirée Kvernmo,
- Jan-Ragnar Haugstvedt
20.08.2013:
The term syndactyly derives from the Greek syn (together), and daktylos (finger), and refers to the clinical appearance of fingers which have not undergone a normal process of separation in intrauterine life. There is a large degree of heterogeneity in the extent of the malformation, which may have...
Treatment of distal radius fractures
- Hebe Désirée Kvernmo,
- Yngvar Krukhaug
19.02.2013:
Distal radius fractures are the most frequently occurring type of fracture in Norway, accounting for about 20 % of all fractures. Incidence rates indicate more than 15 000 of these fractures each year in Norway (1, 2). The injury mechanism is normally a fall onto an outstretched hand. A displaced...