Magne Røkkum

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Seksjon for hånd- og mikrokirurgi

Ortopedisk avdeling

Ortopedisk klinikk

Oslo universitetssykehus, Rikshospitalet

Institutt for klinisk medisin

Universitetet i Oslo

Magne Røkkum er spesialist i ortopedisk kirurgi, avdelingsleder og professor.

Articles by Magne Røkkum

A woman in her fifties with a lump in the palm of her hand

Ole-Gunnar Olsen,
Rasmus Dehli Thorkildsen,
Olga Zaikova,
Ingvild Victoria Koren Lobmaier,
Ingeborg Taksdal,
Magne Røkkum

05.09.2022: A previously healthy woman in her fifties contacted her general practitioner due to a troublesome lump on her hand that had progressed over the course of a year. The final diagnosis surprised those involved and serves as a reminder to both general practitioners and specialists. The patient showed...

Major nerve injury in association with use of contraceptive implants

Rasmus Dehli Thorkildsen,
Frode Thu,
Lars-Eldar Myrseth,
Magne Røkkum

15.04.2021: Our Hand Surgical Unit has treated two young women for serious injuries to the ulnar nerve sustained during removal of contraceptive implants. To avoid permanent injuries, it is important that such implants are inserted correctly, and that patients are referred to a hand surgeon if it is suspected...

Examination and treatment of scaphoid fractures and pseudarthrosis

Ole Reigstad,
Rasmus Thorkildsen,
Christian Grimsgaard,
Knut Melhuus,
Magne Røkkum

30.06.2015: The scaphoid bone (os scaphoideum) is one of eight bones in the wrist. About half of the bone is covered with cartilage. It articulates with the radius, lunate, capitate, trapezoid and trapezium bones. Earlier cadaver studies revealed the major blood supply to the scaphoid to be retrograde, with...