Olav Sandstad

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Olav Sandstad er dr.med., spesialist i indremedisin og i fordøyelsessykdommer og overlege ved Gastromedisinsk avdeling, Oslo universitetssykehus.

Articles by Olav Sandstad

Surgical treatment of epiphrenic oesophageal diverticulum

Tobias Hauge,
Egil Johnson,
Olav Sandstad,
Hans-Olaf Johannessen,
Erik Trondsen

27.05.2014: An epiphrenic oesophageal diverticulum develops as the result of increased pressure in the oesophageal wall (pulsion diverticulum). The diverticulum is located in the distal 10 cm of the oesophagus, with herniation of mucosa and submucosa through the muscularis propria, usually towards the right in...