Kjersti Ausen

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Seksjon for plastikkirurgi

St. Olavs hospital

Trondheim

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Kjersti Ausen er ph.d., spesialist i plastikkirurgi, overlege og leder av lipødemstudien i Helse Midt-Norge.

Articles by Kjersti Ausen

Lipoedema

Ina Walde Ekerhovd,
Hanne Schult Frølich,
Aslaug Drotningsvik,
Kjersti Ausen,
Louis De Weerd,
Wenche Hegard,
Hildur Skuladottir

23.06.2025: Lipoedema is a disease that affects women and is characterised by an abnormal accumulation of fatty tissue, with pain and a feeling of heaviness in the lower limbs. Approximately 30 % of patients also have involvement of the upper limbs. The cause of lipoedema is unknown, but familial clustering of...

Cosmetic and plastic surgery semantics

Kjersti Ausen

10.01.2025: Cosmetic surgery has become more commonplace. This is not only due to societal changes. The procedures have become safer, and there is an increasing need for medically indicated surgery. In this issue of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, Kvalem et al. publish a major cross-sectional...

Topical tranexamic acid for prophylaxis of bleeding

Kjersti Ausen,
Hilde Pleym,
Olav Spigset

06.01.2023: Uncertainty surrounding possible thromboembolic events may prevent widespread use of tranexamic acid in surgery. Topical application may be an alternative. Tranexamic acid is an antifibrinolytic drug used routinely by intravenous administration in cardiac surgery and orthopaedics, but uncertainty...