Ole Reigstad

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Ole Reigstad er ph.d., spesialist i ortopedisk kirurgi og seksjonsoverlege ved Seksjon for håndkirurgi og fotkirurgi, Ortopedisk avdeling, Martina Hansens Hospital.

Articles by Ole Reigstad

The black sand

Ole Reigstad,
Astor Reigstad

24.06.2024: Millions of people are walking around with titanium implants in their body. What makes this metal so well-suited for medical use? It all started with the discovery of black sand in a stream. The year was 1791, and as the story goes, it was the amateur geologist and clergyman William Gregor (1761...

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...

The PRWHE form in Norwegian – assessment of hand and wrist afflictions

Ole Reigstad,
Tone Vaksvik,
Teresa Lütken,
Jorun Berg †

29.10.2013: A Norwegian-language evaluation tool for hand and wrist problems has been requested for many years. Now, the Patient-Rated Wrist and Hand Evaluation has been translated into Norwegian and the form is available to everybody free of charge. In the case of harmless, but painful and impairing conditions...