Örebro Studies in Medicine 240 I
ÖREBRO 2021 2021IO
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ioannis oikonomakis (b. 1977) received his medical degree in 2002 from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece. He completed his internship in Syros Hospital, Cyclades, Greece and the moved to Rhodes, Greece where he started his surgical training. After moving to Sweden in 2007, he continued and completed his surgical training in Lindesberg and Örebro University Hospital in 2013. Since 2016 he has been working in Örebro University Hospital as a consultant surgeon. Ioannis Oikonomakis was registered as PhD student in 2015 with associate professor Kjell Jansson as his main supervisor.
Every year in Sweden, more than 6000 individuals are diagnosed with colo-rectal cancer and more than 5000 operations are performed. Surgical treat-ment can be associated with complications. In case of restoration of bowel continuity, anastomotic leakage is the most dreaded complication in colorectal surgery. It has a great impact on postoperative morbidity and mortality. The aim of this thesis was to find ways to identify anastomotic leakage early and then to treat it with novel methods.
issn 1652-4063 isbn 978-91-7529-388-2
