- E-mailsven.young@uib.no
- Visitor AddressHaukeland Universitetssykehus Laboratoriebygget, 7. etg. Heis øst5009 Bergen
- Postal AddressPostboks 78045020 Bergen
Academic article
- (2022). Tracheostomy without mechanical ventilation in patients with traumatic brain injury at a tertiary referral hospital in Malawi: a cross sectional study. Malawi Medical Journal. 152-156.
- (2022). The unmet need for treatment of children with musculoskeletal impairment in Malawi. BMC Pediatrics. 1-7.
- (2021). Total Joint Arthroplasty in HIV-Positive Patients in Malawi: Outcomes from the National Arthroplasty Registry of the Malawi Orthopaedic Association. JBJS Open Access.
- (2021). Prevalence, causes and impact of musculoskeletal impairment in Malawi: A national cluster randomized survey. PLOS ONE. 1-15.
- (2021). Paediatric surgical conditions in malawi-a cross-sectional nationwide household survey. Malawi Medical Journal. 73-81.
- (2021). Geographical mapping of road traffic injuries in Lilongwe, Malawi. Injury. 806-813.
- (2021). Cost utility analysis of intramedullary nailing and skeletal traction treatment for patients with femoral shaft fractures in Malawi. Acta Orthopaedica. 436-442.
- (2020). Prevalence of alcohol use among road traffic crash victims presenting to a Malawian Central Hospital: A cross-sectional study. Traffic Injury Prevention. 527-532.
- (2020). Outcome at 1 year in patients with femoral shaft fractures treated with intramedullary nailing or skeletal traction in a low-income country: a prospective observational study of 187 patients in Malawi. Acta Orthopaedica. 1-8.
- (2020). Deaths from surgical conditions in Malawi - a randomised cross-sectional Nationwide household survey. BMC Public Health. 1-8.
- (2020). Cost-Effectiveness analysis of the surgical management of fractures in Malawi: An economic evaluation of a high and low-income country surgical collaboration. Injury. 1-7.
- (2020). Adult pedestrian and cyclist injuries in Lilongwe, Malawi: a cross-sectional study. Malawi Medical Journal. 197-204.
- (2019). Validation of chichewa short musculoskeletal function assessment (SMFA) questionnaire: A cross-sectional study. Malawi Medical Journal. 65-70.
- (2019). Transportation barriers to access health care for surgical conditions in Malawi: a cross sectional nationwide household survey. BMC Public Health. 1-8.
- (2019). Etiology of major limb amputations at a tertiary care centre in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal. 244-248.
- (2019). Assessing the capacity of Malawi’s district and central hospitals to manage traumatic diaphyseal femoral fractures in adults. PLOS ONE. 1-16.
- (2018). The rise in road traffic injuries in Lilongwe, Malawi: A snapshot of the growing epidemic of trauma in low income countries. International Journal of Surgery Open. 55-60.
- (2018). Paediatric road traffic injuries in Lilongwe, Malawi: an analysis of 4776 consecutive cases. Tropical doctor. 6 pages.
- (2017). Validation and reliability of the Chichewa translation of the EQ-5D quality of life questionnaire in adults with orthopaedic injuries in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal. 84-88.
- (2017). Untreated surgical conditions in Malawi: A randomised cross-sectional nationwide household survey. Malawi Medical Journal. 231-236.
- (2017). The Effect of a Surgery Residency Program and Enhanced Educational Activities on Trauma Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Journal of Surgery. 3031-3037.
- (2017). High morbidity and mortality after lower extremity injuries in Malawi: A prospective cohort study of 905 patients. International Journal of Surgery (IJS). 23-29.
- (2016). “Life is at a standstill” Quality of life after lower extremity trauma in Malawi. Quality of Life Research. 1-9.
- (2016). The impact of the increasing burden of trauma in Malawi on orthopedic trauma service priorities at Kamuzu Central Hospital. Acta Orthopaedica. 632-636.
- (2016). The impact of long term institutional collaboration in surgical training on trauma care in Malawi. SpringerPlus. 1-5.
- (2016). Longstanding pain and social strain: patients’ and health care providers’ experiences with fracture management by skeletal traction; a qualitative study from Malawi. Disability and Rehabilitation. 1714-1721.
- (2015). The effect of a new surgery residency program on case volume and case complexity in a sub-Saharan African Hospital. Journal of Surgical Education. e94-e99.
- (2014). Orthopaedic trauma surgery in low-income countries. Acta Orthopaedica. 1-35.
- (2013). Risk factors for infection after 46,113 intramedullary nail operations in low- and middle-income countries. World Journal of Surgery. 349-355.
- (2013). Complications after intramedullary nailing of femoral fractures in a low-income country : A prospective study of follow-up, HIV infection, and microbial infection rates after IM nailing of 141 femoral fractures at a central hospital in Malawi. Acta Orthopaedica. 460-467.
- (2013). Addressing Malawi's surgical workforce crisis: A sustainable paradigm for training and collaboration in Africa. Surgery. 272-281.
- (2012). Parent and Patient Satisfaction after Treatment for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in 139 Children: No Difference between Skeletal Traction and Crossed Pin Fixation at Long-Term Followup. Advances in Orthopedics.
- (2012). Infection of the fracture hematoma from skeletal traction in an asymptomatic HIV-positive patient. Acta Orthopaedica. 423-425.
- (2011). Low infection rates after 34,361 intramedullary nail operations in 55 low- and middle-income countries Validation of the Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) Online Surgical Database. Acta Orthopaedica. 737-743.
Feature article
- (2015). Internasjonalt samarbeid om spesialistutdanning. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1662-1665.
Doctoral dissertation
- (2014). Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery in Low-Income Countries.
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