Emma Hansson

Department of Plastic

Surgery

Telephone

+46 31-342 10 00

Mail

emma.hansson.2@gu.se

Visiting address

Gröna Stråket 8, SU/S

413 45 Göteborg

About Emma Hansson

Professor and senior consultant plastic surgeon. The main research focus is conditions that require breast reconstruction, with a focus on indications, surgical techniques, quality of life and health economics.

Researchgate

Ongoing projects:
Quality of Life, Aesthetic Result and Health Economy in Breast Reconstruction (GoBreast)
Psychological Effects of Implant Loss
Effects of Expectations and Body Image in Breast Reconstruction
Reconstructions With Back Donor Site Flaps and Validation of Quality of Life Scales
The Gothenburg TIGR®/Veritas® Study

Grants:
ALF
Göteborgs Läkaresällskap
Percy Falks stiftelse för forskning beträffande prostatacancer och bröstcancer
Bröstcancerförbundet

Current phd students:
Linn Weick
Fredrik Brorson
Christian Jepsen
Ragnvald Brekke, Bergen University, Norway

Books:
Att skriva medicinsk vetenskap: en handbok
Writing for the medical sciences: konsten att skriva bra på engelska
Two chapters in: Liposuction: Principles and practice

Other:
President of the Swedish Association of Plastic Surgeons, 2018-

Publications

First‐year complications after immediate breast reconstruction with a biological and a synthetic mesh in the same patient: A randomized controlled
study

Emma Hansson, Ann-Chatrin Edvinsson, Anna Elander, Lars Kölby, Håkan Hallberg
World Journal of Surgical Oncology - 2020-01-01
Early complications in delayed breast reconstruction: A prospective, randomized study comparing different reconstructive methods in radiated and non-radiated
patients

Fredrik Brorson , Andri Thorarinsson, Lars Kölby, Anna Elander, Emma Hansson
European Journal of Surgical Oncology - 2020-01-01
An ethics analysis of the rationale for publicly funded plastic
surgery

Lars Sandman, Emma Hansson
BMC Medical Ethics - 2020-01-01
Drain secretion and seroma formation after immediate breast reconstruction with a biological and a synthetic mesh, respectively: A randomized controlled
study

Emma Hansson, Ann-Chatrin Edvinsson, Håkan Hallberg
The Breast Journal - 2020-01-01
The effect of microsurgical training on novice medical students’ basic surgical skills—a randomized controlled
trial

Stian Almeland, Andrew Lindford, Henriette Sundhagen, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Eivind Strandenes, Henrik Svendsen, Anne Berit Guttormsen, Emma Hansson
European journal of plastic surgery - 2020-01-01
The Cellular Architectures of
Hypospadias

Ann Nozohoor Ekmark, Diane Grelaud, Emma Hansson, Henry Svensson, Einar Arnbjörnsson, David Gisselsson
Pediatric and Developmental Pathology - 2020-01-01
Should immediate breast reconstruction be performed in the setting of radiotherapy? An ethical
analysis.

Emma Hansson, Anna Elander, Håkan Hallberg, Lars Sandman
Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery - 2020-01-01
Kvalitetsindikatorer bör granskas
kritiskt

Emma Hansson, Anna Elander, Lars Sandman
Dagens medicin - 2019-01-01
Lagförslag kan bana väg för en efterfrågestyrd
vård

Lars Sandman, Erik Gustavsson, Emma Hansson
Läkartidningen - 2019-01-01
Writing for the medical
sciences

Emma Hansson, Carolin Freccero
- 2019-01-01
Comparison of inflammatory response and synovial metaplasia in immediate breast reconstruction with a synthetic and a biological mesh: a randomized controlled clinical
trial.

Emma Hansson, Pawel Burian, Håkan Hallberg
Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery - 2019-01-01
Breast reconstruction with a dermal sling: a systematic review of surgical
modifications.

Emma Hansson, Christian Jepsen
Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery - 2019-01-01
Complications, long-term outcome and quality of life following Surgisis® and muscle-covered implants in immediate breast reconstruction: a case-control study with a 6-year
follow-up

Håkan Hallberg, Richard Lewin, Madiha Bhatti Söfteland, Emmelie Widmark-Jensen, Ulrika Kogler, Jonas Lundberg, Emma Hansson
European Journal of Plastic Surgery - 2019-01-01
In search of a single standardised system for reporting complications in craniofacial surgery: a comparison of three different
classifications.

Anna Paganini, Madiha Bhatti Söfteland, Sara Fischer, David Kölby, Emma Hansson, Justine O'Hara , Giovanni Maltese, Peter Tarnow, Lars Kölby
Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery - 2019-01-01
A biological or a synthetic mesh in immediate breast reconstruction? A cohort-study of long-term Health related Quality of Life
(HrQoL)

Håkan Hallberg, Anna Elander, Lars Kölby, Emma Hansson
European Journal of Surgical Oncology - 2019-01-01
Prospective Evaluation of Health After Breast Reduction Surgery Using the Breast-Q, Short-Form 36, Breast-Related Symptoms Questionnaire, and Modified Breast Evaluation
Questionnaire.

Richard Lewin, Mattias Lidén, Jonas Lundberg, Emma Hansson, Gennaro Selvaggi, Andri Thorarinsson, Anna Elander
Annals of plastic surgery - 2019-01-01
Complications, patient-reported outcomes, and aesthetic results in immediate breast reconstruction with a dermal sling: A systematic review and
meta-analysis.

Christian Jepsen, Håkan Hallberg, Aldina Pivodic, Anna Elander, Emma Hansson
Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS - 2019-01-01
Liposuction Gives Complete Reduction of Arm Lymphedema following Breast Cancer Treatment-A 5-year Prospective Study in 105 Patients without
Recurrence.

Mattias Hoffner, Karin Ohlin, Barbro Svensson, Jonas Manjer, Emma Hansson, Thomas Troëng, Håkan Brorson
Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open - 2018-01-01
Validation of the breast evaluation questionnaire for breast hypertrophy and breast
reduction.

Richard Lewin, Anna Elander, Jonas Lundberg, Emma Hansson, Andri Thorarinsson, Malin Claudelin, Helena Bladh, Mattias Lidén
Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery - 2018-01-01
Immediate breast reconstruction with a wise pattern mastectomy and NAC-sparing McKissock vertical bipedicle dermal
flap.

Richard Lewin, Christian Jepsen, Håkan Hallberg, Emma Hansson
Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS - 2018-01-01
TIGR (R) matrix surgical mesh - a two-year follow-up study and complication analysis in 65 immediate breast
reconstructions

Håkan Hallberg, Richard Lewin, Anna Elander, Emma Hansson
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery - 2018-01-01
A core undergraduate curriculum in plastic surgery - a Delphi consensus study in
Scandinavia.

Stian K Almeland, Andrew Lindford, Jais Oliver Berg, Emma Hansson
Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery - 2018-01-01
Objective evaluation of nipple position after 336 breast
reductions.

Richard Lewin, Emmelie Widmark-Jensen, Nikolina Plate, Emma Hansson
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery - 2018-01-01
Benefits and risks with acellular dermal matrix (ADM) and mesh support in immediate breast reconstruction: a systematic review and
meta-analysis

Håkan Hallberg, Svanheidur Rafnsdottir, Gennaro Selvaggi, Annika Strandell, Ola Samuelsson, Ida Stadig, Therese Svanberg, Emma Hansson, Richard Lewin
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery - 2018-01-01
Development and validation of a new assessment tool for suturing skills in medical
students.

Henriette Pisani Sundhagen, Stian Kreken Almeland, Emma Hansson
European journal of plastic surgery - 2018-01-01
A systematic review of risks and benefits with
nipple-areola-reconstruction.

Camilla Morken Kristoffersen, Håvard Seland, Emma Hansson
Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery - 2017-01-01
Patient-reported long-term outcome after primary hypospadias
repair.

Ann Nozohoor Ekmark, Einar Arnbjörnsson, Henry Svensson, Emma Hansson
Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery - 2017-01-01
SF-36 Shows Increased Quality of Life Following Complete Reduction of Postmastectomy Lymphedema with
Liposuction.

Mattias Hoffner, Shirin Bagheri, Emma Hansson, Jonas Manjer, Thomas Troëng, Håkan Brorson
Lymphatic research and biology - 2017-01-01
Plastic surgery in the Norwegian undergraduate medical curriculum: students' knowledge and attitudes. A nationwide case-control
study.

Stian K Almeland, Anne Berit Guttormsen, Louis de Weerd, Håvard B Nordgaard, Carolin Freccero, Emma Hansson
Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery - 2017-01-01
Vascular lesions, part 2: Treatment, complications and associated
syndromes

Emma Hansson, Agneta Troilius Rubin, Carolin Freccero
Lakartidningen - 2015-01-01
Failed hypospadias repair: An algorithm for secondary reconstruction using remaining local
tissue.

Ann Nozohoor Ekmark, Henry Svensson, Einar Arnbjörnsson, Emma Hansson
Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS - 2015-01-01