A Comparison of Outcomes in Adult Patients After Intracapsular Laser Tonsillotomy and Cold Steel Tonsillectomy. Skaaraas GHES, Nordahl SHG, Jacobsen YM, Wennberg S, Blindheimsvik MAB, Bugten V.Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2026 May;174(5):1236-1242. doi: 10.1002/ohn.70188. Epub 2026 Mar 3.PMID: 41774564
Development and validation of a machine learning model predicting post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage. Stubberud A, Zahl SM, Myklebust TÅ, Bugten V.Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2026 Jun 1. doi: 10.1007/s00405-026-10344-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42228100
Improved pain management after tonsil surgery in adults: a quality improvement programme. Nilsen AH, Wennberg S, Amundsen MF, Blindheimsvik MAB, Tappert C, Bugten V.BMJ Open Qual. 2026 Mar 9;15(1):e003665. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003665.PMID: 41802818
Postoperative bleeding after tonsillectomy – a risk factor study on 28,254 patients. Ingvild Engesæter, Vegard Bugten, Siri Wennberg, Ola Sunnergren, Fredrik Alm & Joacim Stalfors Pages 997-1003 | Received 10 Apr 2025
A validation study of the 30-day questionnaire in the national Norwegian Tonsil Surgery Register: can we trust the data reported by the patients? Wennberg S, Amundsen MF, Bugten V. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2024
Comparison of clinical practice of tonsil surgery from quality register data from Sweden and Norway and one clinic in Denmark. Stalfors J, Ovesen T, Bertelsen JB, Bugten V, Wennberg S, Sunnergren O. BMJ Open. 2022.
Reducing post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage: a multicentre quality improvement programme incorporating video-based cold technique instruction. Bugten V, Wennberg S, Amundsen MF, Blindheimsvik MAB. BMJ Open Qual. 2022
Postoperative bleeding after tonsil surgery. Bugten V. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2021;141
Providing quality data in health care - almost perfect inter-rater agreement in the Norwegian tonsil surgery register. Wennberg, S., Karlsen, L.A., Stalfors, J. et al. (2019).
Systematic review of tonsil surgery quality registers and introduction of the Nordic Tonsil Surgery Register. Ruohoalho J, Østvoll E, Bratt M, Bugten V, Bäck L, Mäkitie A, Ovesen T, Stalfors J.2018.