PhD defense by Alexander Lilja-Cyron
Alexander Lilja-Cyron
On February 22nd, Alexander Lilja-Cyron successfully defended his PhD thesis with the title “Long-term intracranial pressure following decompressive craniectomy and cranioplasty.”
The PhD investigated long-term intracranial pressure following craniectomy and subsequent cranioplasty.
The research was conducted under the supervision of
- Professor Marianne Juhler
- Associate Professor Kåre Fugleholm
- Jesper Kelsen, MD, PhD
- Morten Andresen, MD, PhD
Opponents on the thesis were
- Professor Tiit Mathiesen,
Clinic of Neurosurgery,
Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark - Professor Niklas Marklund ,
Department of Neurosurgery,
Lund University - Professor Frantz Rom Poulsen,
Department of Neurosurgery,
Odense University Hospital
Thesis papers
The thesis was based on the following three papers:
I. Lilja-Cyron A, Kelsen J, Andresen M, Fugleholm K, Juhler M. Feasibility of telemetric intracranial pressure monitoring in the neuro intensive care unit. J Neurotrauma. 2018 Jul 15;35(14):1578-1586.
II. Lilja-Cyron A, Andresen M, Kelsen J, Fugleholm K, Andresen T H, Juhler M. Long-term effect of decompressive craniectomy on intracranial pressure and possible implications for intracranial fluid movements. Neurosurgery. Accepted for publication November 12th, 2018.
III. Lilja-Cyron A, Andresen M, Kelsen J, Andresen T H, Petersen L G, Fugleholm K, Juhler M. Intracranial pressure before and after cranioplasty – insights into intracranial physiology. Manuscript submitted for publication (Neurosurgery).