Academic article

• Waaler, Per Arne Skarstein; Inderhaug, Eivind; Birkenes, Thomas et al. (2025). Estimation of the patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) threshold for the Banff Patellofemoral Instability Instrument 2.0. (external link)
• Randsborg, Per-Henrik; Aae, Tommy Frøseth; Visnes, Håvard et al. (2025). Microfracture Versus Arthroscopic Debridement for the Treatment of Symptomatic Cartilage Lesions of the Knee: 2-Year Results From a Multicenter Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial. (external link)
• Randsborg, Per-Henrik; Brinchmann, Jan Engelsen; Owesen, Christian et al. (2024). Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Is Not Better Than Arthroscopic Debridement for the Treatment of Symptomatic Cartilage Lesions of the Knee: Two-Year Results From a Randomized-Controlled Trial. (external link)
• Birkenes, Thomas; Furnes, Ove Nord; Lygre, Stein Håkon Låstad et al. (2024). Previous cartilage surgery is associated with inferior patient-reported outcomes after knee arthroplasty. (external link)
• Birkenes, Thomas; Furnes, Ove Nord; Lygre, Stein Håkon Låstad et al. (2024). Long-Term Outcomes of Arthroscopically Verified Focal Cartilage Lesions in the Knee: A 19-Year Multicenter Follow-up with Patient-Reported Outcomes. (external link)
• Birkenes, Thomas; Furnes, Ove Nord; Lygre, Stein Håkon Låstad et al. (2023). The Long-Term Risk of Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Arthroscopically Verified Focal Cartilage Lesions : A Linkage Study with the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, 1999 to 2020. (external link)

Doctoral dissertation

• Birkenes, Thomas (2024). Long-term risk of arthroplasty and patient-reported outcomes following focal cartilage lesions in the knee. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Randsborg, Per-Henrik; Brinchmann, Jan Engelsen; Owesen, Christian et al. (2023). Bruskcelletransplantasjon vs. artroskopisk debridement av isolerte bruskskader i kneleddet. En RCT med 2 års oppfølging. (external link)
• Birkenes, Thomas; Furnes, Ove Nord; Lygre, Stein Håkon Låstad et al. (2023). Tidligere fokal bruskskade er assosiert med dårligere pasientrapportert resultat etter kneprotese. (external link)
• Birkenes, Thomas; Furnes, Ove Nord; Årøen, Asbjørn et al. (2021). Langtidsresultater etter bruskkirurgi i Norge - PROM hos pasienter utensenere kneprotese eller osteotomi. (external link)

Poster

• Birkenes, Thomas; Furnes, Ove Nord; Lygre, Stein Håkon Låstad et al. (2022). The long-term risk of knee arthroplasty after arthroscopically verified focal cartilage lesions in the knee. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Birkenes, Thomas; Furnes, Ove Nord; Årøen, Asbjørn et al. (2021). Langtidsresultater etter bruskkirurgi i Norge - PROM hos pasienter uten senere kneprotese eller osteotomi. (external link)

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