Helsinki University Central Hospital

This study aims to determine whether elderly patients need gallbladder removal surgery after successful endoscopic treatment of bile duct stones, or if a watchful waiting approach is just as safe and effective. Researchers will compare surgery to no surgery in 400 patients aged 7…

This study aims to find out if a common back operation (microdiscectomy) truly helps people with sciatica pain from a slipped disc, or if the benefits come from the placebo effect of just having surgery. Researchers will compare the real surgery to a 'sham' or placebo surgery in …

This study aims to see if placing a small temporary tube (stent) in the pancreas during a difficult bile duct procedure lowers the risk of a painful complication called pancreatitis. It will compare patients who get the stent to those who do not. The goal is to make this common e…

This study compares two surgical approaches using mesh implants to treat pelvic organ prolapse, a condition where pelvic organs drop from their normal position. Researchers will enroll 318 women who have had a previous prolapse surgery to see which method—one performed through th…

This study is testing whether dance-movement therapy can help reduce depression symptoms in teenagers. Researchers will enroll 140 teens (ages 13-17) with moderate to severe depression and randomly assign them to either receive 12 weeks of dance therapy or continue with their usu…

This study aims to understand sleep patterns in teenagers with long-lasting pain and test if a simple pre-sleep relaxation technique can improve their sleep quality and help them manage pain. Researchers will measure sleep at home using portable devices over two nights. The study…

This study aims to find the best way to manage pain after laparoscopic gallbladder surgery. Researchers are comparing a standard local anesthetic injection at the incision sites to a more extensive nerve block technique combined with the standard injection. They will measure whic…

This study aims to understand how chronic pain might change where children feel emotions in their bodies, and how their parents experience emotions physically too. Researchers will work with 600 Finnish-speaking children with pain and their parents to create 'emotional bodymaps'.…