University Hospital of North Norway

The Norwegian Neck and Back Registry is a national registry aiming to improve the quality of health services for neck and back pain patients at hospitals in Norway. Patients answer self-report questionnaires. Health personnel complete a questionnaire concerning the patient course and diagnosis.

The registry contains information on both planned and acute surgical procedures on organs in the digestive system (gastrointestinal surgery).

The registry contains information on patients with a genetically determined disease in the muscles (myopathy) or in the peripheral nerves (neuropathy) – with the exception of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery (NORspine) aims at, and is contributing to the improvement of the quality of surgical treatment for degenerative disorders in the cervical and lumbar spine. Patients experience strong and clinically relevant improvements of pain, disability and health-related quality of life after surgery.

The registry registers results after surgical treatment of anal incontinence, preliminarily limited to sacral nerve modulation (SNM) and sphincteroplasty.

The registry contains information related to a group of rare diseases that are characterized by inflammation of the blood vessel wall (the term is called vasculitis).

The registry contains information on people affected by the chronic inflammatory skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa – also called acne inversa or Verneuil's disease.