Can J Surg 2008;51(5)
Editorial • Éditorial
Improving waiting times for surgery
J.P. Waddell
L’amélioration des temps d’attente en chirurgie
J.P. Waddell
Quill on Scalpel • Plume et scalpel
Challenges and solutions to expanded satellite clerkship rotations
W. McEachern
Original Articles • Articles originaux
The epidemiology of surgically treated acute subdural and epidural hematomas in patients with head injuries: a population-based study
J.M. Tallon, S. Ackroyd-Stolarz, S.A. Karim, D.B. Clarke
Surgical outcomes in women with ovarian cancer
L.M. Elit, S.J. Bondy, L.P. Paszat, E.J. Holowaty, G.M. Thomas, T.A. Stukel, M.N. Levine
Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hernias: a Canadian experience
R.P. Boushey, H. Moloo, S. Burpee, C.M. Schlachta, E.C. Poulin, F. Haggar, D.C. Trottier, J. Mamazza
Functional outcome after proximal humeral fractures treated with hemiarthroplasty
S. Fallatah, G.F. Dervin, J.A. Brunet, A.F. Conway, H. Hrushowy
Functional outcome and persistent disability after isolated fracture of the femur
D.W. Sanders, M. MacLeod, T. Charyk-Stewart, J. Lydestad, A. Domonkos, C. Tieszer
Choosing a career in surgery: factors that influence Canadian medical students’ interest in pursuing a surgical career
I.M. Scott, A.N. Matejcek, M.C. Gowans, B.J. Wright, F.R. Brenneis
Arthroscopically assisted percutaneous osteosynthesis of lateral tibial plateau fractures
C. Kayali, H. Öztürk, T. Altay, A. Reisoglu, H. Agus
Chronic pain after Lichtenstein and preperitoneal (posterior) hernia repair
Y. Erhan, E. Erhan, H. Aydede, M. Mercan, D. Tok
International Surgery • La chirurgie à l’étranger
Surgery in Africa Monthly Reviews: introduction
P. Jani, B. Ostrow
Review Article • Article de revue
The spatial epidemiology of trauma: the potential of geographic information science to organize data and reveal patterns of injury and services
N. Schuurman, S.M. Hameed, R. Fiedler, N. Bell, R.K. Simons
Continuing Medical Education • Formation médicale continue
Surgical images: musculoskeletal
Hook nail in a pediatric patient
E.J. Harvey
Radiology for the surgeon
Musculoskeletal case 42
E.J. Heffernan, F.O. Alkubaidan, P.L. Munk
Surgical Biology for the Clinician • Biologie chirurgicale pour le clinicien
The secondary abdominal compartment syndrome: not just another post-traumatic complication
C.G. Ball, A.W. Kirkpatrick, P. McBeth
Evidence-Based Surgery • Chirurgie factuelle
Canadian Association of General Surgeons and American College of Surgeons Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery. 26.
Watchful waiting versus repair of inguinal hernia in minimally symptomatic men
J. Barkun, A. Neville, G.W.N. Fitzgerald, D. Litwin; for the Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery Group
Online case notes
Interposition of small bowel as replacement for the descending colon
B. Rumstadt, D. Schilling, J. Sturm
Pericardial rupture with cardiac herniation
T. Chughtai, M.M. Chiavaras, P. Sharkey, H. Shulman, H.A. Miller
Medial wear of the polyethylene component associated with heterotopic ossification after reverse shoulder arthroplasty
A. El Maraghy, M. Devereaux
Periosteal chondroma of the sacrum
A. Pal Singh, A. Pal Singh, S. Mahajan
Transfemoral removal of a knotted Swan-Ganz catheter
J.C. Papakostas, L.-S.N. Papadopoulos, H.M. Arnaoutoglou, A. Karahaliou, M.I. Matsagas
Abdominal actinomycosis mimicking acute appendicitis
E. Karagulle, H. Turan, E. Turk, H. Kiyici, E. Yildirim, G. Moray
Management of intrathoracic goitre
P. Pace-Asciak, K. Higgins
Complication of central venous cannulation
J. Rajinikanth, E. Stephen, S. Agarwal
Correspondence • Correspondance
Foreign-body aspiration in an adult
S. Karapolat
Reply: Foreign-body aspiration in an adult
A. Behzadi
Codes of professionalism and ethics
B.E. Driedger
Reply: Codes of professionalism and ethics
J. Bond