Can J Surg 2009;52(3)
Editorial • Éditorial
Canadian health care is not universal
E.J. Harvey
Le système de santé du Canada n’est pas universel
E.J. Harvey
Quill on Scalpel • Plume et scalpel
Catastrophe surgery: response to multiple casualties or individual patients with devastating injuries
V.C. McAlister
Research • Recherche
Update on managing diaphragmatic rupture in blunt trauma: a review of 208 consecutive cases
T. Chughtai, S. Ali, P. Sharkey, M. Lins, S. Rizoli
Outpatient thyroid surgery: Should patients be discharged on the day of their procedures?
D.C. Trottier, P. Barron, V. Moonje, S. Tadros
Block to succeed: the Canadian orthopedic resident research experience
R.K.W. Chan, J. Lockyer, C. Hutchison
Does general surgery residency prepare surgeons for community practice in British Columbia?
H. Hwang
Detected peritoneal fluid in small bowel obstruction is associated with the need for surgical intervention
B.J. O’Daly, P.F. Ridgway, N. Keenan, K.J. Sweeney, D.P. Brophy, A.D.K. Hill, D. Evoy, N.J. O’Higgins, E.W.M. McDermott
Substantial variation of both opinions and practice regarding perioperative fluid resuscitation
P.C. Chong, E.F. Greco, D. Stothart, D.E. Maziak, S. Sundaresan, F.M. Shamji, D. Neilipovitz, L. McIntyre, P. Hébert, A.J.E. Seely
Postoperative bedrest improves the alignment of thoracolumbar burst fractures treated with the AO spinal fixator
Y. Dang, D. Yen, W.M. Hopman
A biomechanical study of conventional acetabular internal fracture fixation versus locking plate fixation
R. Mehin, B. Jones, Q. Zhu, H. Broekhuyse
Bariatric surgery waiting times in Canada
N.V. Christou, E. Efthimiou
Review • Revue
The role of positron emission tomography in the management of non–small cell lung cancer
A. Behzadi, Y. Ung, V. Lowe, C. Deschamps
Continuing Medical Education • Formation médicale continue
CAGS and ACS Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery. 29
Computed tomographic angiography for the diagnosis of blunt cervical vascular injury
A. Kirkpatrick, D. Evans, W. Meredith, for the members of the Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery Group
Radiology for the Surgeon
Musculoskeletal case 44
A. Alhathlol, P.L. Munk
Case Series
Combined large Hill–Sachs and bony Bankart lesions treated by Latarjet and partial humeral head resurfacing: a report of 2 cases
P. Grondin, J. Leith
Online case notes
Clarification of the Simmonds–Thompson test for rupture of an Achilles tendon
J. Douglas, M. Kelly, P. Blachut
Giant mesenteric cystic lymphangioma in an infant presenting with acute bowel obstruction
R. Méndez-Gallart, A. Solar-Boga, M. Gómez-Tellado, I. Somoza-Argibay
Cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty in osteoporosis for failed femoral neck fixation
R. Gandhi, M. Salehi, J.R. Davey
Monitoring placement of high thoracic pedicle screws by triggered electromyography of the intercostal muscles
J.A. Norton, D.M. Hedden
Colonic large-cell neuroendocrine tumours
G. Gravante, D. Markiewicz, F. Madeddu, P. Giordano
Hibernoma of the neck: a rare benign tumour
T. Peycru, E. Tardat, A. Schwartz, J.-P. Dufau, A. Benois, F. Durand-Dastes
Teratoma of the greater omentum
A. Ait Ali, I. Sall, H. El Kaoui, S.M. Bouchentouf, A. El Hjjouji, M. El Fahssi, A. Bounaim, A. Zentar, K. Sair
Incidental carcinoma in bullous emphysema
W. Abu Arab, V. Echavé, M. Sirois, M.M. Gomes
Incidental malignant carcinoid within Crohn ileitis
H. Hwang, J. Doyle, B. Chai
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour
O. Firat, S. Ozturk, T. Akalin, A. Coker
Intrathoracic scapular impaction: an unusual complication of scapular fractures
A.N. Porte, D.A. Wirtzfeld, C. Mann
Lisfranc injury caused by a pedal brake perforating the foot
A.D. Kacou, E.J.B. Sié, I. Bamba, A. Traoré, Y. Lambin
Breast cancer infiltration by cardiothoracic surgery
M. Akinci, B. Çetin, S. Aslan, A. Demir
Carcinoma in the fourth part of the duodenum
S.P. Kumar, A. Pavan Kumar
Cholecystic adenosquamous carcinoma mimicking Mirizzi syndrome
T. Horio, S. Ogata, Y. Sugiura, S. Aiko, N. Kanai, H. Matsunaga, T. Maehara
Mature cystic teratoma in the posterior mediastinum
S. Ogata, Y. Okusa, T. Ogawa, T. Ogawa, K. Inoue, Y. Ozeki
Persistent nonhealing skin fistulous tract after congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair
J.C. Vasquez, E. Montesinos, J. DeLaRosa, J.J. Leon
Perforated obturator Littre hernia
T.J. Jacob, P. Gaikwad, A.J. Tirkey, J. Rajinikanth, J.P. Raj, J.C. Muthusami
Abstracts • Résumés
Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Fifteenth Annual Scientific Meeting
Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, Ont.
May 1, 2009
Supplement • Supplement
Canadian Spine Society Ninth Annual Meeting
Hilton Lac-Leamy, Gatineau, Quebec
March 18 to March 21, 2009