Can J Surg 2004;47(3)
Editorial • Éditorial
Wait times: the appropriateness of the methodology and how they affect patients
M. Gross
Quill on Scalpel • Plume et scalpel
Ethical dilemmas encountered while operating and teaching in a developing country
M. Bernstein
Original Articles • Articles originaux
Monitoring trends in waiting periods in Canada for elective surgery: validation of a method using administrative data
S.E.D. Shortt, R.A. Shaw, D. Elliott, W.J. Mackillop
Waiting for an operation: parents’ perspectives
G.G. Miller
Implementation of a successful endovascular surgical program in a non-teaching tertiary-care centre in Ontario
R.P.N. Willoughby, J.A. Fenton, S.R. Pudupakkam, R.A. Greco, E.W.D. Roberts, G. DeRose, S. Kribs
Survey of colorectal cancer screening practices in a large Canadian urban centre
L.A. Mack, H. Stuart, W.J. Temple
Continuing Medical Education • Formation médicale continue
Surgical images: soft tissue.
Right paraduodenal hernia
B. Papaziogas, A. Souparis, J. Makris, A. Alexandrakis, T. Papaziogas
Radiology for the surgeon:
Musculoskeletal case 32
R.S. Ryan, P.L. Munk
Surgical Education and Self-assessment Program (SESAP)
Evidence-Based Surgery • Chirurgie factuelle
Users’ guide to the surgical literature.
How to assess a randomized controlled trial in surgery
A. Thoma, F. Farrokhyar, M. Bhandari, V. Tandan, for the Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group
Canadian Association of General Surgeons Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery. 10.
Laparoscopy-assisted colectomy versus open colectomy for treatment of nonmetastatic colon cancer: a randomized trial
R.S. McLeod, H.S. Stern, for members of the CAGS Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group
Brief Communication • Communication abrégée
The management of dysplasia associated with ulcerative colitis: colectomy versus continued surveillance
M.S. Friedlich, M. Guindi, H.S. Stern
Case Notes • Notes de cas
Artery transposition and carotid endarterectomy done simultaneously with stent-graft repair of an aneurysm of the aortic isthmus
G. Illuminati, L. Bresadola, A. D’Urso, G. Ceccanei, R. Lorusso
Residual appendix producing small-bowel obstruction after laparoscopic appendectomy
R. Gordon, F. Bamehriz, D.W. Birch
Total hip arthroplasty in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I and recurrent spontaneous hip dislocation
T. Odent, P. Ranger, M. Aarabi, R.C. Hamdy, F. Fassier
Spontaneous splenic rupture in infectious mononucleosis treated by embolization of the splenic artery
N. Halkic, H. Vuilleumier, S.D. Qanadli
Late complication of extended cervical mediastinoscopy
G. Haciibrahimoglu, A. Cevik, M.A. Bedirhan, C.A. Kutlu