Can J Surg 2007;50(6)
Editorial • Éditorial
Editor’s view
J.P. Waddell
Point de vue du rédacteur
J.P. Waddell
Quill on Scalpel • Plume et scalpel
Mentoring for surgical skills: a tool to share the workload
M.H. Shiwani
Original Articles • Articles originaux
Does sex affect residency application to surgery?
M.O. Baerlocher
Injury patterns and outcomes associated with elderly trauma victims in Kingston, Ontario
R. Gowing, M.K. Jain
Patient satisfaction with outpatient lumbar microsurgical discectomy: a qualitative study
M. Hersht, E.M. Massicotte, M. Bernstein
MacLean–Mueller Prize • Prix MacLean–Mueller
Chest tube complications: How well are we training our residents?
C.G. Ball, J. Lord, K.B. Laupland, S. Gmora, R.H. Mulloy, A.K. Ng, C. Schieman, A.W. Kirkpatrick
Review Article • Article de revue
Use of octreotide for the prevention of pancreatic fistula after elective pancreatic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
A.A. Alghamdi, A.M. Jawas, R.S. Hart
Continuing Medical Education • Formation médicale continue
Radiology for the surgeon
Musculoskeletal case 40
M. Al-Heidous, P.L. Munk
Surgical technique
The ambidextrous surgeon’s knot: an alternate way to tie the surgeon’s knot
P.K. Jha, A.G. Barabas, H. Sharma
Online case notes • Notes de cas
Intussusception in adults
K.P. Croome, P.H.D. Colquhoun
Reconstructing the abdominal wall with a biocompatible patch
G. Roche-Nagle, M. O’Sullivan, G. McGreal, G. O’Sullivan
Osteitis pubis simulating a soft-tissue lesion
P. Malakzadeh-Shirvani, E. Wikholm, A. Assaf
Hepatic portal venous gas from perforated sigmoid diverticulitis
A. Duggal, R.N. Rankin, W.J. Wall
Myositis ossificans traumatica of the hand
M. Chadha, A. Agarwal
Ectopic breast tissue presenting as an anal polyp
N.G. Chan, J.L. Penswick, E. Labelle, D.K. Driman
Stromal tumour of the stomach
G. Rakovich
Rofecoxib associated with diaphragm disease
M.A. Lapner, W.J. Stephen
Gastric outlet obstruction
R. O’Carroll, R. Kennedy
Lymphogranuloma venereum as a cause of rectal stricture
I. Pinsk, N. Saloojee, M. Friedlich
Leiomyoma of iliac bone
B. Balachandra, M.W. Lee, G.-K. Nguyen
An unusual gastric tumour
J.W. Lorimer, M. Belliveau
Evidence-Based Surgery • Chirurgie factuelle
The efficacy and risks of using povidone-iodine irrigation to prevent surgical site infection: an evidence-based review
J. Chundamala, J.G. Wright
Canadian Association of General Surgeons and American College of Surgeons Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery. 23.
ASCO recommended guidelines for sentinal lymph node biopsy for early-stage breast cancer
L. Neumayer, S. Meterissian, K. McMasters, for the Members of the Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group
Surgical Cornucopia • Potpourri
William D. Stevenson: Atlantic Canada’s first neurosurgeon
K. Mukhida, I. Mendez