Can J Surg 2009;52(4)
Editorial • Éditorial
Toward a platform for training and practice standards in advanced minimally invasive surgery
G.L. Warnock
Vers un modèle de normes de formation et de pratique en techniques avancées de chirurgie minimalement invasive
G.L. Warnock
Research • Recherche
Predictors of laparotomy and mortality in polytrauma patients with pelvic fractures
J. Ali, K. Al Ahmadi, J.I. Williams
The interobserver reliability of classification systems for radial head fractures: the Hotchkiss modification of the Mason classification and the AO classification systems
D.M. Sheps, K.R.L. Kiefer, R.S. Boorman, J. Donaghy, A. Lalani, R. Walker, K.A. Hildebrand
The who, what and when of surgery for the degenerative lumbar spine: a population-based study of surgeon factors, surgical procedures, recent trends and reoperation rates
S.S. Bederman, H.J. Kreder, I. Weller, J.A. Finkelstein, M.H. Ford, A.J.M. Yee
Advanced laparoscopic training and outcomes in laparoscopic cholecystectomy
L. Bohacek, D.E. Pace
Factors affecting perioperative blood loss and transfusion rates in primary total joint arthroplasty: a prospective analysis of 1642 patients
T.H. Bell, D. Berta, F. Ralley, S.J. MacDonald, R.W. McCalden, R.B. Bourne, C.H. Rorabeck, D.D.R. Naudie
Mortality and complications following stabilization of femoral metastatic lesions: a population-based study of regional variation and outcome
B. Ristevski, R.J. Jenkinson, D.J.G. Stephen, J. Finkelstein, E.H. Schemitsch, M.D. McKee, H.J. Kreder
Evaluation of preoperative and perioperative operating room briefings at the Hospital for Sick Children
A. Khoshbin, L. Lingard, J.G. Wright
Influence of delays to nonemergent colon cancer surgery on operative mortality, disease-specific survival and overall survival
M. Simunovic, E. Rempel, M.-E. Thériault, N.N. Baxter, B.A. Virnig, N.J. Meropol, M.N. Levine
Correspondence • Correspondance
Criteria for a diagnosis of abdominal compartment syndrome
M.L. Cheatham, J. De Waele, A. Kirkpatrick, M. Sugrue, M.L.N. Malbrain, R.R. Ivatury, Z. Balogh, S. D’Amours
Response: Criteria for a diagnosis of abdominal compartment syndrome
K.S.A. Vikrama, S.N. Keshava, M. Vinu, P. Joseph, F. Vyas, S. Venkatramani
Review • Revue
The history of women in surgery
D.A. Wirtzfeld
Canadian consensus conference on the development of training and practice standards in advanced minimally invasive surgery
D.W. Birch, H.J. Bonjer, C. Crossley, G. Burnett, C. de Gara, A. Gomes, J. Hagen, A.G. Maciver, C.D. Mercer, O.N. Panton, C.M. Schlachta, A.J. Smith, G.L. Warnock
Continuing Medical Education • Formation médicale continue
Users’ Guide to the Surgical Literature
How to use an article about prognosis
R.R. Hansebout, S.D. Cornacchi, T. Haines, C.H. Goldsmith; for the Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group
Surgical Biology for the Clinician
Operating on a patient with hepatitis C
S. Asthana, N. Kneteman
Radiology for the Surgeon: Soft tissue case 61
L. Aird, P. Tiwari, C.J. Brown
Online case notes
Seven-year survival after intralesional resection and adjuvant radiotherapy for a giant-cell tumour of the sixth cervical vertebra
B. Rerri, T. Opadele
Subtotal splenectomy for splenic abscess
R.G. Nagem, A. Petroianu
Primary myxoid sarcoma of the pleura
W.A. Arab, V. Echavé, M. Sirois, F. Bénard, M.M. Gomes
An unusual case of free air
K.N. Vogt, S.E. Smith, R. Etemad-Rezai, S. Jayaraman, W. Davies
Paradoxical carbon dioxide embolism during laparoscopic unroofing of a recurrent nonparasitic liver cyst
W. Sendt, W. Schummer, A. Altendorf-Hofmann, T. Weber
Ruptured ectopic pregnancy presenting as intestinal obstruction
S. Singh, B.K. Jain, D. Mohanty, J. Agrawal, S. Mehta
Extra-axial medulloblastoma in the cerebellopontine angle
A. Fallah, S.M. Banglawala, J. Provias, N.K. Jha
Intestinal duplication presenting with recurrent abdominal pain
J.M. Plummer, M.E. McFarlane, D.E. Torrence, N. Duncan, S. Shah, P. Roberts
Lymphatic cording or axillary web syndrome after breast cancer surgery
A. Tilley, R. Thomas-MacLean, W. Kwan
Malakoplakia of the neck in a patient with cancer of the colon
M. Hamodat, B. Naghibi, G.M. Yousef
Massive hemobilia
S.V. Demyttenaere, M. Hassanain, Y. Halwani, D. Valenti, J.S. Barkun
Nodular ganglioneuroblastoma in adults
T. Peycru, J. Guiramand, E. Tardat, P.-H. Savoie, J.-P. Avaro, P. Balandraud
Unexpected bile duct stones formed around surgical clips 4 years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
L.M. Kager, C.Y. Ponsioen
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma
N. Patel, A. Fallah, J. Provias, N.K. Jha
Spontaneous intrahepatic echinococcal cyst rupture in a patient with chronic hepatitis C infection
M.M. Konstadoulakis, I.P. Gomatos, L. Toufektzian, S. Katsaragakis, J. Koskinas, P. Antonakis, N. Nikiteas, E. Leandros, C. Tsigris
Lymphoma following ileal pouch anal anastomosis
J. Swett Cosentino, R.J. Davies, R.S. McLeod, Z. Cohen
Abstracts • Résumés
Bethune Round Table 2009, 9th Annual Conference: Clinical Care in Context
May 22-23, 2009, the Bahen Centre, Toronto, Ont.
Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery, 2009 Annual Meeting
Sept. 25-26, 2009, The Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Ont.
Supplement • Supplement
Canadian Surgery Forum, Abstract Presentation
Victoria, BC
Sept. 10-13, 2009