Can J Surg 2009;52(5)
Editorial • Éditorial
H1N1 and the surgeon
E.J. Harvey
Le virus H1N1 et le chirurgien
E.J. Harvey
Research • Recherche
Getting started with robotics in general surgery with cholecystectomy: the Canadian experience
S. Jayaraman, W. Davies, C.M. Schlachta
Computer-assisted FluoroGuide navigation of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
B. Ma, J. Rudan, R. Chakravertty, H. Grant
Do corticosteroids reduce the risk of fat embolism syndrome in patients with long-bone fractures? A meta-analysis
S.S. Bederman, M. Bhandari, M.D. McKee, E.H. Schemitsch
Recent evolution in demographic and clinical characteristics and in-hospital morbidity in patients undergoing coronary surgery
R.G. Baillot, D.R. Joanisse, L.M. Stevens, D.P. Doyle, B. Dionne, F. Lellouche
Strategic faculty recruitment increases research productivity within an academic university division
S.W. Chung, J.S. Clifton, A.J. Rowe, R.J. Finley, G.L. Warnock
The management of treatment-resistant biliary calculi using percutaneous endourologic techniques
A.A. Ray, E.T. Davies, M. Duvdevani, H. Razvi, J.D. Denstedt
Outcomes of total joint arthroplasty in academic versus community hospitals
R. Gandhi, P. Tso, A. Davis, N.N. Mahomed
Clinical management of cocaine body packers: the Hillingdon experience
I. Beckley, N.A.A. Ansari, H.A. Khwaja, Y. Mohsen
Complementary and alternative medicine use among general surgery, hepatobiliary surgery and surgical oncology patients
C. Schieman, L.R. Rudmik, E. Dixon, F. Sutherland, O.F. Bathe
Online Research • Recherche en ligne
A surgical review of the priority claims attributed to Abraham Groves (1847–1935)
C.R. Geddes, V.C. McAlister
A retrospective review of general surgery training outcomes at the University of Toronto
C. Compeau, J. Tyrwhitt, Y. Shargall, L. Rotstein
Development of the Veritas plot and its application in cardiac surgery: an evidence-synthesis graphic tool for the clinician to assess multiple meta-analyses reporting on a common outcome
S.S. Panesar, C. Rao, J.A. Vecht, S.B. Mirza, G. Netuveli, R. Morris, J. Rosenthal, A. Darzi, T. Athanasiou
Injury in Kampala, Uganda: 6 years later
S.V. Demyttenaere, C. Nansamba, A. Nganwa, M. Mutto, R. Lett, T. Razek
Weather and chinook winds in relation to spontaneous pheumothoraces
C. Schieman, A. Graham, G. Gelfand, S.P. McFadden, C. Tiruta, M.D. Hill, S.C. Grondin
Canadian experience with percutaneous endovascular aneurysm repair: short-term outcomes
S.M. Grenon, J. Gagnon, Y.N. Hsiang, J.C. Chen
Efficacy of different fixation devices in maintaining an initial reduction for surgically managed distal radius fractures
L. Geller, M. Bernstein, A. Carli, G. Berry, R. Reindl, E. Harvey
Review • Revue
Tracheostomy: from insertion to decannulation
P.T. Engels, S.M. Bagshaw, M. Meier, P.G. Brindley
Choledochal cysts Part 1 of 3: Classification and pathogenesis
J. Singham, E.M. Yoshida, C.H. Scudamore
Online Review • Revue en ligne
Microscopic colitis: a review for the surgical endoscopist
I. Datta, S.S. Brar, C.N. Andrews, M. Dupre, C.G. Ball, W.D. Buie, P.L. Beck
The occult pneumothorax: What have we learned?
C.G. Ball, A.W. Kirkpatrick, D.V. Feliciano
Continuing Medical Education • Formation médicale continue
CAGS and ACS Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery. 30
Prophylactic antibiotics for mesh inguinal hernioplasty
L. Neumayer, J. Thompson, B. Vair, for the members of the Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery Group
Online case notes
Aortic thrombosis complicating Crohn disease: an unusual complication
A. Bashir Khan, N. Bhat, A. Hassan, G. Al Saied
Massive gastrointestinal bleeding caused by stromal tumour of the jejunum
C. Caliskan, O. Makay, M. Akyildiz
Laparoscopic treatment of primary hyperaldosteronism in a pregnant patient
T.Z. Nursal, K. Caliskan, E. Ertorer, A. Parlakgumus, G. Moray
Intussuscepted intestine through a rectal foreign body
C.G. Ball, A.D. Wyrzykowski, P. Sullivan, D.V. Feliciano
Pseudomonas aeruginosa–infected infrarenal abdominal aorta pseudoaneurysm secondary to laparoscopic colorectal surgery: failure of endovascular stent graft treatment after primary open repair failed
F. Mazzalai, R. Ragazzi, V. Iurilli, A. Toniato, G. Da Giau, E. Ballotta
Left colon and liver hemangiomas
J.M. Plummer, N. Williams, P. Johnson, M.G. Lee
Complete anemia reversal after surgical excision of mesenteric hyaline-vascular unicentric Castleman disease
J. Bejjani, B. Lemieux, G. Gariepy, R. Younan
Management of a small incidentally discovered retroperitoneal synovial sarcoma
I.P. Gomatos, L. Alevizos, G. Kafiri, J. Bramis, E. Leandros
Minimally invasive excision of a mediastinal cystic lymphangioma
I. Hunt, D. Eaton, P. Dalal, M. Burke, V. Anikin
Control of the bleeding gallbladder bed using a pedicled falciform ligament flap based on the left inferior phrenic artery and middle segment hepatic artery
V. Naraynsingh, M.J. Ramdass
Mock appendicitis: small bowel perforation secondary to lung cancer metastasis
M. Bélanger, J.-P. Gagné
Traumatic abdominal hernia with presternal herniation
P.B. McBeth, S. Widder, R.J. McColl, A. Graham, A.W. Kirkpatrick
Splenic hydatid cyst
I. Karabicak, I. Yurtseven, S.S. Yuruker, N. Ozen, M. Kesim
Minimal abdominal adhesions after Sepramesh repair of a parastomal hernia
J. Rose, S. Jayaraman, P. Colquhoun, B. Taylor
Isolated metastasis to the cerebellopontine angle secondary to breast cancer
Y. Chiong, L. Mulroy, I.G. Fleetwood, T. Younis
Esophageal carcinoma presented with a skull tumour
C.-H. Kao, C.-T. Shang, Y.-C. Lin, Y.-F. Li, Y.-L. Cheng
Isolated quadrilateral plate fracture: an unusual acetabular fracture
G.Y. Laflamme, J. Delisle, S. Leduc, P.-A. Uzel
Case Series
Incisional endometriosis: a report of 3 cases
I. Sengul, D. Sengul, S. Kahyaoglu, I. Kahyaoglu
Online Continuing Medical Education • Formation médicale continue en ligne
Radiology for the Surgeon: Musculoskeletal case 45
G. Andreisek, J.S. Theodoropoulos, W. Mak, L.M. White
Online Correspondence • Correspondance en ligne
Does general surgery residence training provide competence in community-based pediatric surgery?
E.D. Skarsgard
Response: Does general surgery residence training provide competence in community-based pediatric surgery?
H. Hwang