Abstracts
Abstracts of presentations to the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Canadian Association of General Surgeons Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons1. AUDIT OF PATHOLOGY REPORTING FOR RECTAL CANCER IN BC2. VITAMINS AND MINERALS FOR THE PREVENTION OF COLORECTAL ADENOMAS AND CANCER3. IMPROVED LOCAL REGIONAL CONTROL OF RECTAL CANCER WITH TME AND ADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION4. NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) AND ASPIRIN FOR THE PREVENTION OF COLORECTAL ADENOMAS AND CANCER5. THE ROLE OF HOME TPN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULAE: A PARADIGM SHIFT6. THE ARTIFICIAL BOWEL SPHINCTER — A PROCEDURE WITH A STEEP LEARNING CURVE, AND SATISFACTORY PATIENT OUTCOMES7. THE IMPACT OF MEDICAL THERAPY AND PELVIC POUCH SURGERY ON REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY IN WOMEN WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS8. ACCURACY OF LOCOREGIONAL STAGING OF RECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA AT LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE9. A POPULATION-BASED SURVEY OF PATTERNS OF CARE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER — PRELIMINARY FINDINGS10. PREFERENCES AND ATTITUDES OF COLORECTAL SURGEONS TOWARDS OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING11. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN MLH1 MISSENSE MUTATIONS USING SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISAE12. POUCH–VAGINAL FISTULA AFTER ILEAL POUCH–ANAL ANASTOMOSIS13. PREFERENCES AND PRACTICE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING14. OBESITY AND SEVERE OBESITY IS NOT A BARRIER FOR COLORECTAL SCREENING OR DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES15. PATIENT’S PREFERENCES FOR ADJUVANT POSTOPERATIVE CHEMORADIATION THERAPY IN RECTAL CANCER16. INCREASED COLORECTAL CANCER RISK IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA17. RECTAL CANCER SURGERY IN BC — OUTCOME IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES18. BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MASTECTOMY: A SURVEY OF CANADIAN GENERAL SURGEONS19. CURRENT OPINION ON INCIDENTAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY: FINDINGS FROM A PROVINCIAL SURVEY20. PREDICTORS OF REFERRAL FOR ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER21. OLDER PATIENTS TOLERATE ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER WELL22. PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY: A PROSPECTIVE AUDIT23. ALTERED FURIN PROFILE IN SPECIFIC SUBTYPES OF NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS OF THE PANCREAS (NETs)24. UNILATERAL EXPLORATION FOR PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN THE ERA OF SESTAMIBI SCANS25. LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY FOR COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS: A PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF POST-OPERATIVE FACTORS26. REASSESSING THE INDICATIONS FOR APPENDECTOMY IN THE LAPAROSCOPIC ERA27. THORACOSCOPIC SPLANCHNICECTOMY FOR PAIN CONTROL IN CHRONIC PANCREATITIS28. CHANGING SCENARIO IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE EARLY GASTRIC CANCER: LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY29. APPENDICITIS IN THE ELDERLY PATIENT: A LENGTHY ORDEAL30. THE EFFECT OF EVIDENCE ON ABDOMINAL FASCIAL CLOSURE PRACTICE31. TRANSFER OF LAPAROSCOPIC SKILLS FROM A VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) SIMULATOR TO THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT32. PREDICTORS OF WOUND INFECTION FOLLOWING APPENDECTOMY33. PREDICTING THE BENEFIT OF SUPPLEMENTAL CHEMOTHERAPY USING THE CLINICAL RISK SCORE34. ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE OBESITY: A CANADIAN EXPERIENCE35. PENETRATING THORACOABDOMINAL INJURIES IN QUEBEC: IMPLICATIONS FOR SURGICAL TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE OF COMPETENCE36. CHARACTERIZATION OF RESIDENT OPERATIVE EXPERIENCE: ACADEMIC VERSUS COMMUNITY CENTRES37. CHOOSING A CAREER IN SURGERY: TIMING AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE CaRMS MATCH38. UNDERSTANDING NEUTROPHIL ACTIVITY IN PLASMA FOLLOWING TRAUMA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH PLASMA FREE RADICAL PRODUCTION39. IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOR SEMI-PERMANENT CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS (PORTS AND TUNNELLED LINES)40. MANAGEMENT OF HEPATIC COLORECTAL METASTASIS: A SURVEY OF ONTARIO PRACTITIONERS41. MELANOMA PROGNOSIS: SHOULD THE INDICATION FOR SENTINEL NODE BIOPSY BE DIFFERENT IN WOMEN?42. OMISSION OF MECHANICAL BOWEL PREPARATION (MBP) IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ILEOPOUCH–ANAL ANASTOMOSIS (IPAA) AND CLOSURE OF LOOP ILEOSTOMY (CLI)43. A GENDER BIAS EXISTS IN THE CHOICE OF OPERATIVE APPROACH IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING APPENDECTOMY44. OUTCOMES FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY45. A COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS OF LIVER RESECTION FOR MALIGNANT TUMOURS: A PILOT PROJECT46. TEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH COLON ISCHEMIA COMPLICATING CARDIAC SURGERY47. THE EFFECT OF INTRAPERITONEAL ARGININE ON END ORGAN INFLAMMATION IN ENDOTOXIN-INDUCED SEPSIS IN MICE48. SINGLE VERSUS SEQUENTIAL FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THYROID NODULAR DISEASE49. THE DECLINING POPULARITY OF GENERAL SURGERY IN CANADA: 1993–200350. ANALYSIS OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-α mRNA IN ARCHIVAL PRIMARY HUMAN BREAST CANCERS51. SENTINEL LYMPH-NODE BIOPSY IN BREAST CANCER: ANTIMONY VERSUS TECHNETIUM-99 FILTERED SULFUR COLLOID52. THE INVOLVEMENT OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE (PI3-K)/AKT PATHWAY IN OXIDATIVE-INDUCED REPROGRAMMING OF LPS SIGNALLING53. THE EFFECT OF ACIDOSIS ON THE MYOGENIC RESPONSE IN RAT CORONARY ARTERIES54. THE ADVANCED BREAST BIOPSY INSTRUMENTATION (ABBI) AT McGILL: MORE THAN JUST A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL?55. PRELIMINARY RESULTS USING A DYNAMIC METHOD FOR DELAYED PRIMARY SKIN CLOSURE OF ABDOMINAL WOUNDS56. EVALUATING META-ANALYSES IN THE GENERAL SURGICAL LITERATURE: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL57. NEEDS ASSESSMENT: CONCORDANCE OF PERCEIVED AND OBJECTIVELY ASSESSED LEARNING NEEDS58. GROIN SOFT-TISSUE TUMOURS — A CHALLENGE FOR LOCAL CONTROL AND RECONSTRUCTION: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS59. HAS THE INTRODUCTION OF LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY ALTERED THE TREATMENT PARADIGM OF ACHALASIA?60. LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTIONS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER: CONVERSION ADVERSELY IMPACTS OUTCOMES61. LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTION FOR CURABLE COLORECTAL CANCER62. RESULTS OF COMBINED RADIATION AND RESECTION FOR RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA63. The ICOS-B7H PATHWAY AND ITS TOLEROGENIC POTENTIAL IN EXPERIMENTAL ISLET TRANSPLANTATION64. HYPERPARATHYROIDISM: A RISK FACTOR FOR THYROID CANCER65. ASSESSMENT OF PERSISTENT ADENOPATHY: PREDICTORS OF A MALIGNANT DIAGNOSIS66. RATE OF ELECTIVE CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND THE INCIDENCE OF SEVERE GALLSTONE DISEASES67. INCIDENCE OF PERIOPERATIVE STROKE FOLLOWING NECK DISSECTION FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER: A REGIONAL OUTCOME ANALYSIS68. MEDICAL STUDENT CONTACT WITH PATIENTS DURING A SURGERY CLERKSHIP — CONTRAST BETWEEN A CANADIAN AND AN AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOL69. COMORBIDITY AND AGE ARE BOTH INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS OF LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY AMONG TRAUMA PATIENTS70. SENTINEL LYMPH-NODE BIOPSY FOR CUTANEOUS MELANOMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK71. THE MISTELS PHYSICAL LAPAROSCOPIC SIMULATOR IS AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL TOOL72. THE EFFECT OF LONG OPERATING TIMES ON LAPAROSCOPIC COLON RESECTION FOR CANCER73. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY: AN ANTIREFLUX PROCEDURE IS REQUIRED74. OXIDANTS IN HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK INDUCE LIPID RAFT RECRUITMENT OF TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR-4 (TLR-4)75. ANASTOMOTIC LEAK: CAN WE PREDICT IT?76. THE NEED FOR SEQUENTIAL FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSIES IN THE DETECTION OF CANCER IN THYROID NODULAR DISEASE SURVEILLANCE77. A SURVEY OF COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING PRACTICES IN A LARGE CANADIAN URBAN CENTRE78. BARRIERS TO OPTIMIZING LYMPH-NODE RETRIEVAL AND ASSESSMENT IN COLORECTAL CANCER79. EVALUATING LEARNING IN A TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION (TME) COURSE FOR SURGEONS80. BREAST CONSERVATION FOLLOWING A BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS IN THE MANITOBA POPULATION81. MESORECTAL EXCISION: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE TREATMENT OF RECTAL CANCER82. PHENOMENOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT EXPERIENCES IN EXTENDED PELVIC RESECTIONS FOR RECTAL CANCER83. SPONTANEOUS HEPATOMAS AND DEFECTIVE POST-HEPATECTOMY CELL CYCLE REGULATION IN SAK+/− MICE84. BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN CRC PATIENTS IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED DISEASE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY85. ADDITIONAL IMPACT OF ULTRASTAGING LYMPH NODES IN STAGE II COLORECTAL CANCER86. DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU IN CORE BIOPSIES CONTAINING INVASIVE BREAST CANCER: CORRELATION WITH EXTENSIVE INTRADUCTAL COMPONENT AND LUMPECTOMY MARGINS87. DEVELOPMENT OF A GENE THERAPY MODEL USING MYCOBACTERIAL Ag85A PLASMID DNA TO TREAT MALIGNANT MELANOMA88. PREDICTING THYMOMA INVASIVENESS: THE ROLE OF CT SCAN89. IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF N2 MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES90. IMPORTANCE OF NODAL STATUS AND IMPACT OF MEDIASTINOSCOPY IN PREOPERATIVE STAGING OF PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA91. 15 YEARS’ SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE WITH SURGICAL RESECTION OF THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA FOR NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER92. MINI-INVASIVE TRANSAXILLARY UPPER LOBECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER PATIENTS93. A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO MAXIMIZING UTILIZATION OF SURGICAL RESOURCES FOR ELECTIVE OPERATIONS94. CASPASE INHIBITION DECREASES APOPTOSIS AND LEADS TO IMPROVED LUNG FUNCTION IN A RAT MODEL OF LUNG TRANSPLANTATION95. LEVELS OF EVIDENCE AND GRADES OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY96. A PHASE II TRIAL OF INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY FOLLOWED BY EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY AND HIGH-DOSE HEMITHORACIC RADIATION FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA97. A TWELVE-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH ESOPHAGEAL RESECTION FOR MALIGNANT DISEASE OF THE ESOPHAGUS IN THE REGINA HEALTH DISTRICT98. CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT OF RUPTURE OF THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA99. VATS SYMPATHECTOMY AND SYMPATHICOTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY PALMAR HYPERHIDROSIS
Canadian Surgery Forum, Vancouver, BC, Sept. 18 to 21, 2003
P.T. Phang, T.K. Asano, W.D. Buie, T.K. Asano, T.M. Mastracci, B.M. Taylor, P. Johnson, S. Uddin, J. Couture, W.S. Rosen, M. Zerey, P. Johnson, H.L. Cox, T.K. Asano, J. Couture, M. Zerey, P.T. Phang, S.Y. Ziradkar, S. Malik, S. Ong, J.M. Watters, F. Sutherland, C. Rochon G. Tzimas, S.P. Bugis, C.G. Ball, R.A.B. Somani, A. Behzadi, A. Sarma, K. Milbrandt, D.J. Hochman, V. Sherman, G. Buduhan, M. Blitz, A. Rabien, E. Bergeron, T. Cil, T. Cil, A. Obayan, J. Toy, V. Tandan, M. Stirling, S. Kelly, J. Villeneuve, R. Gupta, A. McKay, J. Rao, J.R Francoeur, J.C. Furlan, A.A. Karimuddin, A. Arnaout, N.P. Schneidereit, R.G. Khadaroo, K.A. Baxter, S.V. Demyttenaere, R.C. Taylor, E. Dixon, M. Ward, L.A. Mack, L. Ferri, H. Moloo, H. Moloo, L.A. Mikula, S.A. Nanji, I.B. Rosen, E. Saettler, D.R. Urbach, S.K. Thompson, S. Liberman, E. Bergeron, K.N. MacNeill, S.A. Fraser, S.E. Burpee, S.E. Burpee, K.A. Powers, S. Al-Mohammadi, I.B. Rosen, L.A. Mack, F.C. Wright, R. Cheifetz, S. Latosinsky, W.D. Buie, A.J. Smith, M.A. Ko, C.H.L. Law, D. Kumar, M. Dzierzanowski, C.A. Giacomantonio, I. Goussev, P. Nechala, M. de Perrot, G. Darling, H. Lara-Guerra, A. Behzadi, S.M. Quadri, A.J. Graham, M. de Perrot, L.R.S. Dewar, R. Karmy-Jones, S. Keshk, J. Law, E. Toy, C. Speers, C. Paltiel, A. Coldman, R.S. McLeod, J.A. Heine, D.R.E. Johnson, A.R. MacLean, R.S. McLeod, D. Armstrong, P.Y.T. Tam, W.J. Stephen, P.H.D. Colquhoun, C. Richard, A. Ravid, L. Spencer, Z. Cohen, R. McLeod, P. Colquhoun, B. Taylor, D. Downey, J. Lemaire, S. Gamache, J. Cusson, N. Hebert-Croteau, H.R. Bailey, P.H. Gordon, L.K. Beitel, M. Trifiro, B. O’Connor, Z. Cohen, R. McLeod, C. Vinden, P.A. Newcomb, S. Gallinger, M. Cotterchio, R.S. McLeod, R. Chan, J. Lemaire, I. Shrier, E. Turner, A.C. Vandal, S. Caplan, C.A. Vasilevsky, R. Cheifetz, J. MacFarlane, J. Hay, G. McGregor, R. Taylor, B. Poole, T. Strack, D.A. Wirtzfeld, J. Marschall, J.M. Watters, E. Grunfeld, K. O’Rourke, M.C. Cripps, K. O’Rourke, S.M. Kirkpatrick, J. Maroun, R. Goel, D. Jonker, E. Dixon, P. Metrakos, C.R. Baliski, E. Debru, P. Mitchell, J. Marschall, L. Tan, H. Unruh, A. Garg, N. Kano, R. Somani, C. de Gara, H. Al-Qadhi, L.S. Feldman, D. Stanbridge, G.M. Fried, A. Abdoh, R. Saadia, L.J. Carroll, C.A. Butts, N.M. Kneteman, D.L. Bigam, B.J. Amson, A. Lavoie, T. Razek, A. Belcaid, J. Lessard, D. Clas, K. Leslie, K. Leslie, M. Rieder, K.A. Mannan, B. Juurlink, R. Keith, R. Stimpson, S. Latosinsky, S. Cornacchi, S. Dimitry, A. Gagarine, R. George, J. Davidson, F. Cheeseman, P. Zabel, B. O’Connor, H. MacRae, Z. Cohen, R. McLeod, R.J. Fairfull-Smith, F. Bamehriz, D.W. Birch, M.C. Taylor, J.E. Baird, J. Carter, L.R.S. Dewar, K.R. Walley, P.T. Phang, Y.C. Bedard, I.B. Rosen, J.G. Marschall, C. McMahon, A. Chang, A. Seth, J. Slingerland, N. Davis, D. Woorsley, M. Mackinnon, J. Parodo, K.A. Powers, G. Papia, A. Kapus, O.D. Rotstein, I. Laher, J. Church, Y.N. Hsiang, W.C. Hanna, L.E. Ferri, D. Fleiszer, M. Allan, M. Jaramuske, B.J. Reitsma, M.S. Bell, M. Hameed, F. Sutherland, C. Doig, G. Regehr, R. Reznick, H. MacRae, W.J. Temple, K. Arthur, W.G. deHaas, R.L. Lindsay, E. Magi, D.G. Morris, E. Kurien, S. Mayrand, L. Feldman, D. Stanbridge, G. Fried, E.C. Poulin, J. Mamazza, Y. Bendavid, S.E. Burpee, L. Klein, C.M. Schlachta, E.C. Poulin, J. Mamazza, S.E. Burpee, Y. Bendavid, L. Klein, C.M. Schlachta, M.A. Ko, C.N. Catton, J.J. Jones, B. O’Sullivan, J. Couture, C.J. Swallow, W.W. Hancock, C.C. Anderson, A.B. Adams, B. Luo, L. Wong, A.J. Coyle, C.P. Larsen, A.M.J. Shapiro, M. Allen, J.C. Furlan, R. George, T.A. Stukel, D.A. Southern, J.G. McKinnon, J.C. Dort, W.A. Ghali, M. Liberman, J.S. Sampalis, S. Meterissian, A. Lavoie, L. Moore, D. Clas, M. Rossignol, L. Rotstein, D. Ghazarian, S. Bergman, D.R. Klassen, L.S. Feldman, G.A. Ghitulescu, D. Stanbridge, G.M. Fried, E.C. Poulin, J. Mamazza, Y. Bendavid, L. Klein, H. Moloo, C.M. Schlachta, J. Mamazza, C.M. Schlachta, Y. Bendavid, L. Klein, H. Moloo, E.C. Poulin, K. Szaszi, R.G. Khadaroo, G. Papia, A. Kapus, O.D. Rotstein, W.D. Buie, A.R. MacLean, M. Allen, J.C. Furlan, H. Stuart, W.J. Temple, D. Kumar, R. Ritacco, L. Last, M. Khalifa, C.H.L. Law, A.J. Smith, T. Phang, T. Mayer, D. Turner, J. Walker, W. Fonseca-Holt, E. Kliewer, J.A. Heine, A. MacLean, F.C. Wright, D. Crooks, E. Hollenberg, C.H.L Law, N.E. Fleshner, J.W. Hudson, C. McKerlie, J.W. Dennis, C.J. Swallow, A. J. Smith, A.J. Smith, T. Fitzgerald, F.C. Wright, M. Khalifa, C.H.L. Law, K.A. Melville, P.J. Barnes, R.F. MacIntosh, G.A. Porter, J. Marschall, R. Chibbar, R. Kennedy, Y. Shargall, T.K. Waddell, R.J. Ginsberg, G. Darling, A.F. Pierre, S. Keshavjee, M.R. Johnston, Y. Shargall, M. De Perrot, S. Keshavjee, M. Ginsberg, A. Pierre, T. Waddell, J. Clifton, K. Evans, R.J. Finley, R. Borgesa, H. Unruh, S. Bhatt, L. Segall, A. Dutly, V. Edwards, B. Mullen, N. Jones, T.K. Waddell, M. Liu, S. Keshavjee, G. Gelfand, S.D. McFadden, S.C. Grondin, R.J. Ginsberg, D. Payne, R. Feld, G. Darling, T.K. Waddell, S. Keshavjee and M.R. Johnston
Can J Surg October 01, 2003 46 (Suppl 2) 2-36;
P.T. Phang
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
T.K. Asano
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
W.D. Buie
Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
T.K. Asano
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
T.M. Mastracci
Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
B.M. Taylor
Department of Surgery and Division of General Surgery, University of Western Ontario Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
P. Johnson
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
S. Uddin
Department of General Surgery and Department of Diagnostic Imaging, London Health Sciences Centre – University Campus, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
J. Couture
Department of Surgery and Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, Que.
W.S. Rosen
University of Texas, Houston, Tex.
M. Zerey
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Human Genetics, and Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
P. Johnson
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
H.L. Cox
Department of Surgery, St. Joseph’s Health Care Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
T.K. Asano
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Wash., Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
J. Couture
Department of Surgery and Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, Que.
M. Zerey
Departments of Colorectal Surgery, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
P.T. Phang
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
S.Y. Ziradkar
Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld.
S. Malik
Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Sask.
S. Ong
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
J.M. Watters
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
F. Sutherland
Department of Surgery, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
C. Rochon G. Tzimas
Surgical Research Laboratories, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
S.P. Bugis
Department of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
C.G. Ball
Department of General Surgery, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
R.A.B. Somani
Department of General Surgery, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
A. Behzadi
Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Man.
A. Sarma
Kameda Medical Center, Japan
K. Milbrandt
Department of Surgery, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
D.J. Hochman
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Grey Nuns and Misericordia Hospitals, Edmonton, Alta.
V. Sherman
Steinberg–Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
G. Buduhan
Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
M. Blitz
Departments of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alta.
A. Rabien
Department of Surgery, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC
E. Bergeron
University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Laval University, Québec, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
T. Cil
Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
T. Cil
Department of Surgery and Postgraduate Education Office, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
A. Obayan
Department of Surgery and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
J. Toy
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
V. Tandan
Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
M. Stirling
Division of Surgical Oncology, Kingston Regional Cancer Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, Department of Imaging Services, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ont., London Regional Nuclear Pharmacy, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
S. Kelly
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
J. Villeneuve
Department of Surgery, Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
R. Gupta
CMAS, St. Joseph’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
A. McKay
Department of Surgery, St. Boniface General Hospital, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
J. Rao
Department of Surgery, Regina-Qu’Appelle Health Region, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Sask.
J.R Francoeur
Departments of Surgery and Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
J.C. Furlan
Department of Surgery and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
A.A. Karimuddin
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
A. Arnaout
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Division of Cancer Research, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
N.P. Schneidereit
Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology. BC Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
R.G. Khadaroo
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
K.A. Baxter
Department of Surgery, Divisions of General and Vascular Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
S.V. Demyttenaere
Division of General Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
R.C. Taylor
Division of Plastic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
E. Dixon
Department of Surgery and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
M. Ward
Department of Surgery and Centre for Research in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
L.A. Mack
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
L. Ferri
Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
H. Moloo
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
H. Moloo
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
L.A. Mikula
Departments of Surgical Oncology and Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
S.A. Nanji
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta, Department of Pathology, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pa, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
I.B. Rosen
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
E. Saettler
Division of Surgical Oncology, Kingston Regional Cancer Centre, Cancer Care Ontario and the Department of Surgery, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
D.R. Urbach
Departments of Surgery and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
S.K. Thompson
Department of Surgery and Department of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
S. Liberman
Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
E. Bergeron
Charles LeMoyne Hospital, Longueuil, Que., Enfant-Jésus Hospital, Québec, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que.
K.N. MacNeill
Department of Surgery and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
S.A. Fraser
The Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
S.E. Burpee
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
S.E. Burpee
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
K.A. Powers
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
S. Al-Mohammadi
Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary Alta.
I.B. Rosen
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
L.A. Mack
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
F.C. Wright
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
R. Cheifetz
British Columbia Surgical Oncology Network, British Columbia Surgical Society, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
S. Latosinsky
Division of Surgical Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and Epidemiology & Cancer Registry, CancerCare, Winnipeg, Man.
W.D. Buie
Department of Surgery and Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
A.J. Smith
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
M.A. Ko
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
C.H.L. Law
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
D. Kumar
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
M. Dzierzanowski
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
C.A. Giacomantonio
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
I. Goussev
Department of Surgery, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
P. Nechala
Department of Surgery and Pathology, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
M. de Perrot
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
G. Darling
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
H. Lara-Guerra
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
A. Behzadi
I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Section of Thoracic Surgery, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Man.
S.M. Quadri
Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network — Toronto General Hospital, Pathology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gastroenterology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
A.J. Graham
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
M. de Perrot
Toronto General Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
L.R.S. Dewar
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Regina-Qu’Appelle Health Region, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Sask.
R. Karmy-Jones
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.
S. Keshk
Department of Cardiothoracid Surgery, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
J. Law
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
E. Toy
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
C. Speers
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
C. Paltiel
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
A. Coldman
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
R.S. McLeod
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
J.A. Heine
Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
D.R.E. Johnson
Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
A.R. MacLean
Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
R.S. McLeod
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
D. Armstrong
Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
P.Y.T. Tam
Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
W.J. Stephen
Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
P.H.D. Colquhoun
Department of Surgery and Division of General Surgery, University of Western Ontario Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
C. Richard
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
A. Ravid
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
L. Spencer
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Z. Cohen
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
R. McLeod
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
P. Colquhoun
Department of General Surgery and Department of Diagnostic Imaging, London Health Sciences Centre – University Campus, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
B. Taylor
Department of General Surgery and Department of Diagnostic Imaging, London Health Sciences Centre – University Campus, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
D. Downey
Department of General Surgery and Department of Diagnostic Imaging, London Health Sciences Centre – University Campus, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
J. Lemaire
Department of Surgery and Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, Que.
S. Gamache
Department of Surgery and Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, Que.
J. Cusson
Department of Surgery and Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, Que.
N. Hebert-Croteau
Department of Surgery and Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, Que.
H.R. Bailey
University of Texas, Houston, Tex.
P.H. Gordon
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Human Genetics, and Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
L.K. Beitel
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Human Genetics, and Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
M. Trifiro
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Human Genetics, and Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
B. O’Connor
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Z. Cohen
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
R. McLeod
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
C. Vinden
Department of Surgery, St. Joseph’s Health Care Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
P.A. Newcomb
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Wash., Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
S. Gallinger
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Wash., Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
M. Cotterchio
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Wash., Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
R.S. McLeod
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Wash., Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
R. Chan
Department of Surgery and Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, Que.
J. Lemaire
Department of Surgery and Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, Que.
I. Shrier
Departments of Colorectal Surgery, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
E. Turner
Departments of Colorectal Surgery, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
A.C. Vandal
Departments of Colorectal Surgery, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
S. Caplan
Departments of Colorectal Surgery, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
C.A. Vasilevsky
Departments of Colorectal Surgery, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis–Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
R. Cheifetz
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
J. MacFarlane
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
J. Hay
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
G. McGregor
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
R. Taylor
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
B. Poole
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
T. Strack
Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
D.A. Wirtzfeld
Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University, St. John’s, Nfld.
J. Marschall
Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Sask.
J.M. Watters
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
E. Grunfeld
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
K. O’Rourke
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
M.C. Cripps
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
K. O’Rourke
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
S.M. Kirkpatrick
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
J. Maroun
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
R. Goel
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
D. Jonker
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.
E. Dixon
Department of Surgery, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
P. Metrakos
Surgical Research Laboratories, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
C.R. Baliski
Department of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
E. Debru
Department of General Surgery, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
P. Mitchell
Department of General Surgery, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
J. Marschall
Department of General Surgery, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
L. Tan
Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Man.
H. Unruh
Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Man.
A. Garg
Kameda Medical Center, Japan
N. Kano
Kameda Medical Center, Japan
R. Somani
Department of Surgery, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
C. de Gara
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Grey Nuns and Misericordia Hospitals, Edmonton, Alta.
H. Al-Qadhi
Steinberg–Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
L.S. Feldman
Steinberg–Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
D. Stanbridge
Steinberg–Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
G.M. Fried
Steinberg–Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
A. Abdoh
Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
R. Saadia
Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
L.J. Carroll
Departments of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alta.
C.A. Butts
Departments of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alta.
N.M. Kneteman
Departments of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alta.
D.L. Bigam
Departments of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alta.
B.J. Amson
Department of Surgery, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC
A. Lavoie
University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Laval University, Québec, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
T. Razek
University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Laval University, Québec, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
A. Belcaid
University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Laval University, Québec, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
J. Lessard
University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Laval University, Québec, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
D. Clas
University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Laval University, Québec, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
K. Leslie
Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
K. Leslie
Department of Surgery and Postgraduate Education Office, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
M. Rieder
Department of Surgery and Postgraduate Education Office, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
K.A. Mannan
Department of Surgery and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
B. Juurlink
Department of Surgery and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
R. Keith
Department of Surgery and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
R. Stimpson
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
S. Latosinsky
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
S. Cornacchi
Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
S. Dimitry
Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
A. Gagarine
Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
R. George
Division of Surgical Oncology, Kingston Regional Cancer Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, Department of Imaging Services, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ont., London Regional Nuclear Pharmacy, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
J. Davidson
Division of Surgical Oncology, Kingston Regional Cancer Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, Department of Imaging Services, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ont., London Regional Nuclear Pharmacy, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
F. Cheeseman
Division of Surgical Oncology, Kingston Regional Cancer Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, Department of Imaging Services, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ont., London Regional Nuclear Pharmacy, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
P. Zabel
Division of Surgical Oncology, Kingston Regional Cancer Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, Department of Imaging Services, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ont., London Regional Nuclear Pharmacy, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
B. O’Connor
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
H. MacRae
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
Z. Cohen
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
R. McLeod
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
R.J. Fairfull-Smith
Department of Surgery, Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
F. Bamehriz
CMAS, St. Joseph’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
D.W. Birch
CMAS, St. Joseph’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
M.C. Taylor
Department of Surgery, St. Boniface General Hospital, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
J.E. Baird
Department of Surgery, Regina-Qu’Appelle Health Region, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Sask.
J. Carter
Department of Surgery, Regina-Qu’Appelle Health Region, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Sask.
L.R.S. Dewar
Department of Surgery, Regina-Qu’Appelle Health Region, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Sask.
K.R. Walley
Departments of Surgery and Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
P.T. Phang
Departments of Surgery and Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Y.C. Bedard
Department of Surgery and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
I.B. Rosen
Department of Surgery and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
J.G. Marschall
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
C. McMahon
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Division of Cancer Research, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
A. Chang
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Division of Cancer Research, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
A. Seth
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Division of Cancer Research, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
J. Slingerland
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Division of Cancer Research, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
N. Davis
Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology. BC Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
D. Woorsley
Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology. BC Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
M. Mackinnon
Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology. BC Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
J. Parodo
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
K.A. Powers
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
G. Papia
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
A. Kapus
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
O.D. Rotstein
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and the University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.
I. Laher
Department of Surgery, Divisions of General and Vascular Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
J. Church
Department of Surgery, Divisions of General and Vascular Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Y.N. Hsiang
Department of Surgery, Divisions of General and Vascular Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
W.C. Hanna
Division of General Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
L.E. Ferri
Division of General Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
D. Fleiszer
Division of General Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
M. Allan
Division of Plastic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
M. Jaramuske
Division of Plastic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
B.J. Reitsma
Division of Plastic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
M.S. Bell
Division of Plastic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
M. Hameed
Department of Surgery and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
F. Sutherland
Department of Surgery and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
C. Doig
Department of Surgery and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
G. Regehr
Department of Surgery and Centre for Research in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
R. Reznick
Department of Surgery and Centre for Research in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
H. MacRae
Department of Surgery and Centre for Research in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
W.J. Temple
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
K. Arthur
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
W.G. deHaas
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
R.L. Lindsay
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
E. Magi
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
D.G. Morris
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
E. Kurien
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
S. Mayrand
Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
L. Feldman
Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
D. Stanbridge
Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
G. Fried
Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
E.C. Poulin
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
J. Mamazza
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Y. Bendavid
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
S.E. Burpee
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
L. Klein
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
C.M. Schlachta
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
E.C. Poulin
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
J. Mamazza
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
S.E. Burpee
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Y. Bendavid
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
L. Klein
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
C.M. Schlachta
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
M.A. Ko
Departments of Surgical Oncology and Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
C.N. Catton
Departments of Surgical Oncology and Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
J.J. Jones
Departments of Surgical Oncology and Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
B. O’Sullivan
Departments of Surgical Oncology and Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
J. Couture
Departments of Surgical Oncology and Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
C.J. Swallow
Departments of Surgical Oncology and Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
W.W. Hancock
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta, Department of Pathology, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pa, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
C.C. Anderson
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta, Department of Pathology, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pa, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
A.B. Adams
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta, Department of Pathology, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pa, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
B. Luo
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta, Department of Pathology, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pa, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
L. Wong
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta, Department of Pathology, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pa, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
A.J. Coyle
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta, Department of Pathology, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pa, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
C.P. Larsen
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta, Department of Pathology, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pa, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
A.M.J. Shapiro
Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta, Department of Pathology, Abramson Research Center, Philadelphia, Pa, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
M. Allen
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
J.C. Furlan
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ont.
R. George
Division of Surgical Oncology, Kingston Regional Cancer Centre, Cancer Care Ontario and the Department of Surgery, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
T.A. Stukel
Departments of Surgery and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
D.A. Southern
Department of Surgery and Department of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
J.G. McKinnon
Department of Surgery and Department of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
J.C. Dort
Department of Surgery and Department of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
W.A. Ghali
Department of Surgery and Department of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
M. Liberman
Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
J.S. Sampalis
Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
S. Meterissian
Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
A. Lavoie
Charles LeMoyne Hospital, Longueuil, Que., Enfant-Jésus Hospital, Québec, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que.
L. Moore
Charles LeMoyne Hospital, Longueuil, Que., Enfant-Jésus Hospital, Québec, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que.
D. Clas
Charles LeMoyne Hospital, Longueuil, Que., Enfant-Jésus Hospital, Québec, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que.
M. Rossignol
Charles LeMoyne Hospital, Longueuil, Que., Enfant-Jésus Hospital, Québec, University of Montreal, Montréal, Que.
L. Rotstein
Department of Surgery and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
D. Ghazarian
Department of Surgery and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
S. Bergman
The Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
D.R. Klassen
The Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
L.S. Feldman
The Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
G.A. Ghitulescu
The Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
D. Stanbridge
The Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
G.M. Fried
The Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
E.C. Poulin
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
J. Mamazza
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Y. Bendavid
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
L. Klein
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
H. Moloo
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
C.M. Schlachta
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
J. Mamazza
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
C.M. Schlachta
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Y. Bendavid
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
L. Klein
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
H. Moloo
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
E.C. Poulin
The Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
K. Szaszi
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
R.G. Khadaroo
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
G. Papia
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
A. Kapus
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
O.D. Rotstein
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
W.D. Buie
Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary Alta.
A.R. MacLean
Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary Alta.
M. Allen
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
J.C. Furlan
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
H. Stuart
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
W.J. Temple
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
D. Kumar
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
R. Ritacco
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
L. Last
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
M. Khalifa
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
C.H.L. Law
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
A.J. Smith
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
T. Phang
British Columbia Surgical Oncology Network, British Columbia Surgical Society, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
T. Mayer
Division of Surgical Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and Epidemiology & Cancer Registry, CancerCare, Winnipeg, Man.
D. Turner
Division of Surgical Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and Epidemiology & Cancer Registry, CancerCare, Winnipeg, Man.
J. Walker
Division of Surgical Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and Epidemiology & Cancer Registry, CancerCare, Winnipeg, Man.
W. Fonseca-Holt
Division of Surgical Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and Epidemiology & Cancer Registry, CancerCare, Winnipeg, Man.
E. Kliewer
Division of Surgical Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and Epidemiology & Cancer Registry, CancerCare, Winnipeg, Man.
J.A. Heine
Department of Surgery and Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
A. MacLean
Department of Surgery and Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
F.C. Wright
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
D. Crooks
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
E. Hollenberg
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
C.H.L Law
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
N.E. Fleshner
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
J.W. Hudson
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
C. McKerlie
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
J.W. Dennis
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
C.J. Swallow
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
A. J. Smith
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
A.J. Smith
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
T. Fitzgerald
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
F.C. Wright
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
M. Khalifa
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
C.H.L. Law
Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont.
K.A. Melville
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
P.J. Barnes
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
R.F. MacIntosh
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
G.A. Porter
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
J. Marschall
Department of Surgery, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
R. Chibbar
Department of Surgery and Pathology, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
R. Kennedy
Department of Surgery and Pathology, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
Y. Shargall
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
T.K. Waddell
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
R.J. Ginsberg
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
G. Darling
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
A.F. Pierre
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
S. Keshavjee
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
M.R. Johnston
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Y. Shargall
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
M. De Perrot
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
S. Keshavjee
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
M. Ginsberg
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
A. Pierre
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
T. Waddell
Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
J. Clifton
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
K. Evans
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
R.J. Finley
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
R. Borgesa
I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Section of Thoracic Surgery, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Man.
H. Unruh
I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Section of Thoracic Surgery, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Man.
S. Bhatt
I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Section of Thoracic Surgery, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Man.
L. Segall
Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network — Toronto General Hospital, Pathology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gastroenterology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
A. Dutly
Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network — Toronto General Hospital, Pathology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gastroenterology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
V. Edwards
Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network — Toronto General Hospital, Pathology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gastroenterology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
B. Mullen
Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network — Toronto General Hospital, Pathology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gastroenterology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
N. Jones
Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network — Toronto General Hospital, Pathology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gastroenterology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
T.K. Waddell
Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network — Toronto General Hospital, Pathology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gastroenterology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
M. Liu
Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network — Toronto General Hospital, Pathology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gastroenterology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
S. Keshavjee
Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network — Toronto General Hospital, Pathology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gastroenterology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
G. Gelfand
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
S.D. McFadden
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
S.C. Grondin
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
R.J. Ginsberg
Toronto General Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
D. Payne
Toronto General Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
R. Feld
Toronto General Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
G. Darling
Toronto General Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
T.K. Waddell
Toronto General Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
S. Keshavjee
Toronto General Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
M.R. Johnston
Toronto General Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Abstracts of presentations to the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Canadian Association of General Surgeons Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons1. AUDIT OF PATHOLOGY REPORTING FOR RECTAL CANCER IN BC2. VITAMINS AND MINERALS FOR THE PREVENTION OF COLORECTAL ADENOMAS AND CANCER3. IMPROVED LOCAL REGIONAL CONTROL OF RECTAL CANCER WITH TME AND ADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION4. NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) AND ASPIRIN FOR THE PREVENTION OF COLORECTAL ADENOMAS AND CANCER5. THE ROLE OF HOME TPN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULAE: A PARADIGM SHIFT6. THE ARTIFICIAL BOWEL SPHINCTER — A PROCEDURE WITH A STEEP LEARNING CURVE, AND SATISFACTORY PATIENT OUTCOMES7. THE IMPACT OF MEDICAL THERAPY AND PELVIC POUCH SURGERY ON REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY IN WOMEN WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS8. ACCURACY OF LOCOREGIONAL STAGING OF RECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA AT LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE9. A POPULATION-BASED SURVEY OF PATTERNS OF CARE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER — PRELIMINARY FINDINGS10. PREFERENCES AND ATTITUDES OF COLORECTAL SURGEONS TOWARDS OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING11. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN MLH1 MISSENSE MUTATIONS USING SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISAE12. POUCH–VAGINAL FISTULA AFTER ILEAL POUCH–ANAL ANASTOMOSIS13. PREFERENCES AND PRACTICE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING14. OBESITY AND SEVERE OBESITY IS NOT A BARRIER FOR COLORECTAL SCREENING OR DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES15. PATIENT’S PREFERENCES FOR ADJUVANT POSTOPERATIVE CHEMORADIATION THERAPY IN RECTAL CANCER16. INCREASED COLORECTAL CANCER RISK IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA17. RECTAL CANCER SURGERY IN BC — OUTCOME IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES18. BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MASTECTOMY: A SURVEY OF CANADIAN GENERAL SURGEONS19. CURRENT OPINION ON INCIDENTAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY: FINDINGS FROM A PROVINCIAL SURVEY20. PREDICTORS OF REFERRAL FOR ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER21. OLDER PATIENTS TOLERATE ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER WELL22. PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY: A PROSPECTIVE AUDIT23. ALTERED FURIN PROFILE IN SPECIFIC SUBTYPES OF NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS OF THE PANCREAS (NETs)24. UNILATERAL EXPLORATION FOR PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN THE ERA OF SESTAMIBI SCANS25. LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY FOR COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS: A PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF POST-OPERATIVE FACTORS26. REASSESSING THE INDICATIONS FOR APPENDECTOMY IN THE LAPAROSCOPIC ERA27. THORACOSCOPIC SPLANCHNICECTOMY FOR PAIN CONTROL IN CHRONIC PANCREATITIS28. CHANGING SCENARIO IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE EARLY GASTRIC CANCER: LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY29. APPENDICITIS IN THE ELDERLY PATIENT: A LENGTHY ORDEAL30. THE EFFECT OF EVIDENCE ON ABDOMINAL FASCIAL CLOSURE PRACTICE31. TRANSFER OF LAPAROSCOPIC SKILLS FROM A VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) SIMULATOR TO THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT32. PREDICTORS OF WOUND INFECTION FOLLOWING APPENDECTOMY33. PREDICTING THE BENEFIT OF SUPPLEMENTAL CHEMOTHERAPY USING THE CLINICAL RISK SCORE34. ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE OBESITY: A CANADIAN EXPERIENCE35. PENETRATING THORACOABDOMINAL INJURIES IN QUEBEC: IMPLICATIONS FOR SURGICAL TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE OF COMPETENCE36. CHARACTERIZATION OF RESIDENT OPERATIVE EXPERIENCE: ACADEMIC VERSUS COMMUNITY CENTRES37. CHOOSING A CAREER IN SURGERY: TIMING AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE CaRMS MATCH38. UNDERSTANDING NEUTROPHIL ACTIVITY IN PLASMA FOLLOWING TRAUMA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH PLASMA FREE RADICAL PRODUCTION39. IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOR SEMI-PERMANENT CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS (PORTS AND TUNNELLED LINES)40. MANAGEMENT OF HEPATIC COLORECTAL METASTASIS: A SURVEY OF ONTARIO PRACTITIONERS41. MELANOMA PROGNOSIS: SHOULD THE INDICATION FOR SENTINEL NODE BIOPSY BE DIFFERENT IN WOMEN?42. OMISSION OF MECHANICAL BOWEL PREPARATION (MBP) IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ILEOPOUCH–ANAL ANASTOMOSIS (IPAA) AND CLOSURE OF LOOP ILEOSTOMY (CLI)43. A GENDER BIAS EXISTS IN THE CHOICE OF OPERATIVE APPROACH IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING APPENDECTOMY44. OUTCOMES FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY45. A COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS OF LIVER RESECTION FOR MALIGNANT TUMOURS: A PILOT PROJECT46. TEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH COLON ISCHEMIA COMPLICATING CARDIAC SURGERY47. THE EFFECT OF INTRAPERITONEAL ARGININE ON END ORGAN INFLAMMATION IN ENDOTOXIN-INDUCED SEPSIS IN MICE48. SINGLE VERSUS SEQUENTIAL FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THYROID NODULAR DISEASE49. THE DECLINING POPULARITY OF GENERAL SURGERY IN CANADA: 1993–200350. ANALYSIS OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-α mRNA IN ARCHIVAL PRIMARY HUMAN BREAST CANCERS51. SENTINEL LYMPH-NODE BIOPSY IN BREAST CANCER: ANTIMONY VERSUS TECHNETIUM-99 FILTERED SULFUR COLLOID52. THE INVOLVEMENT OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE (PI3-K)/AKT PATHWAY IN OXIDATIVE-INDUCED REPROGRAMMING OF LPS SIGNALLING53. THE EFFECT OF ACIDOSIS ON THE MYOGENIC RESPONSE IN RAT CORONARY ARTERIES54. THE ADVANCED BREAST BIOPSY INSTRUMENTATION (ABBI) AT McGILL: MORE THAN JUST A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL?55. PRELIMINARY RESULTS USING A DYNAMIC METHOD FOR DELAYED PRIMARY SKIN CLOSURE OF ABDOMINAL WOUNDS56. EVALUATING META-ANALYSES IN THE GENERAL SURGICAL LITERATURE: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL57. NEEDS ASSESSMENT: CONCORDANCE OF PERCEIVED AND OBJECTIVELY ASSESSED LEARNING NEEDS58. GROIN SOFT-TISSUE TUMOURS — A CHALLENGE FOR LOCAL CONTROL AND RECONSTRUCTION: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS59. HAS THE INTRODUCTION OF LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY ALTERED THE TREATMENT PARADIGM OF ACHALASIA?60. LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTIONS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER: CONVERSION ADVERSELY IMPACTS OUTCOMES61. LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTION FOR CURABLE COLORECTAL CANCER62. RESULTS OF COMBINED RADIATION AND RESECTION FOR RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA63. The ICOS-B7H PATHWAY AND ITS TOLEROGENIC POTENTIAL IN EXPERIMENTAL ISLET TRANSPLANTATION64. HYPERPARATHYROIDISM: A RISK FACTOR FOR THYROID CANCER65. ASSESSMENT OF PERSISTENT ADENOPATHY: PREDICTORS OF A MALIGNANT DIAGNOSIS66. RATE OF ELECTIVE CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND THE INCIDENCE OF SEVERE GALLSTONE DISEASES67. INCIDENCE OF PERIOPERATIVE STROKE FOLLOWING NECK DISSECTION FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER: A REGIONAL OUTCOME ANALYSIS68. MEDICAL STUDENT CONTACT WITH PATIENTS DURING A SURGERY CLERKSHIP — CONTRAST BETWEEN A CANADIAN AND AN AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOL69. COMORBIDITY AND AGE ARE BOTH INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS OF LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY AMONG TRAUMA PATIENTS70. SENTINEL LYMPH-NODE BIOPSY FOR CUTANEOUS MELANOMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK71. THE MISTELS PHYSICAL LAPAROSCOPIC SIMULATOR IS AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL TOOL72. THE EFFECT OF LONG OPERATING TIMES ON LAPAROSCOPIC COLON RESECTION FOR CANCER73. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY: AN ANTIREFLUX PROCEDURE IS REQUIRED74. OXIDANTS IN HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK INDUCE LIPID RAFT RECRUITMENT OF TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR-4 (TLR-4)75. ANASTOMOTIC LEAK: CAN WE PREDICT IT?76. THE NEED FOR SEQUENTIAL FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSIES IN THE DETECTION OF CANCER IN THYROID NODULAR DISEASE SURVEILLANCE77. A SURVEY OF COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING PRACTICES IN A LARGE CANADIAN URBAN CENTRE78. BARRIERS TO OPTIMIZING LYMPH-NODE RETRIEVAL AND ASSESSMENT IN COLORECTAL CANCER79. EVALUATING LEARNING IN A TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION (TME) COURSE FOR SURGEONS80. BREAST CONSERVATION FOLLOWING A BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS IN THE MANITOBA POPULATION81. MESORECTAL EXCISION: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE TREATMENT OF RECTAL CANCER82. PHENOMENOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT EXPERIENCES IN EXTENDED PELVIC RESECTIONS FOR RECTAL CANCER83. SPONTANEOUS HEPATOMAS AND DEFECTIVE POST-HEPATECTOMY CELL CYCLE REGULATION IN SAK+/− MICE84. BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN CRC PATIENTS IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED DISEASE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY85. ADDITIONAL IMPACT OF ULTRASTAGING LYMPH NODES IN STAGE II COLORECTAL CANCER86. DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU IN CORE BIOPSIES CONTAINING INVASIVE BREAST CANCER: CORRELATION WITH EXTENSIVE INTRADUCTAL COMPONENT AND LUMPECTOMY MARGINS87. DEVELOPMENT OF A GENE THERAPY MODEL USING MYCOBACTERIAL Ag85A PLASMID DNA TO TREAT MALIGNANT MELANOMA88. PREDICTING THYMOMA INVASIVENESS: THE ROLE OF CT SCAN89. IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF N2 MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES90. IMPORTANCE OF NODAL STATUS AND IMPACT OF MEDIASTINOSCOPY IN PREOPERATIVE STAGING OF PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA91. 15 YEARS’ SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE WITH SURGICAL RESECTION OF THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA FOR NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER92. MINI-INVASIVE TRANSAXILLARY UPPER LOBECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER PATIENTS93. A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO MAXIMIZING UTILIZATION OF SURGICAL RESOURCES FOR ELECTIVE OPERATIONS94. CASPASE INHIBITION DECREASES APOPTOSIS AND LEADS TO IMPROVED LUNG FUNCTION IN A RAT MODEL OF LUNG TRANSPLANTATION95. LEVELS OF EVIDENCE AND GRADES OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY96. A PHASE II TRIAL OF INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY FOLLOWED BY EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY AND HIGH-DOSE HEMITHORACIC RADIATION FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA97. A TWELVE-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH ESOPHAGEAL RESECTION FOR MALIGNANT DISEASE OF THE ESOPHAGUS IN THE REGINA HEALTH DISTRICT98. CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT OF RUPTURE OF THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA99. VATS SYMPATHECTOMY AND SYMPATHICOTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY PALMAR HYPERHIDROSIS
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Payne, R. Feld, G. Darling, T.K. Waddell, S. Keshavjee, M.R. Johnston
Can J Surg Oct 2003, 46 (Suppl 2) 2-36;
Abstracts of presentations to the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Canadian Association of General Surgeons Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons1. AUDIT OF PATHOLOGY REPORTING FOR RECTAL CANCER IN BC2. VITAMINS AND MINERALS FOR THE PREVENTION OF COLORECTAL ADENOMAS AND CANCER3. IMPROVED LOCAL REGIONAL CONTROL OF RECTAL CANCER WITH TME AND ADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION4. NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) AND ASPIRIN FOR THE PREVENTION OF COLORECTAL ADENOMAS AND CANCER5. THE ROLE OF HOME TPN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULAE: A PARADIGM SHIFT6. THE ARTIFICIAL BOWEL SPHINCTER — A PROCEDURE WITH A STEEP LEARNING CURVE, AND SATISFACTORY PATIENT OUTCOMES7. THE IMPACT OF MEDICAL THERAPY AND PELVIC POUCH SURGERY ON REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY IN WOMEN WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS8. ACCURACY OF LOCOREGIONAL STAGING OF RECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA AT LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE9. A POPULATION-BASED SURVEY OF PATTERNS OF CARE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER — PRELIMINARY FINDINGS10. PREFERENCES AND ATTITUDES OF COLORECTAL SURGEONS TOWARDS OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING11. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN MLH1 MISSENSE MUTATIONS USING SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISAE12. POUCH–VAGINAL FISTULA AFTER ILEAL POUCH–ANAL ANASTOMOSIS13. PREFERENCES AND PRACTICE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING14. OBESITY AND SEVERE OBESITY IS NOT A BARRIER FOR COLORECTAL SCREENING OR DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES15. PATIENT’S PREFERENCES FOR ADJUVANT POSTOPERATIVE CHEMORADIATION THERAPY IN RECTAL CANCER16. INCREASED COLORECTAL CANCER RISK IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA17. RECTAL CANCER SURGERY IN BC — OUTCOME IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES18. BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MASTECTOMY: A SURVEY OF CANADIAN GENERAL SURGEONS19. CURRENT OPINION ON INCIDENTAL CHOLECYSTECTOMY: FINDINGS FROM A PROVINCIAL SURVEY20. PREDICTORS OF REFERRAL FOR ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER21. OLDER PATIENTS TOLERATE ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER WELL22. PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY: A PROSPECTIVE AUDIT23. ALTERED FURIN PROFILE IN SPECIFIC SUBTYPES OF NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS OF THE PANCREAS (NETs)24. UNILATERAL EXPLORATION FOR PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN THE ERA OF SESTAMIBI SCANS25. LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY FOR COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS: A PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF POST-OPERATIVE FACTORS26. REASSESSING THE INDICATIONS FOR APPENDECTOMY IN THE LAPAROSCOPIC ERA27. THORACOSCOPIC SPLANCHNICECTOMY FOR PAIN CONTROL IN CHRONIC PANCREATITIS28. CHANGING SCENARIO IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE EARLY GASTRIC CANCER: LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY29. APPENDICITIS IN THE ELDERLY PATIENT: A LENGTHY ORDEAL30. THE EFFECT OF EVIDENCE ON ABDOMINAL FASCIAL CLOSURE PRACTICE31. TRANSFER OF LAPAROSCOPIC SKILLS FROM A VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) SIMULATOR TO THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT32. PREDICTORS OF WOUND INFECTION FOLLOWING APPENDECTOMY33. PREDICTING THE BENEFIT OF SUPPLEMENTAL CHEMOTHERAPY USING THE CLINICAL RISK SCORE34. ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE OBESITY: A CANADIAN EXPERIENCE35. PENETRATING THORACOABDOMINAL INJURIES IN QUEBEC: IMPLICATIONS FOR SURGICAL TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE OF COMPETENCE36. CHARACTERIZATION OF RESIDENT OPERATIVE EXPERIENCE: ACADEMIC VERSUS COMMUNITY CENTRES37. CHOOSING A CAREER IN SURGERY: TIMING AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE CaRMS MATCH38. UNDERSTANDING NEUTROPHIL ACTIVITY IN PLASMA FOLLOWING TRAUMA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH PLASMA FREE RADICAL PRODUCTION39. IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOR SEMI-PERMANENT CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS (PORTS AND TUNNELLED LINES)40. MANAGEMENT OF HEPATIC COLORECTAL METASTASIS: A SURVEY OF ONTARIO PRACTITIONERS41. MELANOMA PROGNOSIS: SHOULD THE INDICATION FOR SENTINEL NODE BIOPSY BE DIFFERENT IN WOMEN?42. OMISSION OF MECHANICAL BOWEL PREPARATION (MBP) IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ILEOPOUCH–ANAL ANASTOMOSIS (IPAA) AND CLOSURE OF LOOP ILEOSTOMY (CLI)43. A GENDER BIAS EXISTS IN THE CHOICE OF OPERATIVE APPROACH IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING APPENDECTOMY44. OUTCOMES FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY45. A COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS OF LIVER RESECTION FOR MALIGNANT TUMOURS: A PILOT PROJECT46. TEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH COLON ISCHEMIA COMPLICATING CARDIAC SURGERY47. THE EFFECT OF INTRAPERITONEAL ARGININE ON END ORGAN INFLAMMATION IN ENDOTOXIN-INDUCED SEPSIS IN MICE48. SINGLE VERSUS SEQUENTIAL FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THYROID NODULAR DISEASE49. THE DECLINING POPULARITY OF GENERAL SURGERY IN CANADA: 1993–200350. ANALYSIS OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-α mRNA IN ARCHIVAL PRIMARY HUMAN BREAST CANCERS51. SENTINEL LYMPH-NODE BIOPSY IN BREAST CANCER: ANTIMONY VERSUS TECHNETIUM-99 FILTERED SULFUR COLLOID52. THE INVOLVEMENT OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE (PI3-K)/AKT PATHWAY IN OXIDATIVE-INDUCED REPROGRAMMING OF LPS SIGNALLING53. THE EFFECT OF ACIDOSIS ON THE MYOGENIC RESPONSE IN RAT CORONARY ARTERIES54. THE ADVANCED BREAST BIOPSY INSTRUMENTATION (ABBI) AT McGILL: MORE THAN JUST A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL?55. PRELIMINARY RESULTS USING A DYNAMIC METHOD FOR DELAYED PRIMARY SKIN CLOSURE OF ABDOMINAL WOUNDS56. EVALUATING META-ANALYSES IN THE GENERAL SURGICAL LITERATURE: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL57. NEEDS ASSESSMENT: CONCORDANCE OF PERCEIVED AND OBJECTIVELY ASSESSED LEARNING NEEDS58. GROIN SOFT-TISSUE TUMOURS — A CHALLENGE FOR LOCAL CONTROL AND RECONSTRUCTION: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS59. HAS THE INTRODUCTION OF LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY ALTERED THE TREATMENT PARADIGM OF ACHALASIA?60. LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTIONS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER: CONVERSION ADVERSELY IMPACTS OUTCOMES61. LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTION FOR CURABLE COLORECTAL CANCER62. RESULTS OF COMBINED RADIATION AND RESECTION FOR RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA63. The ICOS-B7H PATHWAY AND ITS TOLEROGENIC POTENTIAL IN EXPERIMENTAL ISLET TRANSPLANTATION64. HYPERPARATHYROIDISM: A RISK FACTOR FOR THYROID CANCER65. ASSESSMENT OF PERSISTENT ADENOPATHY: PREDICTORS OF A MALIGNANT DIAGNOSIS66. RATE OF ELECTIVE CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND THE INCIDENCE OF SEVERE GALLSTONE DISEASES67. INCIDENCE OF PERIOPERATIVE STROKE FOLLOWING NECK DISSECTION FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER: A REGIONAL OUTCOME ANALYSIS68. MEDICAL STUDENT CONTACT WITH PATIENTS DURING A SURGERY CLERKSHIP — CONTRAST BETWEEN A CANADIAN AND AN AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOL69. COMORBIDITY AND AGE ARE BOTH INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS OF LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY AMONG TRAUMA PATIENTS70. SENTINEL LYMPH-NODE BIOPSY FOR CUTANEOUS MELANOMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK71. THE MISTELS PHYSICAL LAPAROSCOPIC SIMULATOR IS AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL TOOL72. THE EFFECT OF LONG OPERATING TIMES ON LAPAROSCOPIC COLON RESECTION FOR CANCER73. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY: AN ANTIREFLUX PROCEDURE IS REQUIRED74. OXIDANTS IN HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK INDUCE LIPID RAFT RECRUITMENT OF TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR-4 (TLR-4)75. ANASTOMOTIC LEAK: CAN WE PREDICT IT?76. THE NEED FOR SEQUENTIAL FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSIES IN THE DETECTION OF CANCER IN THYROID NODULAR DISEASE SURVEILLANCE77. A SURVEY OF COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING PRACTICES IN A LARGE CANADIAN URBAN CENTRE78. BARRIERS TO OPTIMIZING LYMPH-NODE RETRIEVAL AND ASSESSMENT IN COLORECTAL CANCER79. EVALUATING LEARNING IN A TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION (TME) COURSE FOR SURGEONS80. BREAST CONSERVATION FOLLOWING A BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS IN THE MANITOBA POPULATION81. MESORECTAL EXCISION: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE TREATMENT OF RECTAL CANCER82. PHENOMENOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT EXPERIENCES IN EXTENDED PELVIC RESECTIONS FOR RECTAL CANCER83. SPONTANEOUS HEPATOMAS AND DEFECTIVE POST-HEPATECTOMY CELL CYCLE REGULATION IN SAK+/− MICE84. BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN CRC PATIENTS IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED DISEASE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY85. ADDITIONAL IMPACT OF ULTRASTAGING LYMPH NODES IN STAGE II COLORECTAL CANCER86. DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU IN CORE BIOPSIES CONTAINING INVASIVE BREAST CANCER: CORRELATION WITH EXTENSIVE INTRADUCTAL COMPONENT AND LUMPECTOMY MARGINS87. DEVELOPMENT OF A GENE THERAPY MODEL USING MYCOBACTERIAL Ag85A PLASMID DNA TO TREAT MALIGNANT MELANOMA88. PREDICTING THYMOMA INVASIVENESS: THE ROLE OF CT SCAN89. IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF N2 MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES90. IMPORTANCE OF NODAL STATUS AND IMPACT OF MEDIASTINOSCOPY IN PREOPERATIVE STAGING OF PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA91. 15 YEARS’ SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE WITH SURGICAL RESECTION OF THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA FOR NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER92. MINI-INVASIVE TRANSAXILLARY UPPER LOBECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER PATIENTS93. A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO MAXIMIZING UTILIZATION OF SURGICAL RESOURCES FOR ELECTIVE OPERATIONS94. CASPASE INHIBITION DECREASES APOPTOSIS AND LEADS TO IMPROVED LUNG FUNCTION IN A RAT MODEL OF LUNG TRANSPLANTATION95. LEVELS OF EVIDENCE AND GRADES OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY96. A PHASE II TRIAL OF INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY FOLLOWED BY EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY AND HIGH-DOSE HEMITHORACIC RADIATION FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA97. A TWELVE-YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH ESOPHAGEAL RESECTION FOR MALIGNANT DISEASE OF THE ESOPHAGUS IN THE REGINA HEALTH DISTRICT98. CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT OF RUPTURE OF THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA99. VATS SYMPATHECTOMY AND SYMPATHICOTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY PALMAR HYPERHIDROSIS
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Payne, R. Feld, G. Darling, T.K. Waddell, S. Keshavjee, M.R. Johnston
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