Canadian Journal of Surgery: 56 (6)

December 01, 2013; Volume 56,Issue 6

Editorial · Éditorial

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Consensus ad idem: a protocol for development of consensus statements
Vivian McAlister

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 365; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.027813
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Consensus ad idem: une démarche pour la formulation de déclarations de consensus
Vivian McAlister

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.028713

Commentary · Commentaire

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CAGS Clinical Practice Committee report: the science of Clostridium difficile and surgery
Shahzeer Karmali, Michael Laffin and Christopher de Gara; for the CAGS Clinical Practice Committee

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 367-371; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.018413

Research · Recherche

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Self-directed practice schedule enhances learning of suturing skills
Oleg Safir, Camille K. Williams, Adam Dubrowski, David Backstein and Heather Carnahan

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) E142-E147; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.019512
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Patterns of use and outcomes for radiation therapy in the Quality Initiative in Rectal Cancer (QIRC) trial
Valerie Francescutti, Angela Coates, Lehana Thabane, Charles H. Goldsmith, Mark N. Levine and Marko Simunovic

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) E148-E153; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.019012
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Timeliness in obtaining emergent percutaneous procedures in severely injured patients: How long is too long and should we create quality assurance guidelines?
Andrew Smith, Jean-Francois Ouellet, Daniel Niven, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Elijah Dixon, Scott D’Amours and Chad G. Ball

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) E154-E157; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.020012
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Comparison of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity or type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Jian-Fang Li, Dan-Dan Lai, Bin Ni and Kuan-Xue Sun

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) E158-E164; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.026912
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Outcomes: wedge resection versus lobectomy for non–small cell lung cancer at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario 1998–2009
Anna L. McGuire, Wilma M. Hopman, Dimitri Petsikas and Ken Reid

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) E165-E170; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.006311
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The reliability of differentiating neurogenic claudication from vascular claudication based on symptomatic presentation
Mélissa Nadeau, M. Patricia Rosas-Arellano, Kevin R. Gurr, Stewart I. Bailey, David C. Taylor, Ruby Grewal, D. Kirk Lawlor and Chris S. Bailey

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 372-377; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.016512
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Functional outcomes and cost estimation for extra-articular and simple intra-articular distal radius fractures treated with open reduction and internal fixation versus closed reduction and percutaneous Kirschner wire fixation
Ivan Dzaja, Joy C. MacDermid, James Roth and Ruby Grewal

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 378-384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.22712
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Limited adequacy of thyroid cancer patient follow-up at a Canadian tertiary care centre
Elaine Lam, Scott S. Strugnell, Chris Bajdik, Daniel Holmes and Sam M. Wiseman

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 385-392; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.018112
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Quality of inguinal hernia operative reports: room for improvement
Grace W. Ma, Amandeep Pooni, Shawn S. Forbes, Cagla Eskicioglu, Emily Pearsall, Fred D. Brenneman and Robin S. McLeod

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 393-397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.017412
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Quality of inguinal hernia operative reports: room for improvement
Grace W. Ma, Amandeep Pooni, Shawn S. Forbes, Cagla Eskicioglu, Emily Pearsall, Fred D. Brenneman and Robin S. McLeod

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 393-397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.017412
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On-pump beating-heart versus conventional coronary artery bypass grafting for revascularization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction: early outcomes
Bilgehan Erkut, Ozgur Dag, Mehmet Ali Kaygin, Mutlu Senocak, Husnu Kamil Limandal, Umit Arslan, Adem Kiymaz, Ahmet Aydin, Nail Kahraman and Eyup Serhat Calik

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 398-404; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.018412
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Validity of vascular trauma codes at major trauma centres
Abdulmajeed Altoijry, Mohammed Al-Omran, Thomas F. Lindsay, K. Wayne Johnston, Magda Melo and Muhammad Mamdani

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 405-408; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.013412
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Jejunostomy tube feeding in patients undergoing esophagectomy
Sadeesh K. Srinathan, Tamara Hamin, Stephen Walter, A. Lawrence Tan, Helmut W. Unruh and Gordon Guyatt

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 409-414; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.008612
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Uptake of an innovation in surgery: observations from the cluster-randomized Quality Initiative in Rectal Cancer trial
Marko Simunovic, Angela Coates, Andrew Smith, Lehana Thabane, Charles H. Goldsmith and Mark N. Levine

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 415-421; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.019112
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Complications following hip arthroscopy: a retrospective review of the McMaster experience (2009–2012)
Kevin Chan, Forough Farrokhyar, Sarah Burrow, Marcin Kowalczuk, Mohit Bhandari and Olufemi R. Ayeni

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 422-426; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.021712

Continuing Medical Education · Formation Médicale Continue

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Does the long-term use of aspirin decrease the risk of death due to cancer?
Prosanto K. Chaudhury, Wesley J. Stephen, Eric J. Dozois, N.N. Baxter, K.J. Brasel, C.J. Brown, P.K. Chaudhury, C.M. Divino, E. Dixon, G.W.N. Fitzgerald, S.M. Hameed, H.J. Henteleff, T.G. Hughes, L.S. Kao, A.W. Kirkpatrick, S. Latosinsky, T.M. Mastracci, R.S. McLeod, A.M. Morris, T.M. Pawlik, L.K. Temple and M.E. McKenzie; for the Members of the Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) 427-429; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.025513

Letters · Lettres

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Is the culture of surgery still a gender issue?
Harriet M.T. McGrath, Teresa J. Brew and Oliver J. Warren

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) E171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.021213
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Is the culture of surgery still a gender issue?
Judith Belle Brown, Meghan Fluit, Carol Herbert and Barbara Lent

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) E171-E172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.023213
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Comment on “Comparison of the major intraoperative and postoperative complications between unilateral and sequential bilateral total knee arthroplasty in a high-volume community hospital”
Nima Razii and Rhidian Morgan-Jones

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) E172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.027313
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Comment on “Comparison of the major intraoperative and postoperative complications between unilateral and sequential bilateral total knee arthroplasty in a high-volume community hospital”
Erin Spicer, Garry Robert Thomas and Edward John Rumble

Can J Surg December 01, 2013 56 (6) E173; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.028013

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