Canadian Journal of Surgery: 56 (6)

December 01, 2013; Volume 56,Issue 6

Editorial · Éditorial

You have access
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
You have access
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

You have access
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

You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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

You have access
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

You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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
You have access
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

In this issue

More...

Main menu

User menu

Search

Table of Contents

Editorial · Éditorial

Commentary · Commentaire

Research · Recherche

Continuing Medical Education · Formation Médicale Continue

Letters · Lettres

In this issue

Content

Authors & Reviewers

About