Canadian Journal of Surgery: 61 (6)

December 01, 2018; Volume 61,Issue 6

Editorial · Éditorial

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Tyranny of the pain score question after surgery
Vivian C. McAlister

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 364-365; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.017418
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La tyrannie de la question sur le score de douleur postopératoire
Vivian C. McAlister

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 365-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.017618

History of Surgery: First World War

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After the war is over: the role of General Sir Arthur Currie in the development of academic medicine in Canada
A.M. Jack Hyatt, Andrew Beckett and Vivian C. McAlister

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 367-369; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.017118

Research

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Optimizing outpatient total hip arthroplasty: perspectives of key stakeholders
Laura Churchill, Michael Pollock, Yekaterina Lebedeva, Nicholas Pasic, Dianne Bryant, James Howard, Brent Lanting and Debbie Laliberte Rudman

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 370-376; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.016117
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Surgical treatment choices for breast cancer in Newfoundland and Labrador: a retrospective cohort study
Farah McCrate, Elizabeth Dicks, Erin Powell, Joanne Chafe, Rebecca Roome, Charlene Simmonds and Holly Etchegary

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 377-384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.015217
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Comparison of knot-tying proficiency and knot characteristics for square and reversing half hitch alternating-post surgical knots in a simulated deep body cavity among novice medical students
Vincent Wu, Cynthia Yeung, Edward A. Sykes and Boris Zevin

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 385-391; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.014217
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Cost of open and laparoscopic distal gastrectomy: surgeon perceptions versus the reality of hospital spending
Liza Abraham, Nik Goyert, Daniel J. Kagedan, Andrea MacNeill, Michelle C. Cleghorn, Julie Hallet, Fayez A. Quereshy and Natalie G. Coburn

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 392-397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.014817
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“Hockey wrist”: dorsal ulnotriquetral ligament injury
Emilie Sandman, Mathieu Boily and Paul A. Martineau

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 398-404; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.012917
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Effect of rater training on the reliability of technical skill assessments: a randomized controlled trial
Reagan L. Robertson, Ashley Vergis, Lawrence M. Gillman and Jason Park

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 405-411; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.015917
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High complication rate among patients undergoing appendectomy in Ontario: a population-based retrospective cohort study
Sunil V. Patel, Sulaiman Nanji, Susan B. Brogly, Katherine Lajkosz, Patti A. Groome and Shaila Merchant

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 412-417; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.011517
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The state of transcatheter aortic valve implantation training in Canadian cardiac surgery residency programs
Derrick Y. Tam, Ahmed Makhdoum, Maral Ouzounian, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Gideon N. Cohen and Stephen E. Fremes

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 418-423; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.017517
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Understanding the surgical care needs and use of outpatient surgical care services among homeless patients at the Ottawa Hospital
Laura Zuccaro, Caitlin Champion, Sean Bennett and Yvonne Ying

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 424-429; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.001317

Discussions in surgery

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Surgical management of benign phyllodes tumours of the breast: Is wide local excision really necessary?
Yiming Qian, May Lynn Quan, Travis Ogilvi and Antoine Bouchard-Fortier

CAN J SURG December 01, 2018 61 (6) 430-431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.017617