Background: In 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
mandated 80-hour resident duty limits. In 2011 the ACGME mandated 16-hour duty …

Background Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have been shown to reduce
hospital stay without compromising outcomes. Attempts to apply ERAS principles in the …

Purpose Individuals representing various surgical disciplines have expressed concerns
with the impact of resident duty hours (RDH) restrictions on resident education and patient …

Background Clinical pathways (CPW) are considered safe and effective at decreasing
postoperative length of stay (LoS), but the effect on economic costs is uncertain. This study sought …

Purpose The optimal management of colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRC-LM) has
changed during the past two decades. However, clinical practice lags behind best evidence …

Background Pancreaticoduodenectomies (PD) are complex surgical procedures. Clinical
pathways (CPW) are surgical process improvement tools that guide postoperative recovery …

… Devitt MSc … Gurusamy KS, Imber C, Davidson BR. Management of the hepatic lymph nodes
during resection of liver metastases from colorectal cancer: a systematic review. … Devitt MSc …

Background Surgery is a cornerstone of treatment for malignancy. However, significant variation
has been reported in patterns and quality of cancer care for important health outcomes, …

Background and Aims Corticosteroid-free remission is a primary treatment goal in IBD
which may be achieved with greater use of anti-TNF therapy. We defined temporal trends of …

Background As beneficiaries of health service improvement initiatives, patients should have
their perspectives of and gaps in care elicited to inform and guide the development of quality …