Cross-border healthcare is an international agreement for the provision of out of country
healthcare for citizens of partnered countries. The European Union (EU) has established itself …

Background: Approximately 18%-30% of the Canadian population live in a rural area and
are served by 8% of general surgeons. The demographics and geography of rural Canada …

Background: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a frequently used
technique to treat biliary and pancreatic diseases in the inpatient setting. Society guidelines …

A median of 3 surgeons were involved throughout the patients' care cycle, 120 (69.0%)
patients had different consenting surgeons v. POS, and 100 (57.5%) patients first met their POS …

Background: Ventral hernias of the abdomen are defined as a noninguinal, nonhiatal defect
in the fascia of the abdominal wall. Unfortunately, there is not currently a universal …

Background A total of 18%–30% of Canadians live in a rural area and are served by 8% of
the country’s general surgeons. The demographic characteristics of Canada’s population and …

Background: The objective of this study was to assess the quality and accuracy of visual
backgrounds published in academic surgical journals. Visual backgrounds are commonly used …

… Nonetheless, such findings raise important questions about traditional in vitro assays of T
cell function, which often utilize glass or plastic stimulatory surfaces. The observation that T …

… Post-hoc testing with student-t tests were used to test for which site was different from the
others… Post-hoc testing with student-t tests were used to test pairwise differences between sites. …

… this purpose, fitting on standard near-cylindrical glass vessels without swaged rim (half-pint …
The glass vessels were housed in sideless wooden boxes (Plate 11 a) which excluded light …