Introduction Eye-gaze technology can be used to track the gaze of surgeons on the surgical
monitor. We examine the gaze of surgeons performing a task in the operating room and later …

Over the past 5 years, there has been a groundswell of support in Canada for the development
of organized, focused and multidisciplinary approaches to caring for acutely ill general …

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic splenectomy has become the preferred surgical procedure
for the management of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). However, there studies …

Background Knowledge of the composition of a surgical team is the premise for studying
efficiency inside the operating room. Methods To investigate the team composition in general …

Seventy-nine patients (106 repairs) with inguinal hernias underwent laparoscopic transabdominal
preperitoneal hernia repair. The patients included 73 males and 6 females, ranging in …

Background Laparoscopic skills training is an essential component of general surgery training.
This study proposes the use of three-dimensional (3D) laparoscopy as the initial training …

Background. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is one of the most common general surgery
procedures in Canada with approximately 100 000 cases performed per year. Bile duct …

Background Bile duct injury remains a worrisome complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Indocyanine Green (ICG) fluorescent cholangiography (FC) is a new approach that …

Discussion Pheochromocytoma associated with pregnancy is so rare that the incidence is
difficult to estimate. One series reported an incidence of 0.007% in a 22-year review of 30 246 …

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has gained acceptance in the treatment of
adrenal tumors. We examine our initial 73 patients and highlight the change in patient …