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Volume 51(6);  December 2008
Editorials
CJS evolves
Garth L. Warnock
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 420–421.
PMCID: PMC2592577
Cet article est disponible en français.
Le JCC en évolution
Garth L. Warnock
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 421.
PMCID: PMC2592575
Original Articles
Preoperative autologous blood donation reduces the need for allogeneic blood products: a prospective randomized study
Denis Bouchard, Bertrand Marcheix, Sfoug Al-Shamary, Frédéric Vanden Eynden, Philippe Demers, Danielle Robitaille, Michel Pellerin, Louis P. Perrault, and Michel Carrier
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 422–427.
PMCID: PMC2592568
Patient characteristics affecting the prognosis of total hip and knee joint arthroplasty: a systematic review
Pasqualina L. Santaguida, Gillian A. Hawker, Pamela L. Hudak, Richard Glazier, Nizar N. Mahomed, Hans J. Kreder†, Peter C. Coyte, and James G. Wright
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 428–436.
PMCID: PMC2592576
Mesenteric angiography for the localization and treatment of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Paul J. Karanicolas, Patrick H. Colquhoun, Erin Dahlke, and Gordon H. Guyatt
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 437–441.
PMCID: PMC2592569
Drilling sounds are used by surgeons and intermediate residents, but not novice orthopedic trainees, to guide drilling motions
Monate Praamsma, Heather Carnahan, David Backstein, Christian J.H. Veillette, David Gonzalez, and Adam Dubrowski
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 442–446.
PMCID: PMC2592586
Barriers to breast reconstruction after mastectomy in Nova Scotia
G. Philip Barnsley, Leif Sigurdson, and Susan Kirkland
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 447–452.
PMCID: PMC2592574
Geographic variation and physician specialization in the use of percutaneous biopsy for breast cancer diagnosis
Claire M.B. Holloway, Refik Saskin, and Lawrence Paszat
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 453–463.
PMCID: PMC2592581
Review Article
Imaging and transcatheter arterial embolization for traumatic splenic injuries: review of the literature
Antony Raikhlin, Mark Otto Baerlocher, Murray R. Asch, and Andy Myers
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 464–472.
PMCID: PMC2592580
Case Note
Online case notes
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 473.
PMCID: PMC2592566
Continuing Medical Education
Surgical images: soft tissue: An unusual presentation of perforated sigmoid colon
Tracey K. Asano, Andrew Burns, Brian Pinchuk, and Yaron Shargall
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 474–475.
PMCID: PMC2592583
Evidence-Based Surgery
Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to assess power and sample size
Margherita Cadeddu*, Forough Farrokhyar†‡, Achilleas Thoma*†, Ted Haines, Anna Garnett, Charles H. Goldsmith, and for the Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 476–482.
PMCID: PMC2592579
Canadian Association of General Surgeons and American College of Surgeons Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery. 27.: Quality-of-life outcomes with sentinel node biopsy versus standard axillary treatment in patients with operable breast cancer
Steve Latosinsky, Kelly Dabbs, Frederick Moffat, and for the members of the Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery Group
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 483–485.
PMCID: PMC2592588
Brief Communication
Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (Nora lesion): a report of 3 cases and a review of the literature
Gerald Gruber, Christian Giessauf, Andreas Leithner, Max Zacherl, Heimo Clar, Koppany Bodo, and Reinhard Windhager
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): 486–489.
PMCID: PMC2592582
Case Notes
Retrorectal cystic hamartoma associated with malignant disease
Slim Jarboui, Hichem Jarraya, Mohamed Ben Mihoub, Mohamed Morched Abdesselem, and Abdeljelil Zaouche
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E115–E116.
PMCID: PMC2592572
Echinococcal disease with bronchobiliary fistula
Karina Rando, Martin Harguindeguy, and Graciela Zunini
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E117–E118.
PMCID: PMC2592565
Role of capsule endoscopy in blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome
Afsar Barlas, Erol Avsar, Aysun Bozbas, and Cumhur Yegen
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E119–E120.
PMCID: PMC2592571
Atypical presentation of spinal tuberculosis
Aparna Sarangapani, Aria Fallah, John Provias, and Neilank K. Jha
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E121.
PMCID: PMC2592567
Ruptured solitary internal iliac artery aneurysm: a rare cause of large-bowel obstruction
Stéphane Elkouri, Jean-François Blair, Nathalie Beaudoin, and Luc Bruneau
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E122–E123.
PMCID: PMC2592584
Rare cause of an inguinal mass in pregnancy
Eric Meen and Ashley Vergis
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E124.
PMCID: PMC2593620
A rational, structured approach to primary aortoenteric fistula
Pascal Rhéaume, Raymond Labbé, Élyse Thibault, and Jean-Pierre Gagné
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E125–E126.
PMCID: PMC2592570
Paraduodenal hernia: a rare cause of abdominal pain
Vytauras Kuzinkovas, Koroush Haghighi, Rishi Singhal, and Nigel J. Andrews
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E127–E128.
PMCID: PMC2592587
Acute acalculous cholecystitis: an unusual presenting feature of Churg–Strauss vasculitis
Valerie Francescutti, Anne K. Ellis, Jacqueline M. Bourgeois, and Colin Ward
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E129–E130.
PMCID: PMC2592564
Unusual combination of adenocarcinoma in the sigmoid colon and giant cystic retroperitoneal lymphangioma
Vasillis N. Papadopoulos, Antonios Michalopoulos, Daniel Paramythiotis, and Epaminontas Fahantidis
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E131–E132.
PMCID: PMC2592573
Use of N-acetylcysteine for postnecrosectomy peripancreatic collections in a patient with severe, acute pancreatitis
Srinath Narasimhan, Haris A. Khwaja, Swapan Dutta, and Peter Mitchenere
Can J Surg. 2008 December; 51(6): E133–E134.
PMCID: PMC2592585
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