Canadian Journal of Surgery articles

Recent articles from Canadian Journal of Surgery

Canadian health care is not universal/le systeme de sante du Canada n'est pas universel.(EDITORIAL)(Report)
June 1, 2009... Canadian health care was front and centre in the minds of the American media this month. Unfortunately, it was not because the new Democratic Party government of Barack Obama was going to adopt some of the ideas and principles behind our so-called uniform and unified medical coverage. Rather,...

Catastrophe surgery: response to multiple casualties or individual patients with devastating injuries.(QUILL ON SCALPEL/PLUME ET SCALPEL)(Report)
June 1, 2009... Picture this: you are a surgeon-on-call in a town in Saskatchewan and you receive word that a school bus has been in a head-on collision with another bus. Or the town is in British Columbia and a passenger train has derailed. Maybe you are in Nova Scotia when there has been a mine explosion...

Update on managing diaphragmatic rupture in blunt trauma: a review of 208 consecutive cases.(RESEARCH/RECHERCHE)(Clinical report)
June 1, 2009... Blunt diaphragmatic rupture (BDR) occurs in up to 5% of trauma patients admitted to hospital. (1) The condition is rare and represents a challenge to diagnosis and management, particularly for the general surgeon who does not see this injury routinely and who may not be comfortable managing...

Outpatient thyroid surgery: Should patients be discharged on the day of their procedures?(RESEARCH/RECHERCHE)(Report)
June 1, 2009... The advent and betterment of outpatient surgery has dramatically changed the landscape of the profession. Just as other innovations such as antibiotics and improved anesthetics have led to better outcomes for surgical patients, outpatient surgery has undoubtedly benefited patients and...

Block to succeed: the Canadian orthopedic resident research experience.(RESEARCH/RECHERCHE)(Report)
June 1, 2009... Research has become an integral part of residency training across all specialties. In Canada, the CanMEDS initiative dictates the graduate to "contribute to the development, dissemination and translation of new knowledge and practices" as a "Scholar." In the United States, the Accreditation...