Canadian Journal of Surgery articles from August 2007

Canadian Journal of Surgery archives from August 2007

Redeveloping the Canadian operating room for 2020/Reamenagement des salles d'operation canadiennes pour l'an 2020.(Editorial)
August 1, 2007... In this issue, Birch and colleagues assess the feasibility of introducing advanced minimally invasive surgery (MIS) into surgical practice. (1) This thoughtful summary of the obstacles perceived by surgeons to limit introduction of advanced MIS...

Is type 2 diabetes a surgical disease?(Quill on Scalpel/Plume et scalpel)
August 1, 2007... Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects more than 2 million people in Canada and an estimated 150 million people around the world. Owing at least partly to the rising epidemic of obesity in most countries around the world, this number is expected to...

Reliability of hip range of motion using goniometry in pediatric femur shaft fractures.
August 1, 2007... Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the interrater reliability of the assessment of range of motion of the hip joint through goniometry. Methods: We included children aged 4 to 10 years with a femoral shaft fracture, from 4...

The feasibility of introducing advanced minimally invasive surgery into surgical practice.(Survey)(Statistical data)
August 1, 2007... Background: This study investigates the feasibility of performing advanced minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in a nonspecialized practice environment. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of all community general surgeons currently...

The use of postoperative bone scintigraphy to predict graft retention.
August 1, 2007... Background: Osteonecrosis of the femoral head commonly occurs in patients aged under 50 years. Because of a high rate of complications associated with joint replacement surgery in this population, surgical techniques, such as vascularized...

A systematic review of the quality of publications reporting coronary artery bypass grafting trials.
August 1, 2007... Objective: Several studies have shown that the quality of reports of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in medicine is variable and often poor, whereas the quality of those in surgery is unknown. We aimed to assess the quality of reports of...

A systematic review of the methodological quality and outcomes of RCTs to teach medical undergraduates surgical and emergency procedures.(randomized controlled trials)
August 1, 2007... Background: There is no systematic review of the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of teaching surgical and emergency skills to undergraduates. Methods: We searched the Cochrane Collaboration Controlled Trials...

Adhesive small bowel obstruction: epidemiology, biology and prevention.(Surgical Biology for the Clinician/Biologie chirurgicale pour le clinicien)(Disease/Disorder overview)
August 1, 2007... Intraabdominal adhesions develop after abdominal surgery as part of the normal healing processes that occur after damage to the peritoneum. Over the last 2 decades, much research has gone into understanding the biochemical and cellular...

Huge hydatid cysts that arise from the liver, growing exophytically.(Case Notes/Notes de cas)(Case study)
August 1, 2007... Huge hydatid cysts (HCs), especially those that are superficial and those in vital anatomic locations, are prone to abdominal trauma and rupture. Surgery has been the mainstay of therapy for large HCs. We report on a patient with a 32-cm...

Urgent endovascular stenting of subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm caused by seatbelt injury.(Case notes/Notas de cas)(Case study)
August 1, 2007... Subclavian artery injury in blunt trauma is uncommon. The surgical repair of such an injury can be a major challenge. Because penetrating injuries are more common, many trauma surgeons have relatively little experience in dealing with blunt...

Musculoskeletal pain in dialysis-related amyloidosis.(Case notes/Notes de cas)(Case study)
August 1, 2007... Case report In March 1999, a 49-year-old woman presented with acute right hip pain and no history of trauma. She had been diagnosed with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in 1966 leading to complete renal failure in 1973. Treatment...