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Publikováno v:
Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada. 29:1-37
This Chronic Diseases in Canada supplement is a compilation of literature reviews by scientific experts. It was initiated as follow-up to the Green Plan, the federal government's environmental agenda in the 1990s. In recognizing that Canadians are co
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Journal of Surgical Oncology. 69:83-87
Background and Objectives Tumor thickness is considered the single most important predictor of survival in clinically localized malignant melanoma. A recent study found tumor volume a more sensitive predictor of survival than thickness. Volume measur
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Annals of Surgery. 221:278-281
ObjectiveThe authors relate prehospital delay and in hospital delay to the incidence of perforation of appendicitis.Summary Background DataQuality assurance studies use perforation rate as an index of quality of care. This is based on the assumption
Autor:
Shirley A. Huchcroft, Tomas Snodgrass
Publikováno v:
Cancer Causes & Control. 4:179-185
The value of cancer treatment was assessed using a 'natural experiment' where patients who refused treatment served as no-treatment controls in a situation where withholding treatment to form a control group is unethical. Each cancer patient who refu
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Journal of Investigative Surgery. 6:201-209
An experiment was conducted to determine the optimal distance between sutures in closure of abdominal midline incisions. Human cadaveric fascia was harvested soon after death and stored at -70 degrees C until testing. Suture pullout tests were perfor
Publikováno v:
Maladies chroniques au Canada. 29
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Journal of Surgical Oncology. 45:250-256
Surgical wound infection occurs in fewer than 5% of operations. Nevertheless, it represents the second most common type of hospital-acquired infection and results in increased morbidity and mortality. As with all nosocomial infections, the rate of su
Autor:
Tim K. Lee, Norman Phillips, Richard P. Gallagher, Chris Coppin, Gerry B. Hill, Andrew J. Coldman, Shirley A. Huchcroft
Publikováno v:
Cancer causescontrol : CCC. 6(5)
In order to evaluate risk factors for germ cell cancers, we conducted a case-control study of 510 men with testicular cancer aged 15 to 79 years and 996 randomly selected age-matched controls in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada.
Publikováno v:
American journal of surgery. 169(2)
Purpose A study was undertaken to study the potential benefits for function and regional recurrence of preserving the sensory ventral branches of the cervical plexus in modified neck dissections. Methods Fifteen cases of squamous cell carcinoma or me
Autor:
Lennart H. Marx, L. Martin Jerry, Walley J. Temple, Frederick Alexander, Stephen L. Cassar, Rene Lafreniere, Shirley A. Huchcroft, Leon A. Pontikes
Publikováno v:
American journal of surgery. 165(2)
A population-based study of the biology of the thin-level melanoma according to site, Breslow's thickness, and Clark's level was undertaken. Two hundred fifteen patients were studied with a mean follow-up of 41 months. Overall, 23 patients (10.7%) ha