Journal Club Archives

January 2009

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Benchmarking surgical incident reports using a database and a triage system to reduce adverse outcomes.
Arch Surg. 2008 Dec;143(12):1192-7.
Antonacci AC, Lam S, Lavarias V, Homel P, Eavey RD.

Assessment of endoscopic training of general surgery residents in a North American health region.
Gastrointest Endosc. 2008 Dec;68(6):1056-62.
Asfaha S, Alqahtani S, Hilsden RJ, MacLean AR, Beck PL.

Management of surgical patients receiving anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents.
Br J Surg. 2008 Dec;95(12):1437-48. Review.
Thachil J, Gatt A, Martlew V.

Inpatient mortality analysis of paraesophageal hernia repair in octogenarians.
J Gastrointest Surg. 2008 Nov;12(11):1888-92.
Poulose BK, Gosen C, Marks JM, Khaitan L, Rosen MJ, Onders RP, Trunzo JA, Ponsky JL.

A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial comparing early (7 day) corticosteroid cessation versus long-term, low-dose corticosteroid therapy.
Astellas Corticosteroid Withdrawal Study Group. Ann Surg. 2008 Oct;248(4):564-77.
Woodle ES, First MR, Pirsch J, Shihab F, Gaber AO, Van Veldhuisen P.

Randomized clinical trial comparing a polypropylene with a poliglecaprone and polypropylene composite mesh for inguinal hernioplasty.
Polish Hernia Study Group. Br J Surg. 2008 Dec;95(12):1462-8.
Smietanski M.