Journal Club Archives

March 2009

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A novel end point to assess a resident’s ability to perform hand-assisted versus straight laparoscopy for left colectomy: is there really a difference?
J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Oct;207 (4):554-9. Epub 2008 May 19.
Champagne BJ, Lee EC, Valerian B, Armstrong D, Ambroze W, Orangio G.

Use of recombinant factor VIIa to facilitate organ donation in trauma patients with devastating neurologic injury.
J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Jan;208(1):120-5.
Stein DM, Dutton RP, Alexander C, Miller J, Scalea TM.

Achalasia of the esophagus: a surgical disease.
J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Jan;208(1):151-62. Epub 2008 Oct 2
Williams VA, Peters JH.

Comparison of surgically resected polypoid lesions of the gallbladder to their pre-operative ultrasound characteristics.
J Gastrointest Surg. 2009 Jan;13(1):19-25. Epub 2008 Oct 30.
Zielinski MD, Atwell TD, Davis PW, Kendrick ML, Que FG.

Association of colonoscopy and death from colorectal cancer.
Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jan 6;150(1):1-8. Epub 2008 Dec 15.
Baxter NN, Goldwasser MA, Paszat LF, Saskin R, Urbach DR, Rabeneck L.

A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population.
N Engl J Med. 2009 Jan 29;360(5):491-9.
Haynes AB, Weiser TG, Berry WR, Lipsitz SR, Breizat AH, Dellinger EP, Herbosa T, Joseph S, Kibatala PL, Lapitan MC, Merry AF, Moorthy K, Reznick RK, Taylor B, Gawande AA; Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group.