Abstracts of presentations to the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons Canadian Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Society Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons: Victoria, BC Sept. 10-13, 2009
1 From the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont.
2 From the Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovation, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
3 From the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, and the Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
4 From the Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS.
5 From the Division of General Surgery, Montréal General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
6 From The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
7 From the Division of General Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
8 From the Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.
9 From the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
10 From the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
11 From the Harvard School of Public Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass., the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, and The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
12 From the Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
13 From the Division of General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
14 From the Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
15 From the Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and the Department of Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
16 From the Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
17 From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
18 From the Neiva City University Hospital, Neiva, Huila, Colombia.
19 From the Department of Surgery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL.
20 From the Departments of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., and the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
21 From the Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
22 From the Division of Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Surgery, University Hospital, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
23 From the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
24 From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man., the Department of Critical Care Medicine and Regional Trauma Services, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., and the Division of General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
25 From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man., the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Regional Trauma Services, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., and the Division of General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
26 From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
27 From the Departments of Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, and the Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, London, Ont.
28 From the Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que., and the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
29 From the Departments of Surgery and Diagnostic Imaging, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
30 From the Departments of Surgery and Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
31 From the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
32 From the Divisions of General Surgery and Hematology, Trauma Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
33 From the Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
34 From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
35 From the Departments of Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, and Imperial College, London, Ont.
36 From the Centre for the Advancement of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Edmonton, Alta.
37 From the Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
38 From the Department of Surgery, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, BC, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
39 From the Divisions of General Surgery and Radiology, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
40 From the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
41 From the Divisions of Pediatric Surgery and Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Montréal Children's Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
42 From the Québec Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec, Québec, Que.
43 From the Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
44 From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
45 From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
46 From the Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
47 From the Centre for Medical Education, Division of General Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
48 From the London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
49 From the London Health Sciences Centre, Children's Hospital of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
50 From the Department of Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
51 From the Richmond Hospital, Richmond, BC.
52 From the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEIIHSC), Halifax, NS.
53 From the Centre for the Advancement of Minimally Invasive Surgery (CAMIS), Alberta Health Services, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
54 From the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
55 From the Department of General Surgery, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
56 From the Department of Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
57 From the Department of Surgery, Trauma Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
58 From the Division of General Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
59 From the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
60 From the Division of General Surgery, Department of Radiology, Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
61 From the Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
62 From the Department of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
63 From the University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
64 From the Departments of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, University of Alberta, Edmonton, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., McGill University, Montréal, Que, Dalhousie University, CAGS Committee on Acute Surgery and Critical Care, Halifax, NS.
65 From the Division of General Surgery, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, the Departments of Surgery and Oncology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
66 From CSTAR, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
67 From the Department of Surgery, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
68 From the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
69 From the Division of Thoracic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
70 From the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Pathology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
71 From the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Cardiology, University of Alberta, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alta.
72 From the Division of Thoracic Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
73 From the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
74 From the Division of Thoracic Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont.
75 From the Division of Thoracic Surgery, St. Joseph's Health Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
76 From the Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
77 From the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Moncton Hospital, Moncton, NB, and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
78 From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
79 From the Departments of Surgery, Pathology and Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
80 From the Departments of Surgery and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
81 From the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, William Osler Health Centre, Brampton, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
82 From the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
83 From the Department of General Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Center for Transplant Outcomes and Quality Improvement, The Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University, Boston, Mass.
84 From the Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que., School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
85 From the Department of Surgery, Health Science Centre, St. John's, NL.
86 From the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.
87 From the Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital, Windsor, Ont.
88 From the Departments of General Surgery and Gastroenterology, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
89 From Cancer Care Ontario HPB Surgical Oncology Community of Practice, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Surgical Oncology Program, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
90 From the Department of Surgery, Ohio State University Medical Centre, Columbus, Ohio.
91 From St. Paul's Hospital, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
92 From the Divisions of Plastic, Orthopedic, and General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
93 From the Department of Surgery, Medicine, Community Health Sciences, Health Information Network Calgary, Centre for Health Policy Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
94 From the Division of General Surgery, Department of Medical Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
95 From the Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
96 From the British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC.
97 From the Departments of Surgery, Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
98 From the Division of General Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
99 From the Departments of Medical Sciences, Surgery, Pathology, and Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
100 From the Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Group, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
101 From the Surgical Oncology Program, Cancer Care Ontario, the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, and the Department of Pathology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
102 From the Centre de chirurgie minimalement invasive de Québec, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Que.
103 From the Department of Surgery, St. Paul's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
104 From the Department of Colorectal Surgery, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
105 From the Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, BC.
106 From the Department of Colorectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., the Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont., and the Department of Colorectal Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
107 From the Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
108 From the Division of General Surgery, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
109 From the Department of Surgery, St. Paul's Hospital, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC.
110 From the Department of Surgery, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.