Background Acute care surgical services provide comprehensive emergency general
surgical care while potentially using health care resources more efficiently. We assessed the …

Introduction Emergency colorectal cancer (CRC) is a complex disease that requires
multidisciplinary approaches for management. However, it is unclear whether acute care surgery (…

Introduction Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is associated with significant morbidity and
mortality. Given the paucity of recent Canadian data, we estimated the mortality rate …

Trichobezoar is a mass of hair retained in the stomach, usually associated with trichotillomania.
Large trichobezoars may extend into the small bowel and cause small bowel obstruction, …

A 12-year-old girl presented to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain, non-bilious
emesis, and a 3-month history of progressively worsening lower abdominal pain, malaise, …

Background Given that the management of severely injured children requires coordinated
care provided by multiple pediatric surgical subspecialties, we sought to describe the …

Introduction Acute care surgical services provide timely comprehensive emergency general
surgical care while optimizing the use of limited resources. At our institution, 50% of the daily …

Background and Aims A short-interval, two-stage approach termed associating liver partition
and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) increases the number of patients …

Introduction: Cellulosimicrobium cellulans is a rare human pathogen that is associated with
chronic immunosuppression, such as human immunodeficiency virus infection, post‐…

Mycobacterium bovis tuberculosis acquired in Canada is extremely rare, thanks to eradication
and surveillance programs as well as to milk pasteurization practices initiated in the early …