Publications by authors named "Conrad H Rusnak"
Background: The prevalence of obesity in Canada is increasing, therefore, it has become imminently important to treat these patients in a timely manner.
Methods: A total of 120 consecutive patients who underwent a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure (2004 to 2006), with a mean postoperative follow-up period of 19 months, were divided into 2 chronologic groups and analyzed retrospectively.
Results: The overall postoperative excess weight loss was 78.
Background: Preoperative radiotherapy combined with total mesorectal excision (TME) has provided excellent local control in the treatment of rectal cancer. This study is a review of patients treated at our regional cancer center from 1998 to 2004. The results were compared with a similar study carried out in our region from 1988 to 1998 to determine any changes in treatment methods, recurrence rates, and survival.
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- The study evaluates the practice patterns of sentinel-node biopsy (SNB) for breast cancer in British Columbia, five years after its introduction, focusing on surgeons, pathologists, and nuclear medicine physicians.
- Surveys revealed that by 2001, only 19% of breast cancer surgeons in the region were performing SNB, with about half of them involved in validation studies and many lacking data management support.
- Significant inconsistencies were found regarding the definitions, indications, and techniques used for SNB among practitioners, alongside variations in lymphatic mapping protocols across nuclear medicine departments.
Background: This study evaluated the outcomes of the first 5 years of sentinel node biopsy (SNB) in British Columbia (BC), Canada, 1996 to 2001.
Methods: There were 547 SNB procedures for breast cancer performed by 29 surgeons at 12 hospitals in BC between October 1996 and July 2001. Identification, accuracy, and false-negative rates were determined and correlated to patient, tumor, and surgical factors with the chi-square test.