Developing a Strategy for the Improvement in Patient Experience in a Canadian Academic Department of Surgery.

Patient experience (PE) is recognized as a key component in the quality of health-care delivery. Public reporting of hospital, division, and physician-specific PE results has added to the momentum of adopting strategies to augment this metric of care. The Ottawa Hospital embarked on a journey to improve PE as a pillar of its quality improvement plan.

Immediate versus delayed surgery in congenital choanal atresia: A systematic review.

Objectives: To evaluate immediate versus delayed surgical intervention on treatment outcomes in the management of congenital choanal atresia.

Methods: This study adhered to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis guidelines in reporting a systematic review of the literature. OVID Medline, EMBASE and Pubmed databases were searched using relevant key terms.

High Risk Clinical Features for Acute Aortic Dissection: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a rare condition with a high mortality that is often missed. The objective of our study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of clinical and laboratory findings for AAD, in confirmed cases of AAD and in a low-risk control group.

Methods: This was a historical matched case-control study: participants were adults > 18 years old presenting to two tertiary care emergency departments (EDs) or one regional cardiac referral center.

Risk factors for postoperative complications in total thyroidectomy: A retrospective, risk-adjusted analysis from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

Thyroid cancer incidence is increasing, and with it, an increase in total thyroidectomy. There are limited studies comparing outcomes in total thyroidectomy performed in the inpatient versus outpatient setting.The objective of this study was to perform a comparative analysis of risk factors and outcomes of postoperative morbidity and mortality in total thyroidectomy performed as an inpatient versus outpatient surgery.