An 18-year review of sports groin injuries in the elite hockey player: clinical presentation, new diagnostic imaging, treatment, and results.

Objective: This is a retrospective study of 98 hockey players who underwent 107 surgical explorations for refractory lower abdominal and groin pain that prevented them from playing hockey at an elite level.

Design: Retrospective chart review combined with a complete follow-up examination and questionnaire.

Setting: The players were treated in an ambulatory care university tertiary care centre.

An expanding role for cardiopulmonary bypass in trauma.

Objectives: To analyze experience at the McGill University Health Centre with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in trauma, complemented by a review of the literature to define its role globally and outline indications for its expanded use in trauma management.

Data Sources: All available published English-language articles from peer reviewed journals, located using the MEDLINE database. Chapters from relevant, current textbooks were also utilized.