Publications

2021

Does drainage or resection predict subsequent interventions and long-term quality of life in patients with Grade IV pancreatic injuries: A population-based analysis.

Ball, C. G., Biffl, W. L., Vogt, K., Hameed, S. M., Parry, N. G., Kirkpatrick, A. W., & Kaminsky, M. (2021). Does drainage or resection predict subsequent interventions and long-term quality of life in patients with Grade IV pancreatic injuries: A population-based analysis. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 91(4), 708–715. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003313

Trauma Training Courses and Programs in Low- and Lower Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review. 

Livergant, R. J., Demetrick, S., Cravetchi, X., Kung, J. Y., Joos, E., Hawes, H. G., & Saleh, A. (2021). Trauma Training Courses and Programs in Low- and Lower Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review. World journal of surgery, 45(12), 3543–3557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06283-1

Improving Surgical Quality for Patients with Mental Health Illnesses: A Narrative Review.

Afford, R. M., Hameed, M. S., Ball, C. G., Sidhu, J. A., & Sekhon, M. S. (2021). Improving Surgical Quality for Patients with Mental Health Illnesses: A Narrative Review. Annals of surgery, 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005174. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000005174

Small bowel intussusception and Enterobius vermicularis infestation in a 20-year-old woman.

Pryma, C., Youssef, D., Evans, D., & Yang, H. M. (2021). Small bowel intussusception and Enterobius vermicularis infestation in a 20-year-old woman. BMJ case reports, 14(1), e238077. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-238077

A systematic review of global surgery partnerships and a proposed framework for sustainability.

Jedrzejko, N., Margolick, J., Nguyen, J. H., Ding, M., Kisa, P., Ball-Banting, E., Hameed, M., & Joos, E. (2021). A systematic review of global surgery partnerships and a proposed framework for sustainability. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 64(3), E280–E288. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.010719

Time to operating room matters in modern management of pancreatic injuries: A national review on the management of adult pancreatic injury at Canadian level 1 trauma centers. 

Joos, E., de Jong, N., Ball, C. G., Quigley, S., Trottier, V., Massé, M., Engels, P. T., Rao, J., Gillman, L. M., Visser, R., Widder, S., Hameed, M.S., Vogt, K. N., & Canadian Collaborative on Urgent Care Surgery (CANUCS) (2021). Time to operating room matters in modern management of pancreatic injuries: A national review on the management of adult pancreatic injury at Canadian level 1 trauma centers. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 90(3), 434–440. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003025

Impact of interhospital transfer on patient outcomes in emergency general surgery.

Allen, L., Vogt, K., Joos, E., van Heest, R., Saleh, F., Widder, S., Hameed, M., Parry, N. G., Minor, S., & Murphy, P. (2021). Impact of interhospital transfer on patient outcomes in emergency general surgery. Surgery, 169(2), 455–459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2020.08.032

Using Gastrografin to manage adhesive small bowel obstruction: A nonrandomized controlled study with historical controls.

Zhou, C., Udwadia, F. R., & Joos, E. (2021). Using Gastrografin to manage adhesive small bowel obstruction: A nonrandomized controlled study with historical controls. British Columbia Medical Journal, 63(6).

2020

Maximizing the potential of trauma registries in low-income and middle-income countries.

Rosenkrantz, L., Schuurman, N., Arenas, C., Nicol, A., & Hameed, M. S. (2020). Maximizing the potential of trauma registries in low-income and middle-income countries. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 5(1), e000469. https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2020-000469

Emergent Comprehensive Imaging of the Major Trauma Patient: A New Paradigm for Improved Clinical Decision-Making.

Qamar, S. R., Evans, D., Gibney, B., Redmond, C. E., Nasir, M. U., Wong, K., & Nicolaou, S. (2021). Emergent Comprehensive Imaging of the Major Trauma Patient: A New Paradigm for Improved Clinical Decision-Making. Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes, 72(2), 293–310. https://doi.org/10.1177/0846537120914247

Large bowel obstruction secondary to schistosomiasis-related colonic stricture.

D'Souza, K., Birnie, B. W., & Garraway, N. (2020). Large bowel obstruction secondary to schistosomiasis-related colonic stricture. International journal of surgery case reports, 74, 209–213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.08.037

Evaluation and management of the surgical abdomen

Bradley, N. L., & Garraway, N. (2020). Evaluation and management of the surgical abdomen. Current opinion in critical care, 26(6), 648–657. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCC.0000000000000783

Atypical Somatic Symptoms in Adults With Prolonged Recovery From Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. 

Stubbs, J. L., Green, K. E., Silverberg, N. D., Howard, A., Dhariwal, A. K., Brubacher, J. R., Garraway, N., Heran, M., Sekhon, M. S., Aquino, A., Purcell, V., Hutchison, J. S., Torres, I. J., & Panenka, W. J. (2020). Atypical Somatic Symptoms in Adults With Prolonged Recovery From Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Frontiers in neurology, 11, 43. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00043

Morbidity and mortality conferences in general surgery: a narrative systematic review.

Slater, N., Sekhon, P., Bradley, N., Shariff, F., Bedford, J., Wong, H., Chiu, C. J., Joos, E., Ball, C. G., & Hameed, M. (2020). Morbidity and mortality conferences in general surgery: a narrative systematic review. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 63(3), E211–E222. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.009219

Maximizing the potential of trauma registries in low-income and middle-income countries.

A 30-day prospective audit of all inpatient complications following acute care surgery: How well do we really perform?

Ball, C. G., Murphy, P., Verhoeff, K., Albusadi, O., Patterson, M., Widder, S., Hameed, S. M., Parry, N., Vogt, K., Kortbeek, J. B., MacLean, A. R., Engels, P. T., Rice, T., Nenshi, R., Khwaja, K., Minor, S., & Canadian Collaborative on Urgent Care Surgery (CANUCS) (2020). A 30-day prospective audit of all inpatient complications following acute care surgery: How well do we really perform?. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 63(2), E150–E154. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.019118

Virtual learning in global surgery: current strategies and adaptation for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joos, E., Zivkovic, I., & Shariff, F. (2021). Virtual learning in global surgery: current strategies and adaptation for the COVID-19 pandemic. IJS Global Health, 4(1), e42.

Patterns of complex emergency general surgery in Canada.

Vogt, K. N., Allen, L., Murphy, P. B., van Heest, R., Saleh, F., Widder, S., Minor, S., Engels, P. T., Joos, E., Nenshi, R., Meschino, M. T., Laane, C., Lacoul, A., Parry, N. G., Ball, C. G., & Hameed, S. M. (2020). Patterns of complex emergency general surgery in Canada. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 63(5), E435–E441. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.011219

The Use of Computed Tomography (CT) during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Its Place in the Diagnostic Algorithm for Acute Surgical Patients.
D'Souza, K., Huynh, C., Khasanova, E., Nicolaou, S., Mayo, J. R., Hameed, S. M., & Joos, E. (2020). The use of computed tomography during the COVID-19 pandemic: Its place in the diagnostic algorithm for acute surgical patients. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 89(5), e135–e139. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000002898

Acute care surgery, trauma and disaster relief: a clinical exchange between the University of British Columbia and the Mexican Red Cross.

Margolick, J., Yin, L., Joharifard, S., Afya, A., Velez, M., Meza, E., Sohani, S., Laane, C., Ball-Banting, E., & Joos, E. (2020). Acute care surgery, trauma and disaster relief: a clinical exchange between the University of British Columbia and the Mexican Red Cross. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 63(4), E338–E345. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.004719

Socioeconomic Status Does Not Influence the Presentation of Patients with Inguinal Hernia at an Urban Canadian Teaching Hospital.

CLE, Laane and LE, Rosenkrantz and N, Schuurman and SM, Hameed and E, Joos, Socioeconomic Status Does Not Influence the Presentation of Patients with Inguinal Hernia at an Urban Canadian Teaching Hospital. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3529616 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3529616

2019

A low-impact strategy for capturing better emergency department injury surveillance data

Brubacher, J. R., Shih, Y., Weng, J. T., Verma, R., Evans, D., & Grafstein, E. (2019). Low-impact strategy for capturing better emergency department injury surveillance data. Injury prevention: journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 25(6), 507–513. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2018-042958

Patient-level resource use for injury admissions in Canada: A multicentre retrospective cohort study.

Porgo, T. V., Moore, L., Truchon, C., Berthelot, S., Stelfox, H. T., Cameron, P. A., Gabbe, B. J., Hoch, J. S., Evans, D. C., Lauzier, F., Bernard, F., Turgeon, A. F., & Clément, J. (2019). Patient-level resource use for injury admissions in Canada: A multicentre retrospective cohort study. Injury, 50(6), 1192–1201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2019.03.038

What attributes define excellence in a trauma team? A qualitative study.

Kassam, F., Cheong, A. R., Evans, D., & Singhal, A. (2019). What attributes define excellence in a trauma team? A qualitative study. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 62(6), 450–453. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.013418

Reducing AB plasma utilization through the AB plasma appropriateness index.

Al Khan, S., Rosinski, K., Petraszko, T., Dawe, P., Hwang, B. W., Sham, L., Hudoba, M., Roland, K., & Shih, A. W. (2019). Reducing AB plasma utilisation through the AB plasma appropriateness index. Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England), 29(6), 381–388. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.12632

Rare constellation of abdominal vascular injuries in blunt trauma: Left gastric artery pseudoaneurysms and dissection.

D'Souza, K., Bleszynski, M. S., & Hawes, H. G. (2019). Rare constellation of abdominal vascular injuries in blunt trauma: Left gastric artery pseudoaneurysms and dissection. International journal of surgery case reports, 60, 30–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.05.028

Trauma registry implementation and operation in low and middle income countries: a scoping review

Rosenkrantz, L., Schuurman, N., & Hameed, M. (2019). Trauma registry implementation and operation in low and middle income countries: A scoping review. Global public health, 14(12), 1884–1897. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2019.1622761

A Canadian strategy for surgical quality improvement

Urbach, D. R., Karimuddin, A. A., Wei, A., Zabolotny, B. P., Lefebvre, G., Walsh, M., Hameed, M., Fata, P., Chaudhury, P., McLeod, R. S., & Cleary, S. P. (2019). A Canadian strategy for surgical quality improvement. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 62(6), E16–E18. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.019318

Systematic reviews of scores and predictors to trigger activation of massive transfusion protocols 

Shih, A. W., Al Khan, S., Wang, A. Y., Dawe, P., Young, P. Y., Greene, A., Hudoba, M., & Vu, E. (2019). Systematic reviews of scores and predictors to trigger activation of massive transfusion protocols. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, 87(3), 717–729. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000002372

Mental toughness in surgeons: Is there room for improvement?

Percy, D. B., Streith, L., Wong, H., Ball, C. G., Widder, S., & Hameed, M. (2019). Mental toughness in surgeons: Is there room for improvement?. Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 62(6), 482–487. https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.010818

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