Apples and oranges: Author response Apples and oranges: Author response Can J Surg. 2016
Apr;59(2):E5. doi: 10.1503/cjs.003416. Authors David R Urbach 1 , Atiqa Malik 1 , Thérèse A …

A wave of laughter ripples around the table when it becomes clear that the consultant
surgeon in the group is struggling to remove the'nipple'of his orange with his pink craft knife …

Haw et al (1) should be commended for a very interesting paper, but one that I feel is, by its
very nature, stuck in the position of comparing apples and oranges.Whilst table 1 (on the …

To the Editors: I was walking back toward the hotel with a little extra time, so I decided to
treat myself to a pedicure. Fortune Cookie Red is the perfect color for open sandals. As I sat …

We refer to a previous correspondence published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
regarding reference to animals in medical nomenclature. 1 Such reference, it was …

A computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis was performed that showed features of
a proximal small bowel obstruction, with the suggestion of an intraluminal lesion or adhesion …

Remarks by Mr. CROFT.-The rapid recovery in this case was partly due to the fact that the
operation was performed before the growth had infiltrated or attached itself to neighbouring …

One of the compensations of achieving a certain age in medicine is to observe therapies rise
into popularity, become identified with complications, be decried, avoided, and sink into …

PRE-VEN-TIVE-adj. 1. Med. warding offdisease. That's what Mr. Webster's dictionary tells us
about this abused and overused word, and it may be significant that he gives us its medical …

THIS NEW section in the ARCHIVES may be the perfect forum to pass on some surgical
folklore to a generation of politically correct surgical trainees and young surgeons who may …