Contemporary emergency management and 1-year outcomes of colonic diverticulitis: a population-based cohort study
Telesnicki T, Stukel TA, Wilton AS, van Overstraeten AB, de Mestral C, Gomez D. Gastrointest Surg. 2025; Dec 23 [Epub ahead of print].
Publications
Evaluating the association between a backlog of scheduled colectomies for diverticulitis and concurrent rates of emergency diverticulitis procedures: a natural experiment using population-based data
Telesnicki T, Stukel TA, de Buck van Overstraeten A, Wilton A, de Mestral C, Gomez D. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025; 29(12):102257. Epub 2025 Oct 14.
Predictors of inferior vena cava filter retrieval in a population-based Canadian cohort
Ip S, Salata K, Roche-Nagle G, de Mestral C, Luo J. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2025; 102283. Epub 2025 Jun 26.
Long-term outcomes following non-operative management of acute appendicitis: a population-based analysis
Telesnicki T, Nantais J, De Mestral C, de Buck van Overstraeten A, Gomez D. Ann Surg. 2024; Oct 16 [Epub ahead of print].
Disparities in surgery rates during the COVID-19 pandemic: retrospective study
Sankar A, Stukel TA, Baxter NN, Wijeysundera DN, Hwang SW, Wilton AS, Chan TCY, Sarhangian V, Simpson AN, de Mestral C, Pincus D, Campbell RJ, Urbach DR, Irish J, Gomez D. BJS Open. 2024; 8(4):zrae088.
Patterns of inpatient acute care and emergency department utilization within one year post-initial amputation among individuals with dysvascular major lower extremity amputation in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study
Guilcher SJT, Mayo AL, Swayze S, de Mestral C, Viana R, Payne MW, Dilkas S, Devlin M, MacKay C, Kayssi A, Hitzig SL. PLoS One. 2024; 19(7):e0305381.
Ambulatory cardiology or general internal medicine assessment prior to scheduled major vascular surgery is associated with improved outcomes
de Mestral C, Abdel-Qadir HM, Austin PC, Chong AS, McAlister FA, Lindsay TF, Ross HJ, Oreopoulos G, Wijeysundera DN, Lee DS. Ann Surg. 2024; May 6 [Epub ahead of print].
Hospital learning curves for robot-assisted surgeries: a population-based analysis
Walker RJB, Stukel TA, de Mestral C, Nathens A, Breau RH, Hanna WC, Hopkins L, Schlachta CM, Jackson TD, Shayegan B, Pautler SE, Karanicolas PJ. Surg Endosc. 2023; Dec 20 [Epub ahead of print].
Evolution of the surgical procedure gap during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: cross-sectional and modelling study
Stephenson R, Sarhangian V, Park J, Sankar A, Baxter NN, Stukel TA, Simpson AN, Wijeysundera DN, Wilton AS, de Mestral C, Hwang SW, Pincus D, Campbell RJ, Urbach DR, Irish J, Gomez D, Chan TCY. Br J Surg. 2023; Sep 19 [Epub ahead of print].
Outcomes among patients hospitalized with non–COVID-19 conditions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta and Ontario, Canada
McAlister FA, Chu A, Qiu F, Dong Y, van Diepen S, Youngson E, Yu AYX, de Mestral C, Ross HJ, Austin PC, Lee DS, Kadri SS, Wijeysundera HC, for the CORONA Collaboration. JAMA Netw Open. 2023; 6(7):e2323035. Epub 2023 Jul 12.