Ready-made, recalibrated, or remodeled? issues in the use of risk indexes for assessing mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Ivanov J, Tu JV, Naylor CD. Circulation. 1999; 99(16):2098-104.
Publications
In the queue for coronary artery bypass grafting: patients’ perceptions of risk and ‘maximal acceptable waiting time’
Llewellyn-Thomas H, Thiel E, Paterson J, Naylor D. J Health Serv Res Policy. 1999; 4(2):65-72.
Relation between hospital surgical volume and outcome for pancreatic resection for neoplasm in a publicly funded healthcare system
Simunovic M, To T, Theriault M, Langer B. CMAJ. 1999; 160(5):643-8.
The Goldman and Detsky surgical risk indices: Do they work in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery?
Chan A, Livingstone D, Tu J. Ann R Coll Physicians Surg Can. 1999; 32(6):337-41.
Cohort study on circumcision of newborn boys and subsequent risk of urinary-tract infection
To T, Agha M, Dick PT, Feldman W. Lancet. 1998; 352(9143):1813-6.
Are complication rates for elective primary total hip arthroplasty in Ontario related to surgeon and hospital volumes? A preliminary investigation
Kreder HJ, Williams JI, Jaglal S, Hu R, Axcell T, Stephen D. Can J Surg. 1998; 41(6):431-7.
The fall and rise of carotid endarterectomy in the United States and Canada
Tu JV, Hannan EL, Anderson GM, Iron K, Wu K, Vranizan K, Popp AJ, Grumbach K. N Engl J Med. 1998; 339(20):1441-7.
Costs of hysterectomy: does surgical approach make a difference?
Cohen MM, Young W. J Womens Health. 1998; 7(7):885-92.
The improving outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Ontario, 1981 to 1995
Tu JV, Wu K. CMAJ. 1998; 159(3):221-7.
Development of a patient decision aid for choice of surgical treatment for breast cancer
Sawka CA, Goel V, Mahut CA, Taylor GA, Thiel EC, O'Connor AM, Ackerman I, Burt JH, Gort EH. Health Expect. 1998; 1(1):23-36.