Recent Peer Reviewed Publications
General Surgery
Bütter A, Merritt N, Dave S. Establishing a pediatric robotic surgery program in Canada. J Robot Surg. 2016 Oct 26. PMID: 27785727 DOI: 10.1007/s11701-016-0646-0
Bütter A, Hanson M, VanHouwelingen L, Merritt N, Seabrook J. Hair epilation versus surgical excision as primary management of pilonidal disease in the pediatric population. Canadian Journal of Surgery. 2015;58(3):209-211. doi:10.1503/cjs.011214.
Armstrong J, Merritt N, Jones S, Scott L, Bütter A. Non-operative management of early, acute appendicitis in children: is it safe and effective? J Pediatr Surg. 2014 May;49(5):782-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.02.071. Epub 2014 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 24851770
Anantha RV, Stewart TC, Rajagopalan A, Walsh J, Merritt NH. Analgesia in the management of paediatric and adolescent trauma during the resuscitative phase: the role of the pediatric trauma centre. Injury. 2014 May;45(5):845-9. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2013.10.048. Epub 2013 Nov 12. Review. PubMed PMID: 24360669
Neurosurgery
Goubran, M., Hammond, R. R., de Ribaupierre, S., Burneo, J. G., Mirsattari, S., Steven, D. A., Parrent, A. G., Peters, T. M. and Khan, A. R. (2015), Magnetic resonance imaging and histology correlation in the neocortex in temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann Neurol., 77: 237–250. doi: 10.1002/ana.24318
Ranger A, Diosy D. Seizures in children with dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors of the brain—A review of surgical outcomes across several studies. Child’s Nervous System. 2015;31(6):847-855. doi:10.1007/s00381-015-2675-9.
Haji FA, Clarke DB, Matte MC, Brandman DM, Brien S, de Ribaupierre S, O'Kelly C, Christie S, McDonald PJ, Kulkarni AV, Walling S, MacLeod A. Teaching for the Transition: the Canadian PGY-1 Neurosurgery 'Rookie Camp'. Can J Neurol Sci. 2015 Jan 9:1-9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25573052
Hochstadter E, Stewart TC, Alharfi IM, Ranger A, Fraser DD. Subarachnoid hemorrhage prevalence and its association with short-term outcome in pediatric severe traumatic brain injury. Neurocrit Care. 2014 Dec;21(3):505-13. doi: 10.1007/s12028-014-9986-7. PubMed PMID: 24798696
Ophthalmology
Iordanous Y, Sharan S, Walsh L, LaRoche GR. Predictability of horizontal Vs vertical muscle surgery outcomes in thyroid eye disease. Int Ophthalmol. 2016 Aug; 36(4):487-91.
Li B, Curts D, Iordannous Y, Proulx A, Sharan S. Evaluation of current Undergraduate Ophthalmology medical education at Western University. Can J Ophthalmol. 2016 Oct; 51(5):373-377 Orthopaedic Surgery
Bursztyn LL, Makar I. Congenital trochlear-oculomotor synkinesis. J Neuroophthalmol. 2014 Mar;34(1):64-6. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000091. PubMed PMID: 24413161
Orthopaedic Surgery
Haverstock JP, Sanders DW, Bartley DL, Lim RK. Traumatic pediatric hip dislocation in a toddler. J Emerg Med. 2013 Jul;45(1):91-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.11.045. Epub 2013 Feb 8. PubMed PMID: 23394953
Sanders D, Bryant D, Tieszer C, Lawendy A, MacLeod M, Papp S, Allan L, Darius V, Chad C, Kevin G, Tim C, Wade G, Chris B, Debra B, Trenholm A, Trevor S, Ross L, Foxall J, Zomar M, Trask K. A Multi-Centre Randomized Control Trial Comparing A Novel Intramedullary Device (InterTAN) Versus Conventional Treatment (Sliding Hip Screw) Of Geriatric Hip Fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2016 Sep 30. PMID: 27763958 DOI: 10.1097/BOT.000000000000071.
Levin H, Sangha G, Carey TP, Lim R. Fracture and Nonaccidental Injury: A Case Report of a Lateral Condylar Fracture in a 13 Month Old. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Dec;32(12):865-867. PMID: 27898628 DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000965
Otolaryngology
Strychowsky JE, Roberson DW, Martin T, Smithers J, Herrington H. Proximal bronchial balloon dilation for embedded distal airway foreign bodies. Laryngoscope, 2016 Jul 1; 126 (7): 1693-5, Principal Author, DOI: 10.1002/lary.25680.
Strychowsky JE, Albert D, Chan K, Cheng A, Daniel SJ, De Alarcon A, Garabedian N, Hart C, Hartnick C, Inglis A, Jacobs I, Kleinman ME, Mehta NM, Nicollas R, Nuss R, Pransky S, Russell J, Rutter M, Schilder A, Thompson D, Triglia JM, Volk M, Ward B, Watters K, Wyatt M, Zalzal G, Zur K, Rahbar R. International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG) consensus recommendations: Routine peri-operative pediatric tracheotomy care. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 2016 Jul 1; 86: 250-5, Principal Author, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.03.029.
Chin C, Khami M, Husein M. A general review of the otolaryngologic manifestations of Down Syndrome. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2014 Jun;78(6):899-904. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.03.012. Epub 2014 Mar 20.
Li Z, Franklin J, Zelcer S, Sexton T, Husein M. Ultrasound surveillance for thyroid malignancies in survivors of childhood cancer following radiotherapy: a single institutional experience. Thyroid. 2014 Dec;24(12):1796-805. doi: 10.1089/thy.2014.0132. PubMed PMID: 25286003
Plastic Surgery
Power SM, Matic DB. The Effects of Secondary Cleft Procedures on Alar Base Position and Nostril Morphology in Patients with Unilateral Clefts. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2016 Apr 22. DOI: 10.1597/15-158. PMID: 27104987
Power SM, Matic DB. Critical analysis of consecutive unilateral cleft lip repairs: determining ideal sample size. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2013 Mar;50(2):144-9. doi: 10.1597/11-104. Epub 2012 Mar 19.
Power SM, Matic DB, Holdsworth DW. The effects of nonvascularized versus vascularized bone grafting on calvarial defect healing. J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Jan;26(1):290-5. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000001241.
Urology
Filler G, Dave S. Is a reduction in cystometric bladder capacity in anuric infants post-renal transplant really no big deal? Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Dec;20(8):1016-1017. doi: 10.1111/petr.12806.
Welk B, Winick-Ng J, McClure A, Vinden C, Dave S, Pautler S. The impact of teaching on the duration of common urological operations. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 May-Jun;10(5-6):172-178. PMCID: PMC5045341 DOI:10.5489/cuaj.3737
Dave S. Opening the door to new therapeutic options with open label studies for children with detrusor overactivity. Can Urol Assoc J. 2014 May;8(5-6):181-2. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.2180. PubMed PMID: 25024787; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4081247
