What does the Canadian Journal of Surgery mean to me, a community surgeon?

摘要

The Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS) now in its 50th year of publication has survived despite all the odds -and in my opinion rightly so. This indexed publication with contributions from general surgery, orthopedics and vascular surgery is one of the few remaining journals that appeal to the "general-ist" surgeon. True, "cutting edge research" mostly gets published elsewhere, but the CJS with its potpourri of articles "tells it like it is" in Canada. Even though I may skim most articles, I come away with a sense of where the trends are going in related specialties. Authoritative editorials/opinion pieces by respected colleagues tackle some of the knotty issues of the day in surgical practice or the medicopolitical scene.