••Winter 2008/Vol. 12, No. 1

“The Other Side of the Fence”: A Geriatric Surgical Case Study of Error Disclosure
Doug Bonacum, MBA, CSA

An unanticipated adverse event after the surgical repair of a hip fracture lead to an exploration of a patient’s care experience, through panel discussion, commentary, and excerpts from a letter entitled The Other Side of the Fence, written by the daughter of the 90-year-old patient.
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Giant Colonic Diverticulum: Endoscopic, Imaging, and Histopathologic Findings
Pejvak Sassani, MD; Hardeep M Singh, MD; Donald Gerety, MD; Maher A Abbas, MD

Two cases of a rare manifestation of diverticulosis illustrate the clinical presentation and surgical management, which is curative and in select cases can be carried out laparoscopically.
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