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Dr. Helene Flageole

Professor

McMaster Children’s Hospital
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON
L8N 3Z5

Quality improvement
Newborn and fetal medicine
Clinical research aimed at improving the quality of research in pediatric surgery through the use of better methodology and multi-center studies
Congenital anomalies are of particular interest
Also interested in research education

Kay J, Memon M, Shah A, Yen YM, Samuelsson K, Peterson D, Simunovic N, Flageole H, Ayeni OR. Earlier anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is associated with a decreased risk of medial meniscal and articular cartilage damage in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018; 26(12):3738-3753.
Akhtar-Danesh GG, Doumouras AG, Bos C, Flageole H, Hong D. Factors associated with outcomes and costs after pediatric laparoscopic cholecystectomy. JAMA Surg. 2018; 153(6):551-557. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.5461.
Lagoo J, Lopushinsky SR, Haynes AB, Bain P, Flageole H, Skarsgard ED, Brindle ME. . Effectiveness and meaningful use of paediatric surgical safety checklists and their implementation strategies: a systematic review with narrative synthesis. BMJ Open. 2017; 7(10):e016298.
Flageole H, Pemberton J. Post-Operative Impact of Nasogastric Tubes on length of stay in infants with pyloric Stenosis (POINTS): a prospective randomized controlled pilot trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2015; 50(10):1681-5.
Flageole H, Kanters DM, Tan CN, Pemberton J. The level of evidence keeps improving: an updated analysis of the scientific program at the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons annual meeting. J Pediatr Surg. 2015; 50(5):815-8.