British Journal of Surgery

A new British Journal of Surgery
pp. 1601-1602(2)

Vascular gene therapy
pp. 1603-1604(2)

Radionuclide scanning in parathyroid diseases
pp. 1605-1616(12)
Authors: PATTOU F.; HUGLO D.; PROYE C.

Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome
pp. 1617-1623(7)
Authors: VAIZEY C.J.; van den BOGAERDE J.B.; EMMANUEL A.V.; TALBOT I.C.; NICHOLLS R.J.; KAMM M.A.

Influence of study design on reported mortality and morbidity rates after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
pp. 1624-1630(7)
Authors: BLANKENSTEIJN J.D.; LINDENBURG F.P.; VAN DER GRAAF Y.; EIKELBOOM B.C.

Plasma concentration of cytokine antagonists in patients with infection following liver resection
pp. 1631-1635(5)
Authors: KIMURA F.; MIYAZAKI M.; SUWA T.; SUGIURA T.; SHINODA T.; ITOH H.; AMBIRU S.; SHIMIZU H.; NAKAGAWA K.

Amelioration of liver injury by ischaemic preconditioning
pp. 1636-1640(5)
Authors: YOSHIZUMI T.; YANAGA K.; SOEJIMA Y.; MAEDA T.; UCHIYAMA H.; SUGIMACHI K.

Survival following pancreatic carcinoma: a follow-up study of all cases recorded in Malmö, Sweden, 1977–1991
pp. 1641-1644(4)
Authors: HEDBERG M.; BORGSTRÖM A.; GENELL S.; JANZON L.

Splenic complications in chronic pancreatitis: prevalence and risk factors in a medical–surgical series of 500 patients
pp. 1645-1649(5)
Authors: MALKA D.; HAMMEL P.; LÉVY P.; SAUVANET A.; RUSZNIEWSKI P.; BELGHITI J.; BERNADES P.

Long-term outcome of necrotizing pancreatitis treated by necrosectomy
pp. 1650-1653(4)
Authors: TSIOTOS G.G.; LUQUE-DE LEÓN E.; SARR M.G.

Surgical treatment and outcome in patients with a hepatocellular carcinoma greater than 10 cm in diameter
pp. 1654-1657(4)
Authors: LEE N.H.; CHAU G.Y.; LUI W.Y.; KING K.L.; TSAY S.H.; WU C.W.

Circulating interleukin 6 concentrations and insulin resistance in patients with cancer
pp. 1658-1662(5)
Authors: MAKINO T.; NOGUCHI Y.; YOSHIKAWA T.; DOI C.; NOMURA K.

Nitric oxide generation is increased in experimental renal warm ischaemia–reperfusion injury
pp. 1663-1668(6)
Authors: WEIGHT S.C.; FURNESS P.N.; NICHOLSON M.L.

New model of renal warm ischaemia–reperfusion injury for comparative functional, morphological and pathophysiological studies
pp. 1669-1673(5)
Authors: WEIGHT S.C.; FURNESS P.N.; NICHOLSON M.L.

Growth rates and risk of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms
pp. 1674-1680(7)
Authors: VARDULAKI* K.A.; PREVOST T.C.; WALKER N.M.; DAY N.E.; WILMINK A.B.M.; QUICK C.R.G.; ASHTON H.A.; SCOTT R.A.P.; Vardulaki K.A.

No correlation between phaeochromocytoma catecholamine secretion and granule ultrastructure
pp. 1681-1685(5)
Authors: MIHAI R.; WONG N.A.C.S.; LUCKETT M.; SHEFFIELD E.; FARNDON J.R.

Methods of repair and risk for reoperation in Swedish hernia surgery from 1992 to 1996
pp. 1686-1691(6)
Authors: NILSSON E.; HAAPANIEMI S.; GRUBER G.; SANDBLOM G.

Water-soluble contrast study predicts the need for early surgery in adhesive small bowel obstruction
pp. 1692-1694(3)
Authors: CHEN S.C.; LIN F.Y.; LEE P.H.; YU S.C.; WANG S.M.; CHANG K.J.

Advancement sleeve flaps for treatment of severe perianal Crohn's disease
pp. 1695-1698(4)
Authors: MARCHESA P.; HULL T.L.; FAZIO V.W.

Pathophysiology and treatment of anterior rectal mucosal prolapse syndrome
pp. 1699-1702(4)
Authors: TSIAOUSSIS J.; CHRYSOS E.; GLYNOS M.; VASSILAKIS J.S.; XYNOS E.

Effect of a novel prosthetic anal neosphincter on human colonic blood flow
pp. 1703-1707(5)
Authors: HAJIVASSILIOU C.A.; FINLAY I.G.

Prospective assessment of the hepatic perfusion index in patients with colorectal cancer
pp. 1708-1712(5)
Authors: WARREN H.W.; GALLAGHER H.; HEMINGWAY D.M.; ANGERSON W.J.; BESSENT R.G.; WOTHERSPOON H.; McARDLE C.S.; COOKE T.G.

Ultrasonographically-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of colonic lesions
pp. 1713-1715(3)
Authors: HERIOT A.G.; KUMAR D.; THOMAS V.; YOUNG M.; PILCHER J.; JOSEPH A.E.A.

Quality of life in patients with benign anorectal disorders
pp. 1716-1719(4)
Authors: SAILER M.; BUSSEN D.; DEBUS E.S.; FUCHS K.H.; THIEDE A.

Correspondance
pp. 1720-1722(3)

Book Reviews
pp. 1723-1723(1)

Scientific Surgery
pp. 1724-1724(5)

Instructions to Authors
pp. 1725-1726(5)

Author Index
pp. 1727-1731(5)

Subject Index
pp. 1732-1741(10)

The Editors are grateful to the following reviewers for refereeing papers in the year to 30 September 1998
pp. 1742-1744(3)