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Publisher: The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volume 91, Number 4, May 2009
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Editorial

Free Content Tempus fugit - 5 years as Editor-in-Chief
pp. 271-272(2)
Author: Taylor, Irving

Hunterian lecture

Hernia surgery: from guidelines to clinical practice
pp. 273-279(7)
Author: Kingsnorth, Andrew N.

Review

Complications of bariatric surgery: presentation and emergency management - a review
pp. 280-286(7)
Authors: Monkhouse, S.J.W.; Morgan, J.D.T.; Norton, S.A.

Controversial topics in surgery

Stapled transanal resection of the rectum (STARR) for the obstructed defaecation syndrome
pp. 287-291(5)
Authors: Dehn, Tom; Farouk, Ridzuan; Bhardwaj, R.; Phillips, R.K.S.

e-Letters – new additions

e-Letters - new additions
pp. 291-291(1)

Orthopaedics

Does the number of trauma lists provided affect care and outcome of patients with fractured neck of femur?
pp. 292-295(4)
Authors: Kalson, N.S.; Mulgrew, E.; Cook, G.; Lovell, M.E.

A one-stop carpal tunnel clinic
pp. 301-304(4)
Authors: Reid, M.J.; David, L.A.; Nicholl, J.E.

New online only case reports

Urology

Assessing the feasibility of a one-stop approach to diagnosis for urological patients
pp. 305-309(5)
Authors: Coull, Nadine; Rottenberg, Giles; Rankin, Sheila; Pardos-Martinez, Maria; Coker, Bola; Jenkins, Elaine; O'Brien, Tim

A survey of the peri-operative management of urological patients on clopidogrel
pp. 313-320(8)
Authors: Mukerji, Gaurav; Munasinghe, Indumina; Raza, Asif

Surgical training

Surgeons' experience of learning psychological skills: a preliminary evaluation of a psychological skills training course
pp. 321-325(5)
Authors: Mason, Victoria; Balloo, Selina; Upton, Dominic; Heer, Kamal; Higton, Phil; Shiralkar, Uttam

Vascular surgery

Cardiothoracic surgery

Are coronary angiograms of value in the risk stratification of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery?
pp. 330-335(6)
Authors: Lawrence, David R.; Somaskanthan, Rajael; Barnard, Matthew J.; Curtis, Miles; Keogh, Bruce E.

Breast surgery

Testing the feasibility of intra-operative sentinel lymph node touch imprint cytology
pp. 336-339(4)
Authors: Hamidian Jahromi, Alireza; Narayanan, Sankaran; MacNeill, Fiona; Osin, Peter; Nerurkar, Ashutash; Gui, Gerald

Erratum

Erratum
pp. 339-339(1)

Case reports

Isolated duodenal rupture due to go-karting accidents - braking news
pp. 340-343(4)
Authors: Thomas, Milan; Nath Basu, Narendra; Singh Gulati, Manpreet; Oke, Tayo; Constantinescu, Gabriel; Siddiqui, Midhat

FastTrack papers – online ahead of print

Technical Section: Technical notes & tips

Technical Section: Technical notes & tips
pp. 344-350(7)
Author: Campbell, Bruce

Letters and comments

Comment on: A case in point
pp. 351-351(1)
Authors: Palmer, Mark A.; Palmer, Mary

Authors' Response
pp. 351-351(1)
Author: Winstanley, John H.R.

Comment 1: Laparoscopic appendicectomy: training implications
pp. 352-352(1)
Authors: Laughlan, K.A.; Needham, P.J.; Botterill, I.D.; Ambrose, N.S.

Authors' Response 1
pp. 352-352(1)
Authors: Owais, A.E.; Wilson, T.R.; Aldoori, M.I.

Comment 2: Lack of laparoscopic training at the junior level
pp. 352-353(2)
Authors: Ahmed, Kamran; Ashrafian, Hutan; Miskovic, Danilo

Authors' Response 2
pp. 353-353(1)
Authors: Wilson, T.R.; Owais, A.E.; Aldoori, M.I.

Comment 3: Guidelines on the number of times a procedure should be performed by trainees
pp. 353-353(1)
Authors: Khan, Shakeeb; Ahmede, Jamil; MacFie, John

Authors' Response 3
pp. 354-354(1)
Authors: Owais, A.E.; Wilson, T.R.; Aldoori, M.I.

Comment on: Acute blue finger - not always benign
pp. 354-354(1)
Authors: Appleton, N.D.; Kelleher, M.D.; Lewis, M.H.

Comment on: Points for clarification
pp. 355-356(2)
Author: Birchley, David

Authors' Response
pp. 356-356(1)
Authors: Beasley, W.D.; Gibbons, C.P.

Comment on: Reservations
pp. 356-357(2)
Authors: Mallick, Ismail H.; Siddiqi, Najaf N.; Kaur, Geetinder

Authors' Response
pp. 357-357(1)
Authors: Goutos, Ioannis; Button, Matthew C.J.; Brown, Ashley A.

Authors' Response
pp. 359-360(2)
Authors: Crocker, Matthew; Chitnavis, Bhupal; Thomas, Nick

Comment on: Support for the selective approach to splenic flexure mobilisation
pp. 360-360(1)
Author: Meshikhes, Abdul-Wahed Nasir

Authors' Response
pp. 360-360(1)
Authors: Jenkins, Ian; Kennedy, Robin

On-line Case Reports

Delayed presentation of lateral femoral circumflex artery injury post cannulated hip screw surgery - a case report
pp. 3W-W5(-2)
Authors: Davda, Kinner; Pollard, Thomas C.B.; Graham, Alastair J.

Splenic injury following colonoscopy - an underdiagnosed, but soon to increase, phenomenon?
pp. W6-W11(1)
Authors: Skipworth, J.R.A.; Raptis, D.A.; Rawal, J.S.; Olde Damink, S.; Shankar, A.; Malago, M.; Imber, C.

Prostate abscess: a rare complication of brachytherapy for prostate cancer
pp. W12-W14(1)
Authors: Gilmore, Paul E.; Baird, Andrew D.; Javle, Pradip M.

Genitalia strangulation - fireman to the rescue!
pp. W15-W16(1)
Authors: Sathesh-Kumar, T.; Hanna-Jumma, Sameer; De'Zoysa, Nilantha; Saleemi, A.

Local recurrence of osteosarcoma after 17 years
pp. W17-W19(1)
Authors: Welck, M.J.; Gikas, P.D.; Pearce, P.; Bhumbra, R.; Briggs, T.W.R.; Cannon, S.

Tasers - less than lethal!
pp. W20-W21(1)
Authors: Sharma, Abiram; Theivacumar, Nada S.; Souka, Hesham M.

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