Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England

A comparison of the effect of different surgical gloves on objective measurement of fingertip cutaneous sensibility
pp. 95-98(4)
Authors: Bucknor, A.; Karthikesalingam, A.; Markar, S.R.; Holt, P.J.; Jones, I.; Allen-Mersh, T.G.

Surgical treatment of ingrown toenails in children: what is best practice?
pp. 99-102(4)
Authors: Mitchell, S.; Jackson, C.R.; Wilson-Storey, D.

The importance of pre-operative axillary ultra-sound and intra-operative sentinel lymph node frozen section analysis in patients with early breast cancer - a 3-year study
pp. 103-105(3)
Authors: Sanders, Melissa M.; Waheed, Shamaela; Joshi, Sanjay; Pogson, Caroline; Ebbs, Stephen R.

Sexual abuse in childhood and postoperative depression in women with breast cancer who opt for immediate reconstruction after mastectomy
pp. 106-110(5)
Authors: Clark, Louise; Holcombe, Christopher; Hill, Jonathan; Krespi-Boothby, Margorit Rita; Fisher, Jean; Seward, Joanna; Salmon, Peter

Early pyrexia after endovascular aneurysm repair: are cultures needed?
pp. 111-113(3)
Authors: Corfield, L.; Chan, J.; Chance, T.; Wilson, N.

Straight to colonoscopy: the ideal patient pathway for the 2-week suspected cancer referrals?
pp. 114-119(6)
Authors: Beggs, Andrew D.; Bhate, Ravinda D.; Irukulla, Shashi; Achiek, Mayen; Abulafi, A Muti

Back to basics - cutting the cord on umbilical infections
pp. 120-122(3)
Authors: Sharples, Alistair; McArthur, David; McNamara, Kate; Lengyel, John

A review of needle core biopsy diagnosed radial scars in the Welsh Breast Screening Programme
pp. 123-126(4)
Authors: Osborn, G.; Wilton, F.; Stevens, G.; Vaughan-Williams, E.; Gower-Thomas, K.

Pre-operative cardiac workup after anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Is it really necessary?
pp. 127-129(3)
Authors: Shapiro, Ron; Barsuk, Daphna; Segev, Lior; Shimon-Paluch, Shani; Berkenstadt, Haim; Zippel, Douglas B.; Papa, Moshe Z.

Supports used for positioning of patients in hip arthroplasty: is there an infection risk?
pp. 130-132(3)
Authors: Ahmad, Riaz; Tham, Ji; Naqvi, Syed Ghufran Ali; Butt, Umer; Dixon, John

Evidence-based surgery - evidence from survey and citation analysis in orthopaedic surgery
pp. 133-138(6)
Authors: Kumar, Malhar; Gopalakrishna, Chethan; Swaminath, Pazhayannur V.; Mysore, Sanjay S.

Tarsal decancellation in the residual resistant arthrogrypotic clubfoot
pp. 139-145(7)
Authors: Iskandar, Hany N.; Bishay, Sherif N.G.; Sharaf-El-Deen, Hatem Abdel-Rahman; El-Sayed, Mohsen Mohammad

'Clinical scaphoid fracture': is it time to abolish this phrase?
pp. 146-148(3)
Authors: Shetty, S.; Sidharthan, S.; Jacob, J.; Ramesh, B.

The role of a multidisciplinary pre-assessment clinic in reducing mortality after complex orthopaedic surgery
pp. 149-151(3)
Authors: Kamal, T.; Conway, R.M.; Littlejohn, I.; Ricketts, D.

Face, content and construct validity of a virtual reality simulator for robotic surgery (SEP Robot)
pp. 152-156(5)
Authors: Gavazzi, Andrea; Bahsoun, Ali N.; Van Haute, Wim; Ahmed, Kamran; Elhage, Oussama; Jaye, Peter; Khan, M Shamim; Dasgupta, Prokar

Intraoperative red blood cell salvage and autologous transfusion during open radical retropubic prostatectomy: a cost-benefit analysis
pp. 157-161(5)
Authors: Ubee, Sarvpreet; Kumar, Manal; Athmanathan, Nallaswami; Singh, Gurpreet; Vesey, Sean

CORESS feedback
pp. 162-166(5)

Use of a modified Bradford sling for the positioning of orthopaedic patients
pp. 167-167(1)
Authors: Elvey, Michael; Jones, Gareth G.; Broadbent, Nicola

An easy, low-cost method for achieving adequate facial hair coverage for surgeons
pp. 168-168(1)
Authors: Masud, Saqib; Andrew, John Glynne

A simple method to prevent spectacle lenses misting up on wearing a face mask
pp. 168-168(1)
Authors: Malik, Sheraz Shafi; Malik, Shahbaz Shafi

Stapled mesh stoma reinforcement technique (SMART) - a procedure to prevent parastomal herniation
pp. 169-169(1)
Authors: Williams, Norman S.; Nair, Rajesh; Bhan, Chetan

Yarl vein flap fistuloplasties for juxta-anastomotic stenoses
pp. 170-170(1)
Authors: Ramanathan, Anantha K.; Roake, Justin

A simple, cosmetically superior method of securing a post-surgical drain in facial surgery
pp. 171-171(1)
Authors: Judd, O.; Gaskin, J.

The use of ink to define the position of intra-osseous wire suture apertures in bone fixation
pp. 171-172(2)
Author: Al-Benna, Sammy

Intra-operative ultrasound localisation of a parathyroid adenoma
pp. 172-172(1)
Authors: Ashcroft, A.J.; Banisadr, S.; Kumar, B.; Coveney, E.C.

A technique for bone grafting tibial and femoral tunnels in revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
pp. 173-173(1)
Authors: Mahmud, Tahir; Williams, Andrew M.

Simple technique to reduce stoma-bowel size discrepancy
pp. 174-175(2)
Authors: Marzouk, Deya; Akhtar, Mansoor; Balamoun, Hany

Fingerless gloves for hand trauma cases
pp. 175-175(1)
Authors: Tang, S.W.; Bebbington, A.

Book Reviews
pp. 176-180(5)

Comment on: Bare below the elbows
pp. 181-181(1)
Authors: Griffin, K.J.; Scott, D.J.A.; Foster, N.

Comment on: minimising the risk of extensor pollicis longus rupture following volar plate fixation of distal radius fractures: a cadaveric study
pp. 182-182(1)
Authors: Hacker, A.G.; Granville-Chapman, J.; Sarkhel, S.T.; Gupta, R.R.

Comment on: Safe splinting in hand surgery (original author response)
pp. 182-182(1)
Authors: MacLean, S.B.; Dhillon, S.; Dias, R.

Comment on: Absorbable or non-absorbable sutures?
pp. 183-183(1)
Author: Morritt, A.N.

Comment on: White cell count and c-reactive protein measurement in patients with possible appendicitis
pp. 183-183(1)
Authors: Vaughan-Shaw, P.; Richardson, C.; Lewis, M.

Authors' Response
pp. 184-184(1)
Authors: Sengupta, A.; Bax, G.; Paterson-Brown, S.