Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England

 

The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England is the official journal of the College and is published eight times a year in January, March, April, May, July, September, October and November. The main aim of the journal is to publish high quality, peer-reviewed papers that relate to all branches of surgery.

The Annals also includes letters, comments, a regular technical section, the best trainee presentations from around the UK, book reviews and a surgical website review forum. The Annals editorial committee is composed of members of the College Council, trainees and experts from across the surgical specialties.

Archive issues of the Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England are available via the PubMed Central database

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Publisher: The Royal College of Surgeons of England

13 fast track articles have been identified for this journal

• Training in the practical application of damagecontrol and early total care operative philosophy:perceptions of UK orthopaedic specialist trainees
  Author: WGP Eardley, DM Taylor, PJ Parker
  Appeared or available online: December 7, 2009

• Vertebral compression fractures: new clinical signs to aid diagnosis
  Author: J Langdon, A Way, S Heaton, J Bernard, S Molloy
  Appeared or available online: December 7, 2009

• Anatomical failure following laparoscopicantireflux surgery (LARS); does it really matter?
  Author: N Dunne, J Stratford, L Jones, J Sohampal, R Robertson, MI Booth, TCB Dehn
  Appeared or available online: December 7, 2009

• A retrospective analysis of ambulatory burn patients: focus on wound dressings and healing times
  Author: G Gravante, A Montone
  Appeared or available online: December 7, 2009

• The incidence and outcome of incidental breast lesions detected by computed tomography
  Author: A Hussain, A Gordon-Dixon, H Almusawy, P Sinha, A Desai
  Appeared or available online: December 7, 2009

• One-stage tubeless antegrade ureteric stenting: a safe and cost-effective option?
  Author: S Chitale, V Raja, N Hussain, J Saada, S Girling, S Irving, JF Cockburn
  Appeared or available online: December 7, 2009

• Improving the quality of procedure specific operation reports in orthopaedic surgery
  Author: A W Barritt, L Clark, A M M Cohen, N HosangadiI-Jayedev, P A Gibb
  Appeared or available online: December 7, 2009

• Over a thousand ambulatory hernia repairs in a primary care setting
  Author: R Dhumale, J Tisdale, N Barwell
  Appeared or available online: December 7, 2009

• The process of orthognathic care in an NHS region
  Author: R PARBATANI, AC WILLIAMS, AJ IRELAND, JR SANDY
  Appeared or available online: November 2, 2009

• The incidence of epidural abscess following epidural analgesia in open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
  Author: DAVID WALLACE, ELIZABETH BRIGHT, NJM LONDON
  Appeared or available online: November 2, 2009

• Conservatively treated massive prolapsed discs: a 7-year follow-up
  Author: RT BENSON, SP TAVARES, SC ROBERTSON, R SHARP, RW MARSHALL
  Appeared or available online: November 2, 2009

• Obesity and recovery from low back pain: a prospective study to investigate the effect of body mass index on recovery from low back pain
  Author: JITENDRA MANGWANI, CLAIRE GILES, MARK MULLINS, TUNCAR SALIH, COLIN NATALI
  Appeared or available online: November 2, 2009

• A study of microbial colonisation of orthopaedic tourniquets
  Author: SMY AHMED, R AHMAD, R CASE, RF SPENCER
  Appeared or available online: December 19, 2008