HISTORICAL REVIEW ARTICLE The gunner with the silver mask: observations on the management of severe maxillo-facial lesions over the last 160 years. M. H. Kaufman, J. McTavish and R. Mitchell	ORTHOPAEDICS Attitudes to, and utilization of, low molecular weight heparins in joint replacement surgery M. A. McNally, E. A. Cooke, M. L. Harding and R. A. B. Mollan
REVIEW ARTICLE Spinal surgery and alleged medical negligence R. W. Porter	SPECIALTY SURGERY Life-threatening cervical necrotizing fasciitis A. S. Helmy, M. A. Salah, H. A. Nawara, H. Khatab, H. A. Khalaf and N. Abd. EI-Maguid
GENERAL SURGERY Can emergency general surgical referrals be reduced? D. J. Bowrey, J. M. D. Wheeler, R. 0. N. Evans, L. J. Fligelstone and K. D. Vellacott	A hidden complication of outpatient arteriography I. Nyamekye, E. Friedman, P. Beam, M. Raphael, M. Adiseshiah and C. Bishop
A new method for the assessment of suturing ability A. J. Platt, G. Holt and C. M. Caddy	CASE REPORTS The management of asymptomatic firearm injuries in children R. B. Mitchell, K. D. Pereira, R. T. Younis and R. H. Lazar
How confounding are breast pain confounders? B. I. Bejanga, E. Marcus, C. D. Djukom and M. Bejanga	Limitations of ultrasound evaluation in acute closed renal trauma M. J. Perry, M. E. Porte and G. H. Urwin
Evolving management of common bile duct stones in the laparoscopic era N. F. Fanning, P. G. Horgan and F. B. V. Keane	CLINICAL NOTES Gall stone ileus following multiple endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies I. M. Williams, 0. D. M. Hughes, E. Hicks and M. H. Lewis
The prognostic factors in typhoid ileal perforation: a prospective study of 50 patients A. R. K. Adesunkanmi and 0. G. Ajao	Anaphylactic shock in patient with ruptured hydatid liver cyst due to trivial abdominal trauma A. I. Yahya, J. Przybylski and A. Foud
Varicose vein clinics: modelling the effects of seasonal variation in referrals T. A. Cook, J. A. Michaels and R. B. Galland	Correspondence
LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY Tripod device for extracorporeal slipknot (Roeder knot) H. B. Chua	Book reviews

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