Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
APRIL 1998 Volume 43 Number 2
REVIEW ARTICLE
Sickle cell disease and the general surgeon A.-W. N. Meshikhes and A. A. A1-Faraj

COMMENTARY
Systemic or regional chemotherapy: does it matter and should surgeons be involved? F. 0. Stephens

GENERAL SURGERY SECTION
Prospective randomized controlled trial comparing Lichtenstein with modified Bassini repair of inguinal hernia M. J. Prior, E. V. Williams, H. S. Shukla, S. Phillips,S. Vig and M. Lewis

A grading system in day surgery: effective utilization of theatre time B. 0. I. Cole andW. S. Hislop

Gynaecomastia: have Webster's lessons been ignored? A. J. Park and B. G. H. Lamberty

Screening for diabetes in lower limb amputees:a pilot study S. P. Treweek, M. E. Condie and D. G. Gilmour

SPECIALTIES SECTION

ORTHOPAEDICS
Out-patient follow-up after total hip replacement in one health region V. T. Veysi, S. Jones, M. H. Stone and D. Limb

UROLOGY
Simple repair of fractured penis V. Naraynsingh, D. Maharaj, T. Kuruvilla and R. Ramsewak

EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Adult tonsillectomy: what proportion would accept same day discharge? S. J. Moralee

PAEDIATRICS
Perforation rate related to delayed presentation in acute appendicitis N. Williams and M. Bello

Achalasia cardia in infancy and childhood: an Indian experience R. J. Thomas, S. Sen, N. Zachariah, J. Chacko and K. E. Mammen

DENTAL
Indications for third molar surgery C. A. Pratt, M. Hekmat, I. D. W. Barnard and G.A. Zaki

CASE REPORTS
Laparoscopic removal of a foreign body from the intestine K. B.. Murshid and G. E. A. Khairy

The use of laparoscopy in a case of appendiceal cystadenoma presenting as pseudomyxoma peritonei in an inguinal hernial sac D. P. Edwards and H. J. Scott

Perforation of the heart by a swallowed open safety-pin in an infant L. Spitz, C. Kimber, K. Nguyen, R. Yates and M. de Leval

Unrecognized osteochondral radial head frature causing elbow locking R. L. Williams, F. S. Haddad and P. J. Hallam

Meningeal carcinomatosis: an unusual cause of deafness M. K. Morgan, I. Zammit-Maempel and J. Hill

Base of skull internal carotid and internal jugular gunshot wounds treated conservatively: inadequate treatment, or was well enough left alone? G. P. Naude and F. S. Bongard

Recurrent left cervical abscess secondary to persistent pyriform sinus fistula M. K. Y. Hsin, G. J. Barker and L. Spitz

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