REVIEW ARTICLE
Palatogenesis and potential mechanisms for clefting J.J. Kerrigan, J.P. Mansell, A. Sengupta, N. Brown and J.R. Sandy 

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Late sequelae after high midface trauma N.D. Kalavrezos, K.W. Graetz, G.K. Eyrich and H.F. Sailer

Symptomatic outcome following laparoscopic anterior partial fundoplication: follow-up of a series of 200 patients S. Ross, A. Jabbar, C.R. Ramsay, A.J.M. Watson, A.M. Grant and Z.H. Krukowski

The impact of open access flexible sigmoidoscopy: a comparison of two services P.J. Arumugam, G.N. Rao, J. West, M.E. Foster and P.N. Haray

How to alter surgical practice? The use of guidelines to encourage day-case haemorrhoidectomy R. Heer, D. Dobson and S.M. Plusa

Patient satisfaction with pre-operative analgesia in acute trauma R. Morgan-Jones, L. Cutler, S. Kaul and K. Smith

EDUCATION & TRAINING
EDUCATIONAL REVIEW
Nutrition in the critically ill patient N.R. Webster and H.F. Galley

HOW DO I DO IT
Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma L.O. Ajekigbe and P.E. Baguley

WALTER MERCER LECTURE
Educating Orthopaedic Surgeons - The Art of the Impossible D. L. Hamblen

HISTORICAL REVIEW 
Robert Knox MD, FRCSEd, FRSEd 1791-1862 - the first Conservator of the College Museum I. MacLaren

AUDIT
Check radiography after fixation of hip fractures: is it necessary? K. Mohanty, S. K. Gupta and R. M. Evans

CASE REPORTS
Laparoscopic repair of a hernia of Morgagni using a suture technique R. Ackroyd and D.I. Watson

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting of coeliac artery stenosis in the treatment of mesenteric angina: a case report and review of therapeutic options A. Mohammed, N.B. Teo, I.R. Pickford and J.G. Moss

Spontaneous dissection of the abdominal aorta S.M.G. Kibria, S.H. Leveson and S. Homer-Vanniasinkam

Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome in children P. Godbole, I. Botterill, S. J. Newell and M.D. Stringer

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