MATTER FOR DEBATE
Current status of medicine in the USA: A personal perspective J. E. Fischer  

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Surgical management of radial head fractures R.B. Parasa and N. Maffulli

Thyroid auto-antibodies, lymphocytic infiltration and the development of post-operative hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy for non-toxic nodular goitre M.A. Buchanan and D. Lee

Signs and symptoms of malignant parotid tumours: an objective assessment D.S.Y. Wong

Experience with a one-stop colorectal clinic L.S. Jones, R.W. Nicholson and A. Evans

AUDIT
An audit of the management of the acute scrotum in children with Henoch-Schonlein purpura A.S. Ioannides and R. Turnock

EDUCATION & TRAINING
Informed consent and randomised controlled trials P. Donnellan and J. Smyth

HOW DO I DO IT
Superficial parotidectomy through retrograde facial nerve dissection G. Yu

CASE REPORTS
Splenogonadal fusion: report of a rare variety P.S. Basnyat, D.A.S. Jones, R.J.H. Morgan, C.J. Davies and M.E. Foster

Emergency laparoscopic orchidectomy for torsion of intra-abdominal testis: a case report K.F. Lee, Y.C. Tang and H.T. Leong

Penetrating neck trauma: hidden injuries oesophagospinal traumatic fistula A.I. Rivkind, A. Zvulunov, A. J. Schwartz, P. Reissman and H. Belzberg

Diagnosis of a femoral hernia in the elective setting A. Hair, C. Paterson and P.J. O’Dwyer

HISTORICAL REVIEW 
The other brother - a brief account of the life and times of Frederick John Knox LRCSEd A.W. Beasley

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