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Journal of the
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

December 2001 Volume 46 Number 6

“The management of brain tumours”

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EDITORIAL
The Journal in 2001 O. Eremin

JAMES IV LECTURE
Nutrition, diet and oral health A.J. Rugg-Gunn

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis used by consultant general surgeons in Scotland P. J. Burns, R.G. Wilson and C. Cunningham

Pouchitis following restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis: incidence and therapeutic outcome T. E. Madiba and D.C.C. Bartolo

SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
A simple method of mesorectal transection for carcinoma of upper third of rectum Y. Srinivas, A. Renwick, P. McArdle and A. MacDonald

MATTER FOR DEBATE
The other option in research H .A. Vohra

EDUCATION SECTION
The management of brain tumours D.C. Macarthur and N. Buxton

HOW I DO IT
Inguinal hernia repair I. M. C. Macintyre

AUDIT SECTION
A comparison between different formats of educational feedback to junior doctors: a prospective pilot intervention study V. G. Hadjianastassiou, D. Karadaglis and M. Gavalas

AUDIT SYMPOSIUM
Abstracts presented at the Symposium of Audit on Surgical Practice, 9th March 2001

CASE REPORTS
Extraskeletal Ewings sarcoma of the small bowel: case report and literature review A. Adair, S.A. Harris, M.J. Coppen and P.R. Hurley

Diabetic amyotrophy masquerading as quadriceps tendon rupture: a word of caution R. Bhandankar, K. Sudheer and A. Rogers

The Journal is covered by Biological Abstracts, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, Current Contents, EMBASE, Index Medicus and Nuclear Science Abstracts. Visit the Journal’s Website at http://www.rcsed.ac.uk Published by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Electronic authoring: J Clarke. Senior Production Editor: S Maskery, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DW, Scotland, UK.