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Journal of the
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

June
2002  Volume 47  Number 3

 







"Napoleon at Jaffa, 1799 - touching a plague victim"

 



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MATTER FOR DEBATE
Barret's oesophagus - are British gastroenterologists denying their patients prevention of malignant change?
R.D. Rosin

CLINICAL REVIEW
Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: current status
R.J. Hinchliffe and B.R. Hopkinson

HOW I DO IT
Whipple's resection-proximal pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD)
I.S. Tait

SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
Internal fixation of intracapsular fractures
M.J. Parker and C.E. Tagg

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Short and long-term outcome of pancreatic surgery in a district general hospital
R.R. Hutchins, P. Kojodjojo, R. Ho, A. Bani-Hani and S.J. Snooks

Predictors of excessive blood loss during operative treatment of hip fractures
A.O. Odumala, C.I. Ayekoloye and G. Packer

 


Right hemicolectomy: mechanical bowel preparation is not required
J.O. Jansen, T.J. O'Kelly, Z.H. Krukowski and R.A. Keenan

Results of inguinal canal repair in athletes with sports hernia
A. Kumar, J. Doran, M.E. Batt, J.S. Nguyen-Van-Tam and I.J. Beckingham

HISTORICAL
The Myles Gibson military lecture: surgery in the Napoleonic Wars
M.K.H. Crumplin

CASE REPORTS
Cocoon abdomen in a liver transplant patient
S. Abdul, H. Al-Oazweni, S. Zalat, B. Al-Sumait and S. Asfar

Anterior sacral meningocoele presenting as a peri-anal abscess
N. Buxton, S. Bassi and J. Firth

Potentially fatal oro-facial infections: five cautionary tales
G.C.S. Cousin

Book reviews

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: J Clarke, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DW, Scotland, UK.