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ANZ Journal of Surgery

Official Journal of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

TopSome Problems with Tubes: Part I, January 2010

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia.

Chest wall actinomycosis in association with the use of an intra-uterine device
William J. H. McBride, David R. Hill, David L. Gordon

Pulmonary artery catheterization: an unusual complication of chest tube insertion
K. J. Singh, M. A. J. Newman

Spontaneous knotting of a pigtail ureteric stent in the ureter requiring percutaneous removal
K. G. Braslis, G. Joyce

Ischaemic necrosis of the glans penis: a complication of urethral catheterization in a diabetic man
J. N. Nacey, B. Delahunt, T. J. Neale, J. M. Chrisp

Retained nasojejunal feeding tube: a cautionary tale
Ding Y. Guo,* MB BSPeter M. Hewitt,* FCS (SA), FRACSc

Perforation during nasogastric and orogastric tube insertion
Russell Gruen, Richard Cade, Dominic Vellar

Intra-aortic balloon rupture causing femoral entrapment
Dr J. M. Alvarez, Mr P. W. Brady, Dr R. MC. Wilson

Late complication following coil embolization of a biliary leak
Charbel Sandroussi, Lubomyr D. Lemech, Bernd Grunewald, Ned Abraham, P. James Gallagher

Arteriovenous fistula following transfemoral angiography
Bo Almgren, Sadettin Karacagil, Olof Nybacka

Perforation of the gall bladder by a peripherally inserted central catheter guidewire: 'if it can happen it will'
James Kent, Thomas Nedumpara

TopHistory of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, December 2009

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia

Message From His Majesty The King
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

The Opening of the College
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

The Founders of the College
P. J. Kenny and I. D. Miller

The History of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1920-1935
Julian Ormond Smith

The College Headquarters Building
H. B. Devine

The Arms of the Colleges of Surgeons I: The Arms and Mace of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Peter G. Jones

The Flag of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
A. W. Beasley

A College Library
H. B. Devine

Surgeon's Garden
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

The Gift of the College Fountain
Dr Mary Burnell

TopBiostatistics for Surgeons, November 2009

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia

Improving the evidence-base in surgery: evaluating surgical effectiveness
Jane M. Young, Michael J. Solomon

Publication bias in papers presented to the Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting
Ian A. Harris, Mohamed S. Mourad, Agus Kadir, Michael J. Solomon, Jane M. Young

Evolution of methodological standards in surgical trials
Carleen Ellis, Jane. L. Hall, Alizan Khalil, John C. Hall

Rapid versus full systematic reviews: validity in clinical practice?
Amber Watt, Alun Cameron, Lana Sturm, Timothy Lathlean, Wendy Babidge, Stephen Blamey, Karen Facey, David Hailey, Inger Norderhaug, Guy Maddern

Understanding statistical analysis in the surgical literature: some key concepts
Jane Young

Negative results and the limitations of power
Anthony Penington

Reporting of minimum clinically important differences in surgical trials
Irwin Kashani, Jane L. Hall, John C. Hall

Secrets to a successful database
Cameron Platell

Emergence of 'RetroPro' studies in the surgical literature
John C. Hall, Jane L. Hall

Analysing clinical studies: principles, practice and pitfalls of Kaplan–Meier plots
John Ludbrook, Alistair G. Royse

TopSurgical Audit, October 2009

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia

Guidelines for surgical audit in Australia and New Zealand
David A. K. Watters, Anthony J. Green, Andre van Rij

Clinical audits: why and for whom
Margaret Boult, Guy J Maddern

How surgical audits can be used to promote the update of surgical evidence
Jim Wang, Maggi Boult, David Roder, Wendy Babidge, James Kollias, Guy Maddern

An audit of operative notes: facts and ways to improve
Liviu P. Lefter, Stuart R. Walker, Fleur Dewhurst, R. W. L. Turner

Evaluation of surgical performance using v-possum risk-adjusted mortality rates
Damien Mosquera, Nathaniel Chiang, Robert Gibberd

Risk-adjusted general surgical audit in octogenarians
Kirstin G. Nichols, David R. Prytherch, Micheal F. Fancourt, William T. C. Gilkison, Stephen M. Kyle, Damien A. Mosquera

15-year audit of post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage at Dunedin hospital
Emily A. Macassey, Campbell Baguley, Patrick Dawes, Andrew Gray

Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: an audit of a change in clinical practice
Ming K. Yew, Ivan J. Thompson

Cumulative sum techniques for surgeons: a brief review
Cheng-Hon Yap, Mark E. Colson, David A. Watters

Time to CUSUM: simplified reporting of outcomes in colorectal surgery
Thomas A Bowles, David A Watters

TopPilonidal Disease, September 2009

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia

The treatment of pilonidal sinus
D Lane

Pathology of the inter-digital pilonidal sinus
JT Hueston

Interdigital pilonidal sinus caused by wool
A. D. Matheson

Pilonidal sinus of the mons veneris
Thomas J. Thwaite

Pilonidal sinus of the axilla
E. S. J. King

A pilonidal sinus of the ear
W. W. Woodward

An operative technique for the treatment of pilonidal sinus
Alan F. Hobbs

Pilonidal Sinus Treated by Z-Plasty
F. T. McDermott

Pilonidal sinus: excision and primary closure with a lateralised wound - the Karydakis operation
PRB Kitchen

TopMirizzi Syndrome August 2009

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia

Pablo Luis Mirizzi: the man behind the syndrome
Lisa N. Leopardi, Guy J. Maddern

Mirizzi syndrome: history, present and future development
Eric C. H. Lai, Wan Yee Lau

Mirizzi syndrome: noteworthy aspects of a retrospective study in one centre
Kok-Yang Tan, Hong-Chee Chng, Cosmas Yun-Yin Chen, Su-Ming Tan, Beow-Keong Poh, Michael Nan-Yuh Hoe

Mirizzi syndrome: An extra hazard for laparoscopic surgery
J. S. Bagia, L. North, D. R. Hunt

Right cholecysto-hepato-choledocho fistula: a new variant of type II Mirizzi syndrome?
Kae Jack Tay and Alexander Y. F. Chung

Mirizzi syndrome: consider endoscopic stone removal
Juha M. Grönroos

Mirizzi's syndrome: identification and management strategy
Md. Ibrarullah, Rajan Saxena, Sadiq S. Sikora, Vinay K. Kapoor, Vivek A. Saraswat, Satyendra P. Kaushik

Management of Mirizzi syndrome: A new surgical approach
Omar J. Shah, Manzoor A. Dar, Mehmood A. Wani, Nazir A. Wani

Choledochoplasty for cholecystocholedochal fistula (Mirizzi syndrome type II): a case report and literature review
Neil A. Strugnell, Avni Sali

Mirizzi syndrome: déjà vu again
Justin A. Roake

TopMeckel's diverticulum July 2009

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia

Perforated Meckel's diverticulum caused by faecolith
Damien Loh

Postoperative Incisional Fistula Involving a Meckel's Diverticulum
Isaac M. Cranshaw, Matthew A. Clark, James H. F. Shaw

Perforation of Meckel's Diverticulum by a fishbone
Umit Sekmen, Ozgun Gungor, Julide Sagiroglu

Ileocaecal intussusception of a previously recognized Meckel's diverticulum
R. L. Simpson

Giant Meckel's diverticulum with enterolith formation
Damien Grinsell and E. Donaldson

Calculi in a Meckel's diverticulum: a case report and a review
Wayne G. Donaldson

Carcinold syndrome secondary to a primary tumour in a Meckel's diverticulum
C. M. Pyke, B. A. Lancaster, J. A. Heerden, L. K. Kvols

Laparoscopy: the ultimate diagnostic tool for a bleeding Meckel's diverticulum
Gary L. Crosthwaite, Andrew J. M. Leather

Adenocarcinoma in Meckel's diverticulum: case report and literature review
K. Yamaguchi, S. Maeda, K. Kitamura

Gangrenous Meckel's diverticulum causing acute intestinal obstruction in an adult
Raj Kumar Sharma, Vir Kumar Jain, Sangeeta Kamboj, Krishna Murari

TopForeign Bodies June 2009

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia

Wild duck strikes again
Claire Campbell, Paul Sitzler

Incarcerated Sigmoid Bottle
Brian J. Miller, Neil R. Wetzig

Dentures: Difficult Oesophageal Foreign Bodies
P. C. Willsher, C. P. Clarke, F. J. Daniel

Cherry Stalk In The Common Bile Duct
Michael D. Kelly, Thomas B. Hugh

Trichobezoars
Allan Mekisic, Eric Farmer

Penetrating orbital injury with wooden foreign body initially diagnosed as an orbital floor blowout fracture
Darren J. Tite, Martin D. Batstone, Anthony J. Lynham, Frank N. T. Monsour, Patrick J. Chapman

Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary To Administration Of Activated Charcoal
T. Merriman, K. Stokes

Small Bowel Perforation Due To A Plastic Bread Bag Clip: The Case For Clip Redesign

Anthony Tang, Andrew Kong, David Walsh, Ratan Verma

Perforation of Meckel‘s Diverticulum by a fish bone
Umit Sekmen

Spontaneous transanal bullet discharge following pelvic gunshot injury
Eelco de Bree, John Michalakis, John Melissas, Elias Sanidas, Dimitris D. Tsiftsis

TopAcute Surgical Care May 2009

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia

Time For A Change In Injury And Trauma Care Delivery: A Trauma Death Review Analysis.
Michael Sugrue

Australian Trauma Care: Time for Change
Zsolt Balogh

An Acute Care Surgical Service – A Change in Culture
Andrew Parasyn

Acute Care Surgical Services: A Personal Perspective
Stephen Deane

The Development Of Patient Pathways For The Surgical Management Of Burn Injury

John Greenwood

Terrorism And Blast Explosions: Lessons For The Australian Surgical Community
Susan Neuhaus, Peter Sharwood, Jeffrey Rosenfeld

In-hospital Mortality of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Ian A Thomson

Surgical Management Of Ludwig‘s Angina
Simon Greenberg, Johnson Huang, Robert Chang, Subramaniam Ananda

Optimization of perioperative care for colonic surgery: a review of the evidence
Kamran Zargar-Shoshtari, Andrew G. Hill

Improvement in the emergency splinting of fractures after a simple educational exercise.
Nicholas Miller, Wicky Wong, Damien Ryan

TopContemporary Issues in Surgical Education April 2009

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia

A New Seamless Surgical Education And Training Programme
John Collins, Ian Gough , Ian Civil , Russell Stitz

A Novel Method for Assessment and Selection of Trainees for Higher Surgical Training in General Surgery
Oscar Traynor, Anthony Gallagher, Paul Neary, Peter Gillen, Brian Lane, Anthony Whelan, W Tanner

New Standards and Criteria for Accreditation of Hospitals and Posts For Surgical Training
John Collins

Specialist Surgical Training In Papua New Guinea:The Outcomes After 10 Years
Ikau Kevau , David Watters

Undergraduate Experience of Surgical Teaching And Its Influence on Career Choice
Edmund Ek, Eugene Ek, Sean Mackay

The Family Impact Of Training
Francis John Miller, Cheryl Ann Miller, Adrian Fox, Giles Craig, David Watters

Surgeons‘ Attitudes toward and Usage of Evidence-Based Medicine in Surgical Practice: A Pilot Study

Simon Kitto, Elmer Villanueva, Janice Chesters, Ana Petrovic, Bruce Waxman, Julian Smith

Learning the Surgical Craft - A Review of skills training options
Thomas Hugh

The assessment of laparoscopic psychomotor skills in interns using the MIST VR virtual reality simulator: A pre-requisite for those considering surgical training?
Daron Cope, Douglas Fenton-Lee

Videoconferencing Surgical Tutorials: Bridging The Gap
Andrew Holland, Soundappan Soundappan, Wendy Oldmeadow

TopContemporary Management of Gallstones: Still Room to Move! March 2009

Edited by Jonathan Koea, Department of Surgery, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand

Can We Predict Iatrogenic Gallbladder Perforation During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis Of Risk Factors
Kamran Mohiuddin, Saira Nizami, Robert Fiztgibbons Jr, Patricia Watson, Breda Memon, Muhammed Ashraf Memon

Percutaneous Cholecystostomy In The Management Of Acute Cholecystitis
William Teoh, Richard Cade, Simon Banting, Sean Mackay, A. Sayed Hassen

Minilaparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Children under 10 years of age with Sickle Cell Disease

Mohammed Seleem, Ahmed Al-Hashemy, Sahar Meshref

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients with symptomatic gallstone disease


E Leandros, K Albanopoulos , C Tsigris, F Archontovasilis, SG Panoussopoulos , M Skalistira , C Bramis , MM Konstandoulakis, A Giannopoulos

Diarrhoea after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: incidence and main determinants
Mikhail Fisher

ERCP Management of Common Bile Duct Stones in a Surgical Unit
Chung-Ming Chen, Khoon-Hean Tay, Michael Hoe, Ibrahim Salleh, Swee Ho Lim

Choledocholithiasis: Overdiagnosed Endoscopically and Undertreated Laparoscopically
Christine O’Neill

Long-Term Outcomes After Laparoscopic Bile Duct Exploration: A 5-Year Follow Up Of 150 Consecutive Patients
Andrew J. M. Campbell-Lloyd, David J. Martin, Ian J. Martin

Endoscopic Management of Recurrent Primary Bile Duct Stones
Geoffrey Kohn

Choledochoduodenostomy - Reappraisal In The Laparoscopic Era
Kamran Khalid

TopThe Imaging of Surgical Patients - at the Sharp End February 2009

Edited by Richard M Mendelson, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia

THE ROLE OF ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND IN STAGING GASTROINTESTINAL CANCERS
David Brian Jones

Damage Control Surgery And Angiography In Cases Of Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia
Anthony Freeman, John Graham

Randomized Controlled Trial of Gastrografin in Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction
Jonathan Burge, Saleh Abbas, Graeme Roadley, Jennifer Donald, Andrew Connolly, Ian Bissett, Andrew Hill

Re: Assessing The Effectiveness Of A Mammography Screening Service (Breastscreen WA)
Cassandra Clayforth, Lin Fritschi, Suzanne McEvoy, Michael Byrne, Elizabeth Wylie, Tim Threlfall, Greg Sterrett, Jennet Harvey, Konrad Jamrozik

Comparison Of Duplex Ultrasound With Digital Subtraction Angiography In The Assessment Of Infra-Inguinal Autologous Vein Bypass Grafts

Nick Griffin, Isabel Wright, Tim Buckenham

Endorectal MRI staging of prostate cancer
Ronil Chandra, Stefan Heinze, Richard Dowling, Claire Shadbolt, Anthony Costello, John Pederson

The Accuracy of CT-Guided Core Needle Biopsy of Musculoskeletal Tumours.
Peter Choong, Altay Altuntas, John Slavin, Peter Smith, Stephen Schlict, Gerard Powell, Sam Ngan, Guy Toner

CT-assisted Osteodensitometry in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Salil Pandit , Andrew Graydon , Lyndon Bradley , Cameron Walker , Rocco Pitto

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy in management of bile leaks in patients with blunt trauma abdomen
Bhagwant Mittal

Breast Specimen Ultrasound and Mammography in the Prediction of Tumour Free Margins
Kok-Yang Tan, Su-Ming Tan, Siew-Hwa Chiang, Andrew Tan, Chee-Keong Chong, Khoon-Hean Tay

TopRecent Contributions to Better Trauma Care January 2009

Edited by Zsolt Balogh, John Hunter Hospital, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Traumatic Adrenal Haemorrhage In Children
S Soundappan, Albert Lam, Daniel Cass

Reducing Time to Urgent Surgery by Transporting Resources to the Trauma Patient

Morgan McMonagle , Arthas Flabouris, Michael Parr , Michael Sugrue

Outcomes Of Patients With Orthopaedic Trauma Admitted To Level One Trauma Centres
D Urquhart, O Williamson, B Gabbe, F Cicuttini, P Cameron, M Richardson, E Edwards

Is Exploration Mandatory In Penetrating Zone II Neck Injuries?
Phillip Insull, Dave Adams, Anand Segar, Alex Ng, Ian Civil

Staff Exposure to Ionising Radiation in a Major Trauma Centre
Gim Tan, Bruce Van Every

GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HAEMODYNAMICALLY STABLE PATIENTS WITH STAB WOUNDS TO THE ANTERIOR ABDOMEN
Michael Sugrue, Zsolt Balogh, Joan Lynch, Joel Bardsley, Glenn Sisson, John Weigelt

Predictors Of Mortality, Length Of Stay And Discharge Destination In Blunt Trauma
Belinda Gabbe, Peter Cameron, Rory Wolfe, Pam Simpson, Karen Smith, John McNeil

Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury: An Evaluation From A Major Trauma Centre.
Ole Risgaard, Michael Sugrue, Scott D’amours, Grant Christey, Katherine Smith, Erica Caldwell And Christian Larivière.

Predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder following major trauma
Ian Harris

TopSurgery Outside the Metropolis: Audits of Quality and Effectiveness. December 2008

Edited by John Graham, St Vincents Medical Centre, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Operation Sumatra Assist: surgery for survivors of the tsunami disaster in Indonesia
Anthony Chambers, Michael Campion, Brett Courtenay, John Crozier, Charles New

Cleft Surgery In East Timor: The First 4 Years
Mark Moore, Antonio Fernandes

Colorectal Carcinoma Among the Indigenous People: a Public Hospital Based Study in Townsville and Cairns, North Queensland
Ping-Yan Lu, Richard Turner, Val Roberts, Yik-Hong Ho

Colorectal Resection in Peripheral New Zealand: workload, outcomes and its future.
Paul Samson, George Ngaei

Colorectal Cancer Management in the Provincial New Zealand Setting of Nelson
Gregory O'Grady, Adrian Secker

Inequalities in rural health care: Differences in surgical intervention between metropolitan and rural Western Australia
Jonathon Ng, Sonja Hall, C D’Arcy Holman, James Semmens

Outcomes of ERCP: Prospective Series From a Rural Centre - R1
Philip Dundee , David Syme, Peter Thomas

Surgical Management of Breast Cancer in a Small Peripheral New Zealand Hospital
Don Lee, Stephen Vallance

Mandibular Fractures In Far North Queensland: An Ethnic Comparison.
William Oberdan And Brian Finn.

Emergency Neurosurgery By General Surgeons At A Remote Major Hospital
P. John Treacy, Peter Reilly, Brian Brophy

TopRecent Updates: Advances in Surgery. November 2008

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), The University of Western Australia.

Update: Anatomical Abstracts
John Hall

Update: Snippits of Science
John Hall

Update: Topical issues in surgical audit
John Hall

Update: Developments in Trauma Care
John Hall

Update: Minimal Access Surgery
John Hall

Update: Notes on Risk Management
John Hall

Update: Notes on Risk Management
John Hall

Update: Haemorrhoids
John Hall

Update: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
John Hall

Update: Education
John Hall, The Editors

TopContemporary Clinical Issues in Thoracic Surgery October 2008

Edited by Edited by Julian A. Smith, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

BioGlue - A review of the use of this new surgical adhesive in Thoracic Surgery
Jurgen Passage, Robert Tam , Morgan Windsor, Mark O’Brien

Can Serum Inflammatory Parameters Estýmate Outcome Of Pleurodesýs In Mesothelýoma?
Mehmet Bilgin, Leyla Hasdýraz , Muharrem Ozkaya, Fahri Oguzkaya

Spirometric changes after pleural decortication in young adults
Rauf Gorur, Akin Yildizhan, Nurettin Yiyit, Ali Kutlu, Guner Sonmez, Turgut Isitmangil

A Different Application Method of Talc Pleurodesis for the Treatment of Persistent Air Leak
Dalokay Kilic, Alper Findikcioglu, Ahmet Hatipoglu

Diagnostic Value of Thoracoscopic Pleural Biopsy for Pleurisy under Local Anesthesia
Motoki Sakuraba, Kimihiko Masuda, Akira Hebisawa, Yuzo Sagara, Hikotaro Komatsu

Tumor cell frequency in pleural lavage in cases with
Stage I epidermoid lung cancer with no visceral pleural
involvement

Fahri Oguzkaya, Yigit Akçali, Mehmet Bilgin, Arif Haberal, Hülya Akgün

Use of a single silastic chest drain following thoracotomy: An initial evaluation
Nand Kejriwal

The Benefits of Early Aggressive Management of Empyema Thoracis
Mehmet Bilgin, Yigit Akcali, Fahri Oguzkaya

Postpneumonectomy Empyema: Current Management Strategies
Calvin Ng, Song Wan, Tak Wai Lee, Innes Wan, Ahmed Arifi, Anthony Yim

Localization Small Pulmonary Nodules for Videothoracoscopic Surgery
Jian Hu, Chong Zhang, Li Sun

Complete resection of non-small cell lung cancer and oligo-metastatic brain disease
Gavin Wright, Marissa Daniels

Complete Resection via Median Sternotomy for NSCLC in the Right Upper Lobe
Hideaki Miyamoto, Zhiming Wang, Ryuta Fukai, Toshiro Futagawa, Yoichi Anami, Akio Yamazaki, Atsushi Morio, Enjo Hata

TopColorectal Surgery: A Modern Reassessment September 2008

Edited by David Z. Lubowski, St George Hospital, University of NSW

The Clinical Utility of a De-functioning Loop Ileostomy
Cameron Platell, Nigel Barwood, Gregory Makin

Fast Track Rehabilitation in Elective Colorectal Surgery Patients: A Prospective Clinical and Immunologic Single Centre Study
Matthias Wichmann, Ricarda Eben, Martin Angele, Franzis Brandenburg, Alwin Goetz, Karl-Walter Jauch

Flat Adenomas
Doug Speake, Deepak Biyani, Frank A. Frizelle and Angus J. M. Watson

CT in the assessment of suspected large bowel obstruction
Garth Beattie, Robert Peters , Susanne Guy, Richard Mendelson

Laparoscopic Assisted Colectomy: Experience from a Rural Centre
Ding Yu Guo, Jimmy Eteuati , Hung Nguyen, David Lloyd, Joe Ragg

A Comparison Of The POSSUM, P-POSSUM And Cr-POSSUM Scoring Systems As Predictors Of Post-Operative Mortality In Patients Undergoing Major Colorectal Surgery

Ryash Vather, Kamran Zargar-Shoshtari, Samuel Adegbola, Andrew Hill

Long term outcome of postanal repair in the treatment of faecal incontinence.
Saleh Mahdi Abbas, Ian Bissett, M Neill, Bryan Parry

Surgeon and hospital volume and the management of colorectal cancer patients in Australia.
Daniel McGrath, David Leong, Robert Gibberd , Bruce Armstrong , Allan Spigelman

Topical nitroglycerin vs. Lateral internal sphincterotomy for chronic anal fissure - a prospective, randomized trial
Rajnish Mishra, Shaji Thomas, Mohender Singh Maan, Niladhar Hadke

Rectal Endometriosis: Results of Radical Excision and Review of Published Work
Richard Brouwer, Rodney Woods

Hartmann Procedure: Is It Still Relevant Today?
Dee Wern Seah, Salleh Ibrahim and Khoon Hean Tay

Anastomotic Leakage After Lower Gastrointestinal Anastomosis - Men Are At Higher Risk
Magdalena Lipska, Ian P Bissett, Bryan Parry, Arend Merrie

TopSurgical Infection: Factors in Local Control August 2008

Edited by Phil Truskett, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW.

Factors Affecting Mortality Of Fournier's Gangrene: Review Of 70 Patients
Ahmet Ersay, Gulsen Yilmaz, Yilmaz Akgun and Yusuf Celik

Necrotising Fasciitis: And analysis of 48 cases in South Auckland, New Zealand
Albert Tui, Richard Martin, Peter Vanniasingham, Andrew MacCormick, Andrew Hill

A Comparison of Infection Rate Using Different Methods of Assessment for Surveillance of Total Hip Replacement Surgical Site Infections
Yoke-Fong Chiew, Jean-Claude Theis

Antimicrobial Activity Of Cefazolin Impregnated Mesh Grafts
Dilek Kilic, Canan Agalar, Eylem Ozturk, Emir Denkbas, Abdullah Cime, Fatih Agalar

Challenges In The Evaluation Of Safety And Efficacy Of Human Tissue And Cell Products

Ming Zheng , Richard Pembrey , Silvana Niutta , Patricia Stewart-Richardson, Albert Farrugia

A Rat Model of Polypropylene Graft Infection Caused by Staphylococcus Epidermidis
Canan Agalar, Mehmet Ozdogan, Fatih Agalar, Oral Saygun, Kuzey Aydinuraz, Abdullah Akkus, Sabahat Ceken, Selcuk Akturk

MYCOBACTERIAL SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS IN NORTH QUEENSLAND
Elizabeth Jackson, Adam Stewart, Errol Maguire, Robert Norton

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Surgical Patients - A Diagnostic Dilemma
Li Sher Felicia Tan , Wee Lim Loo , Seck Guan Tan , Chow Yin Wong , Yu-Meng Tan

METHODS OF SURGICAL THERAPY IN PULMONARY HYDATID DISEASE: IS CAPITONNAGE ADVANTAGEOUS?
Abdullah Erdogan, A Ayten , A Demircan

EXTRA VISCERAL PRIMARY HYDATID CYST OF THE RETROPERITONEUM
Bulent Aydinli, Gurkan Ozturk, K. Yalcin Polat, S. Selcuk Atamanalp, Isa Ozbey, Omer Onbas, M. Nuran Akcay, Ahmet Balik, Bulent Guvendi

Drainage of hepatic hydatid cyst with a surgiport
Vincent Lam

Is lobectomy necessary in the treatment of pulmonary hydatid cysts?
Leyla Hasdiraz, Fahri Oguzkaya, Mehmet Bilgin

TopRecent advances in total thyroidectomy, thyroid cancer and minimal access neck surgery July 2008

Edited by Jonathan W Serpell, The Alfred Hospital Monash University, Melbourne

A New Era: Prophylactic Surgery For Patients With Men-2a - R1
J Gosnell, M Sywak, S Sidhu, I Gough, D Learoyd, B Robinson, Leigh Delbridge

Re-operative parathyroid surgery: the importance of ectopic location and multi-gland disease.


Ian Gough

Risks And Consequences Of Incidental Parathyroidectomy During Thyroid Resection
Rebecca S. Sippel,Omer Ozgul,Gregory K Hartig,Eberhard A. Mack,Herbert Chen

Incidental thyroid carcinoma in a large series of consecutive patients operated on for benign thyroid disease
Paolo Miccoli, Michele Minuto, David Galleri , Jacopo D’Agostino, Fulvio Basolo, Lucia Antonangeli, Fabrizio Aghini-Lombardi, Piero Berti

Safety Of Total Thyroidectomy
Jonathan W. Serpell and Diana Phan

Extra Laryngeal Bifurcation Of The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: A Common Variation
Tilan Beneragama, Jonathan Serpell

The Solitary Thyroid Nodule: Current Management
Leigh Delbridge

Australian Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines Aes06/01: Post-Operative Pth Measurement And Early Discharge After Total Thyroidectomy -Analysis Of Australian Data And Management Recommendations

Simon Grodski , Peter Campbell , Melinda Cook , Leigh Delbridge , Stephen Farrell , Ian Gough , Bin Jalaludin , Christopher Magarey , Fausto Palazzo , Jonathan Serpell, Stan Sidhu , Patsy Soon , Mark Sywak , Michael Yeh

Routine Level VI Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Review and Surgical Technique

Simon Grodski, Lachlan Cornford, Mark Sywak, Stan Sidhu, Leigh Delbridge

Completion Thyroidectomy for Malignancy Following Initial Minimal Access Thyroid Surgery (MATS)
M Yeh, S Sidhu, M Sywak, P Edhouse, Leigh Delbridge

Using recombinant human TSH for diagnosis of recurrent thyroid cancer

Stephen Blamey, Bruce Barraclough, Leigh Delbridge , Paul Mernagh , Lachlan Standfield , Adele Weston

Total thyroidectomy replaces subtotal thyroidectomy as the preferred surgical treatment for Graves‘ disease

Chun-Fan Ku, Chung-Yau Lo, Wai-Fan Chan, Annie Kung, Karen Lam

TopA focus on knee arthroplasty June 2008

Edited by Peter F.M. Choong, St.Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne

Nerve injuries in orthopaedics - is there anything more we need to tell our patients?
Eugene Ek, Emma Yu, Jason Chan, Bruce Love

Complications and outcomes of single-stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty
Geoffrey Horne, Peter Devane, Kathryn Adams

The safety and cost benefits of bilateral total knee replacement in an acute hospital
Geoffrey Stubbs, S Pryke, Sandeep Tewari, Janine Rogers, Bethany Crowe, Lynnet Bridgfoot, Natalie Smith

Drain clamping in knee arthroplasty, a randomised controlled trial
Eden Raleigh, Caroline Hing, Andrew Hanusiewicz, Scott Fletcher, Rohan Price

Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty For The Treatment Of Unicompartmental Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review
Tabatha Griffin , Neville Rowden , David Morgan , Robert Atkinson , Peter Woodruff , Guy Maddern

Selection of primary hip and knee arthroplasty for public hospitals in Western Australia: A clinical evidence approach.
Alan Kop, Eric Swarts

A Multi-Parameter Quantitative Cat Assessment Of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasties.
David Campbell, Luke Johnson, Simon West

Incidence and outcomes of joint replacement surgery in veterans and civilians
Vanessa Wells, Trevor Hearn, Adrian Heard, Kylie Lange, Kylie Lange, Wayne Rankin, Stephen Graves

Weight Change 1 Year following Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty
Jason Donovan, Ian Dingwell

Correlation between macroscopic changes of arthrosis and the posterior cruciate ligament histology in the osteoarthritic knee.
Geoffrey Stubbs, Jane Dahlstrom , Peter Papantoniou , Maya Cherian

The Fate of the Infrapatellar branch of the Saphenous nerve post Total Knee Arthroplasty

Dinshaw Mistry, Christopher O’Meeghan

The Effect of Total Knee Arthroplasty on Recreational and Sporting Activity
Urjit Chatterji, M. J. Ashworth, P. L. Lewis, P. J. Dobson

TopTrauma CSI - Cell-System Integration May 2008

Edited by Michael Sugrue, Liverpool Hospital, New South Wales

AN EPIDEMIC OF STAB INJURIES: AN ALICE SPRINGS DILEMMA
Abraham Ollapallil Jacob , Fred Boseto, Jacob Ollapallil

Trauma Reception & Resuscitation
Mark Fitzgerald, Adam Bystrzycki, Nathan Farrow, Peter Cameron, Thomas Kossmann, Michael Sugrue, Colin Mackenzie

Training In Paediatric Trauma: The Problem Of Safer Societies
James Hamill, Spencer Beasley

Current management of blunt splenic trauma in children
S Thompson, Andrew Holland

Pancreatic and duodenal injuries. Keep it simple.
Matthew Rickard, Karim Brohi, Peter Bautz

Blunt cerebrovascular injury - an evaluation from a major trauma centre
Ole Risgaard, Michael Sugrue, Scott D'Amours, Grant Christey, Katherine Smith, Erica Caldwell, Christian LaRivière

GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HAEMODYNAMICALLY STABLE PATIENTS WITH STAB WOUNDS TO THE ANTERIOR ABDOMEN
Michael Sugrue, Zsolt Balogh, Joan Lynch, Joel Bardsley, Glenn Sisson, John Weigelt

Is Exploration Mandatory In Penetrating Zone II Neck Injuries?
Phillip Insull, Dave Adams, Anand Segar, Alex Ng, Ian Civil

A Trauma Centre Experience: Flap Reconstruction of Traumatic Lower Limb Injuries
Cheng Hean Lo, Michael Leung, Charles Baillieu, Elaine Chong, Heather Cleland

Outcomes Of Patients With Orthopaedic Trauma Admitted To Level One Trauma Centres
D Urquhart, O Williamson, B Gabbe, F Cicuttini, P Cameron, M Richardson, E Edwards

Operation Sumatra Assist: surgery for survivors of the tsunami disaster in Indonesia
Anthony Chambers, Michael Campion, Brett Courtenay, John Crozier, Charles New

Terrorism And Blast Explosions: Lessons For The Australian Surgical Community
Susan Neuhaus, Peter Sharwood, Jeffrey Rosenfeld

TopContemporary Clinical Issues in Cardiac Surgery April 2008

Edited by Julian A. Smith, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Is informed consent in Cardiac Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary intervention achievable?
Marco Larobina, Chris Merry, Justin Negri, Adrian Pick

Outcome and Quality of Life After Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians
Shiromani Goyal, Margaret Henry, Morteza Mohajeri

Staphylococcal post-sternotomy mediastinitis: a five year audit
Arlo Upton, Sally Roberts, Paget Milsom, Arthur Morris

Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm: Surgical Approaches in complicated cases
Ahmet Ozkara, Gurkan Cetin, Murat Mert, Can Erdem, Baryp Okcun, Ylhan Gunay

Pre-operative B-Blocker use reduces atrial fibrillation in off-pump coronary bypass surgery
Yildirim Imren , Ariel Benson, Hakan Zor, Irfan Tasoglu, Emrah Ereren, Volkan Sinci, Levent Gokgoz, Velit Halit

Urgent And Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting For Acute Coronary Syndromes

Yi Chen, Aubrey Almeida, Jacob Goldstein , Gilbert Shardey, Adrian Pick, Randall Moshinsky, Nand Kejriwal , Cassie Lowe, Damien Jolley, Julian Smith

Septal Superior Exposure in Mitral Valve Surgery with Radiofrequency Ablation
Susumu Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Satoshi Kugawa

Repair Of Injuries To The Thoracic Aorta And Great Vessels - Auckland, 1995 - 2004
Campbell Baguley, Amul Sibal, Peter Alison

Experience With Unipolar Radiofrequency Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation
Yi Chen, Nand Kejriwal , Julian Smith, Jacob Goldstein, Gilbert Shardey, Adrian Pick, Aubrey Almeida

CORONARY ARTERY SPASM AFTER OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
Chih-Yuan Lin, Zen-Chung Weng, Shih-Hurng Loh, Gou-Jieng Hong, Chien-Sung Tsai

Does off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting beneficially affect renal function?
Mitsugu Ogawa, Hitoshi Yaku, Kiyoshi Doi, Takahisa Okano, Yoshiaki Yamada, Kyoko Hayashida, Atsushi Fukumoto

Is theer still a role for the Classical Cox-maze III?
Cheng-Hon Yap, David Prior, James Kenny, Adam Zimmet, Victor Chao, Donald Mooney, Michael Yii

TopSurgical Audit March 2008

Edited by John C. Hall, Surgery (Royal Perth Hospital), the University of Western Australia

Guidelines for Surgical Audit in Australia and New Zealand
David Watters, Anthony Green, Andre van Rij

Clinical audits: why and for whom
Guy Maddern

15-YEAR AUDIT OF POST-TONSILLECTOMY HAEMORRHAGE AT DUNEDIN HOSPITAL
Emily Macassey, Campbell Baguley, Patrick Dawes, Andrew Gray

Factors affecting the morality risk of the elderly patients undergoing surgery
Ersin Ozturk, Tuncay Yilmazlar

Predicting Functional Capacity Outcome 12-Months After Hospitalized Injury
Rod McClure, Philip Schluter

A Prospective Audit Of Colorectal Resections In A Peripheral Public Hospital.

Susan Gollop , Michael Fancourt , William Gilkison , Stephen Kyle , Damien Mosquera

Early Trauma Management Skills In Australian General Practitioners
Derrick Lopez , Jeffrey Hamdorf , Alison Ward , Jon Emery

Cumulative Sum Techniques for Surgeons: a brief review
Cheng-Hon Yap, Mark Colson, David Watters

Time to CUSUM: Simplified reporting of outcomes in colorectal surgery
Thomas Bowles, David Watters

The National Breast Cancer Audit: Overview Of Invasive Breast Cancer Management
A Cuncins-Hearn, W Babidge, H Zorbas, E Villanueva, A Evans, D Oliver, J Kollias, T Reeve, G Maddern

Providers and Consumers Support the Western Australian Audit of Surgical Mortality
James Semmens, J A Mountain , F M Sanfilippo, J Y Barraclough, A McKenzie, S A Mukhtar , N S Haynes , R J Aitken

Outcome and Quality of Life After Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians
Shiromani Goyal, Margaret Henry, Morteza Mohajeri

TopHepatobiliary Disease February 2008

Edited by Jonathan Koea, Department of Surgery, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand

A SURVEY OF THE CURRENT SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GALLSTONES IN QUEENSLAND
James Askew

Extrahepatic biliary anatomy at laparoscopic cholecystectomy - is aberrant anatomy important?
Marco Larobina, Peter Nottle

A Prospective Comparison Of Routine And Selective Operative Cholangiography
Bruce Tulloh, Deborah Amott, Angela Webb

Laparoscopic Bile Duct Exploration. Results of 160 consecutive cases with 2-year follow-up
Craig Taylor, Justin Kong, Michael Ghusn, Stephen White, Nick Crampton, Laurent Layani

Comparison Of Major Bile Duct Injuries Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy And Open Cholecystectomy

Lileswar Kaman, Sudip Sanyal, Arunanshu Behera, Rajinder Singh, Rabindra Katariya

Gallbladder Polyps in Sclerosing Cholangitis: Does the 1cm Rule Apply?
Universe Leung, Phillip Wong, Ross Roberts, Jonathon Koea

Incidental gallbladder carcinoma: does the surgical approach influence the outcome?
Eugenio Cucinotta, Cesare Lorenzini, Giuseppinella Melita, Giuliano Iapichino, Giuseppe Currò

Aggressive Surgical Resection for Carcinoma of Gallbladder
Eric Lai, W.Y. Lau

Adult Choledochal Cysts - An Audit of Surgical Management
Colin Woon , Chung-Lie Oei , Yu-Meng Tan , Alexander Chung, London Ooi, Pierce Chow

Aggressive Surgical Resection for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
W.Y. Lau, Eric Lai

Factors Affecting Early Mortality in Spontaneous Rupture of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Felicia Li-Sher Tan, Yu-Meng Tan, Alexander Yaw-Fui Chung, Peng Chung Cheow, Pierce Kah-Hoe Chow, London Lucien Ooi

Surgical Treatment Of Hepatic Hemangiomas: A 15-year Experience.
Stavros Gourgiotis , P Moustafellos, A Zavos, N Dimopoulos, C Vericouki, E Hadjiyannakis

TopReflections on the Past: Surgery in Other Countries in the 1930's January 2008

Edited by John C Hall

Surgery in Other Countries
AE Brown

Schmieden
HB Devine

Surgery in Other Countries
H Trumble

Surgery in Other Countries
RF O

Surgery in Other Countries
BT Zwar

Surgery in Other Countries
HB Devine

Surgery in Other Countries
BT Zwar

Surgery in Other Countries
A Brown

Surgery in Other Countries
BT Zwar

Surgery in Other Countries
A Brown; HB Devine

TopEarly and advanced colorectal cancer - new paradigms December 2007

Edited by Christobel Saunders, Surgery (QEII Medical Centre), The University of Western Australia

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis from Colorectal Cancer and Small Bowel Cancer Treated with Peritonectomy
Mena Shehata, Frank Chu, Vanessa Saunders, Peter Kam , Matthew Links , David Morris

Advances in the adjuvant treatment of colorectal cancer
I Nordman, S Iyer, A Joshua, S Clarke

Review of Patients with Peritoneal Malignancy Treated with Peritonectomy and Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Reema Hadi, Vanessa Saunders, Olga Utkina, Philip Clingan, Peter Kam, Matthew Links, David Morris

Palliative and Shared Care Concepts in Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Ghauri Aggarwal, P Glare, S Clarke , P Chapuis

Impact of blood flow occlusion on liver necrosis following thermal ablation
Mehrdad Nikfarjam, Vijayaragavan Muralidharan, Caterina Malcontenti-Wilson, Wendy McLaren, Christopher Christophi

Detecting curable disease following hepatectomy for colorectal metastases

Matthew Metcalfe, Chris Mann, Emma Mullin, Guy Maddern

Colorectal cancer surgical care and survival: does private health insurance, socio-economic and locational status make a difference?
Sonja Hall, D’Arcy Holman, Cameron Platell, Harry Sheinerd, Timothy Threlfall, James Semmens

Rise of Colorectal Cancer in Singapore: An Epidemiological Review

Mark Wong, K Eu

Preoperative Chemotherapy And Radiotherapy For Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Michael Chao, Peter Gibbs, Joe Tjandra, Mark Cullinan, Stephen McLaughlin, Ian Faragher, Iain Skinner, Ian Jones

Evolving Strategies for Surgical Management of Carcinomatosis
Paul Sugarbaker

Cancer Stem Cells - A Review
John Spillane , Michael Henderson

Differential Production Of Cytokines Following Colorectal Surgery
Danny Chuang, Johanna Paddison, Roger Booth, Andrew Hill

TopBreast Cancer November 2007

Edited by Colin Furnival, The Wesley Medical Centre, Auchenflower, Queensland

Cancer risks for Australian women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
Graeme Suthers

The National Breast Cancer Audit DCIS Management in Australia and New Zealand
A Cuncins-Hearn, M Boult , W Babidge , H Zorbas , E Villanueva , A Evans , D Oliver , J Kollias , T Reeve , Guy Maddern

Tumour Size As A Predictor Of Axillary Node Metastases In Patients With Breast Cancer
Sharon Laura , Nathan Coombs , Owen Ung , John Boyages

Complete axillary dissection: a technique that still has relevance in contemporary management of breast cancer
Owen Ung

Long Term Survival Outcomes Following Breast Cancer Surgery In Western Australia
Katrina Spilsbury , James Semmens , Christobel Saunders, CDJ Holman

RATES FOR MASTECTOMY ARE LOWER IN WOMEN ATTENDING A BREAST-SCREENING PROGRAMME
N Samnakay, J Tinning, A Ives, P Willsher, S Archer, E Wylie, Christobel Saunders

Margins & Outcome Of Screen-Detected Breast Cancer With Extensive In-Situ Component
Paul Kitchen, Jennifer Cawson, Suzanne E Moore, Prue Hill, Toni Barbetti, Prue Wilkins, Ann-Marie Power, Michael Henderson

Breast Intraoperative Ultrasound: a prospective study in 112 patients with impalpable lesions
Sarah Buman, David Clark

Urban-Rural Differences In The Management Of Screen Detected Invasive Breast Cancer And DCIS In Victoria

David Kok, Jiun-Horng Chang, Bircan Erbas, Ashley Fletcher, Anne Kavanagh, Michael Henderson, Dorota Gertig

A comparision of clue dye and isotope with blue dye alone in breast sentinel node biopsy
David Syme, J Collins, G Mann

Changes in the management of DCIS prior to the relaease of clinical practice guidelines in Australia: the case in Victoria
Victoria White, Myee Pruden, Graham Giles, Paul Kitchen, John Collins, Graeme Inglis, David Hill

Medial Pectoral Pedicle - A Critical Landmark in Axillary Dissection
Mandar Sushil Nadkarni, Sudeep Raina, Rajendra Badwe

TopOtolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery October 2007

Edited by Robert Black, Mater Hospital, Brisbane

Anterior tongue cancer and the incidence of cervical lymph node metastases with increasing tumour thickness: Should elective treatment to the neck be standard practice in all patients?
Michael Veness, Gary Morgan, Yasoda Sathiyaseelan , Val Gebski

SIGNIFICANCE OF TUMOUR VOLUME MEASUREMENTS IN TONGUE CANCER:A NOVEL ROLE IN STAGING
Min Hoe Chew, James Khoo, Vincent Chong, Bee Choo Tai, Kee Chee Soo, Dennis Lim

Outcome analysis of patients with craniofacial resection- Hong Kong experience
Ling Yuen Wong, Lai Kun Lam, Yiu Wah Fan, Anthony Po Wing Yuen, William Ignace Wei

SALVAGE WITH SUPRACRICOID PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMY AFTER RADIATION FAILURE
Jonathan Clark, Gary Morgan, Michael Veness, Chris Dalton, Chris Dalton, Inar Kalnins

Experience With Mucosal Melanoma Of The Nose And Paranasal Sinuses

Andrew Bridger , David Smee, Michael Baldwin, Bernard Kwok, Patrick Bridger

Airway Stents In Management Of Tracheal Stenosis; Have We Improved?
Ching-Yang Wu, Yun-Hen Liu, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Yi-Chen Wu, Ming-Shian Lu, Po-Jen Ko, Hui-Ping Liu

Post-operative Pain Following Coblation Tonsillectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Nastasha POLITES, Sander JONIAU, David WABNITZ, Rob FASSENA, Clinton SMYTHE, Paul VARLEY, Simon Carney

Frozen Section For Parotid Surgery; Should It Become A Routine?
Aliasghar Arabi Mianroodi, Elizabeth Sigston, Neil Vallance

Fine Needle Aspiration cytology in Parotid masses - our experience in
Canterbury

Neil Riley, Robert Allison , Scott Stevenson

Outcome of Surgery for Parotid Tumours: 5 years Experience of a General Surgical Unit in a Teaching Hospital
Saleh M. Al Salamah, Kamran Khalid, Iftikhar A.R. Khan, Rahman Gul

Sensation Recovery Improved by Great Auricular Nerve Preservation in Parotidectomy - A Prospective Double-blind Study
Dacita Suen, Tam-Lin Chow, Clement Lam, Eric Wong, Siu-Ho Lam

TopReflections on Urological Practice September 2007

Edited by R.A. 'Frank' Gardiner, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, The University of Queensland

Discrepancies in Gleason scoring of prostate biopsies and radical prostatectomy specimens, and the effects of multiple needle biopsies on scoring accuracy. A regional experience in Tamworth, Australia
Kevin Ooi, Ramin Samali

Prioritising patients for prostatectomy: balancing clinical and psychosocial factors
Andrea Curtis, Colin Russell , Anthony Costello , Douglas Travis , Ross Snow

POST CESAREAN VESICOUTERINE FISTULAE - YOUSSEF SYNDROME: OUR EXPERIENCE AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
M. Prasad Rao , U.S. Dwivedi, B. DATTA, N. Vyas, P.R. Nandy, S. Trivedi, P.B. Singh

The management of muscle invasive bladder cancer in Victoria, 1990-1995.
Jeremy Millar, Mark Frydenberg, Guy Toner, Rodney Syme, Vicky Thursfield, Graham Gile

Contribution of investigations to the diagnosis of bilateral vas aplasia
Rajeev Kumar, Sanjay Thulkar, Virender Kumar, N Jagannathan, Narmada Gupta

Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis: Our Experience with Review of Published Reports
Udai Dwivedi, Neeraj Goyal, Vaibhav Saxena, Rajiba Acharya, Sameer Trivedi, Pratap Singh, Nachiket Vyas, Biswajeet Datta, Abhay Kumar, Suren Das

Complications of transrectal versus transperineal prostate biopsy

Jason Miller, Chandrasekhar Perumalla, Graeme Heap

Radical Cystectomy for Primary Bladder Malignancy:A 10 Year Review
Mark Louie-Johnsun, Karl Braslis, Donald Murphy , Gregory Neerhut , Richard Grills

The management of superficial bladder cancer in Victoria 1990 and 1995
Mark Frydenberg, Jeremy Millar, Guy Toner, Damien Bolton, Rodney Syme, Vicky Thursfield, Graham Giles

Measuring men‘s opinions of prostate needle biopsy
Jessica Medd , Martin Stockler, Ruth Collins, Andre Lalak

Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: early safety and efficacy
Liam Wilson, Katie Kennett, Peter Gilling

TopVascular Surgery: Aortic aneurysm, the carotid artery, and the popliteal artery. August 2007

Edited by John P Harris, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney

Scoring systems do not accurately predict outcome following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Robert Sayers, Rebecca Sanford, Matthew Bown

Homocysteine and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Paul Moroz, Max Le, Paul Norman

Spectral Doppler Characterisation Of Endoleaks Following Endoluminal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Isabel Wright, Malcolm Gordon, Tim Buckenham

Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair; A Seven-Year Experience at the Launceston General Hospital
Kate Borchard, S.E. Birch, P.M. Hewitt, D. Stary, A.R. Scott

Regional anaesthesia and propofol sedation for carotid endarterectomy
Christopher Barringer , John Williams , Alastair McCrirrick , Jonothan Earnshaw

Surgical management of Carotid body tumors: A 24 years surgical experience
Sohrab Atefi, Saman Nikeghbalian, Hooman Yarmohammadi, Ania Assadi-Sabet

Surgical Management of Extracranial Internal Carotid Aneurysms by Cervical Approach
Chris Bakoyiannis, Sotirios Georgopoulos, Nikolaos Tsekouras, Chris Klonaris, Ioanna Skrapari, Efstathios Papalambros, Elias Bastounis

Assessing Surgeons‘ Disclosure Of Risk Information Before Carotid Endarterectomy
Sandy Middleton, Melinda Gattellari, John Harris, Jeanette Ward

Anatomical Variations Of The Common Carotid Artery Bifurcation
Albert Lo, Michael Oehley, Adam Bartlett , Dave Adams, Phil Blyth , Saad Al-Ali

Intraoperative Neurological Changes in 1665 Regional Anaesthetic Carotid Endarterectomies Predicts Postoperative Stroke
Raoul Mayer, John Bingley , Mark Westcott , Arvind Deshpande , Micheal Davies , Mark Lovelock , John Vidovich , John Doyle , Micheal Denton , John Gurry

The diagnosis and surgical management of popliteal artery entrapment syndrome
Brian Goh, Kiang-Hiong Tay, Seck-Guan Tan

Popliteal Artery Injury: Royal Perth Experience And Literature Review
Mohd Mazri Yahya, Patrice Mwipatayi, M Abbas, S Rao, K Sieunarine

Endovascular Repair of Popliteal Artery Aneurysms: Techniques, Current Evidence and Recent Experience
Ray Siauw, Eng Koh, Stuart Walker

Management of Popliteal Artery Aneurysms
Maher Hamish, A Lockwood, C Cosgrove, A Walker, D Wilkins, S Ashley