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Readers' Pages

The Royal College of Surgeons of England gives you the chance to respond online to original articles and research published in the Annals and the Bulletin, or submit a letter to the editor.

Read entries from the list below and submit your own response – where appropriate, these may also be published in future issues of the College journals.

Title Issue
Masterclass ENT
MBE
A study of microbial colonisation of orthopaedic tourniquets
Mar 09
Acetate templating for total hip arthroplasty using PACS
Mar 09
A randomised trial of conventional versus BAUS procedure-specific consent forms for transurethral resection of prostate
Apr 09
The timing of calcium measurements in helping to predict temporary and permanent hypocalcaemia in patients having completion and total thyroidectomies
Mar 09
The cost of ignoring acute cholecystectomy
Jan 09
The acute blue finger: management and outcome
Oct 08
Henoch-Schonlein purpura with ischaemic bowel
Oct 08
Complication of oesophagoscopy and anticoagulation
Aug 09
Anterior shoulder dislocation
Jan 09
Stenting for large bowel obstruction – evolution of a service in a district general hospital
Jan 09
Three fatal cases of squamous cell carcinoma arising in chronic perineal hidradenitis suppurativa
Oct 07
The clinical scaphoid fracture: early computed tomography as a practical approach
Sep 08
Use of lidocaine gel as peri-anal anaesthetic in an infant
Mar 09
Use of porcine-derived material in venous thromboembolic prophylaxis
Mar 09
Should oesophagectomies be performed by trainees? - The experience from a single teaching centre under the supervision of one surgeon
May 08
Injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve during minimally invasive hip surgery: a cadaver study
Apr 08
Nail gun injuries: a simple method to facilitate exploration
Sep 08
The case for standardisation of the management of gallstones spilled and not retrieved at laparoscopic cholecystectomy
May 08
Technique of urethral catheterisation in very elderly women
Sep 07
'Sounding' the bolt: confirming the position of the locking bolts in an intramedullary nail
May 08
Diagnostic fine-needle aspiration in postoperative wound infections is more accurate at predicting causative organisms than wound swabs
Mar 07
Simple and safe technique of port closure
Mar 07
Reducing diagnostic errors in musculoskeletal trauma by reviewing non-admission orthopaedic referrals in the next-day trauma meeting
Oct 07
Pancreas-sparing distal duodenectomy for infra-papillary neoplasms
Mar 07
A multicentre audit of single-use surgical instruments (SUSI) for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
Sep 07
Pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum and subcutaneous emphysema following diagnostic colonoscopy
Jul 07
Is describing fractures a dying art?

Oct 07
An audit of training in laparoscopic appendicectomy in the South Thames Region
Mar 07
Use of screen bar to assist in below-knee amputation
Apr 07
Prevalence of HIV status and CD4 counts in a surgical cohort: their relationship to clinical outcome
Jan 06
A new clinical test in diagnosing quadriceps tendon rupture
Apr 07
The risk of cross-infection when marking surgical patients prior to surgery - review of two types of marking pens
Apr 07
Mammography in symptomatic women attending a rapid diagnosis breast clinic: a prospective study
May 06
Broken bones and fractures - an audit of patients' perceptions
Nov 06
Prolonged postoperative altered mental status after methylene blue infusion during parathyroidectomy: a case report and review of the literature
Mar 07
The implications of providing patient-friendly letters in the outpatient clinic
Feb 07
The extended scope physiotherapist in orthopaedic out-patients - an audit
Nov 06
Forgotten digital tourniquet: salvage of an ischaemic finger by application of medicinal leeches
Sep 06
The future of surgical training
Mar 07
Use of cortical screw to aid single piece excision of the trapezium: a simple technique
Nov 06
Day-care surgery for pilonidal sinus
Nov 06
Incarcerating incarceration - clarifying hernia description
Mar 07
Teaching and assessing surgical competence
Sep 06
Prospective analysis of scrotal pathology referrals - are referrals appropriate and accurate?
Jul 06
Origin of the specialists
Jul 06
What's in a name?
Jun 06
Experiential learning and the surgical trainee
Dec 06
The management of aspirin in transurethral prostatectomy: current practice in the UK
May 06
An effective and easy method of splitting damp plaster of paris casts
Sep 06
How well equipped are ENT wards for airway emergencies?
Mar 06
The positive predictive value of diagnostic ultrasound for occult herniae
Mar 06
Endoscopic sympathectomy in the treatment of facial blushing
Sep 05
Symptomatic presentation of early colorectal cancer
Mar 06
A maximally sensitive clinical decision rule to reduce the need for radiography in mandibular trauma
Jul 05
BST applications - what is the current popularity of a surgical career in the UK?
Feb 06
Is patient care affected by the recent changes in junior doctors' training?
Feb 06
A prospective audit of 300 consecutive young women with an acute presentation of right iliac fossa pain
Mar 06
Factors affecting morbidity, mortality and survival in patients undergoing surgery for rectal cancer in a district general hospital
Sep 05
Surgical training - can we learn from aviation?
Feb 06
The 'ABC' of examining foot radiographs
Nov 05
Use of the CRABEL Score for improving surgical case-note quality
Nov 05
Routine magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and intra-operative cholangiogram in the evaluation of common bile duct stones
Nov 05
The effect of the EWTD on orthopaedic specialist training
Oct 05
Preparing the country for another major terrorist event
Jan 06
The use of theatre time in elective orthopaedic surgery
May 05
A fatal shot: the death of Admiral Horatio Viscount Lord Nelson
Oct 05
Improvement in operative training since the introduction of the Calman plan
Oct 05
SCPs - Healthcare-Lite
Oct 05
Do patients with frank haematuria referred under the two-week rule have a higher incidence of bladder cancer?
Sep 05
Day-case breast cancer axillary surgery
Mar 05
High risk of lower limb neuropraxia and litigations for a better view of the perineum
Jul 05
Can performance as an undergraduate assist entry selection into surgical training programmes?
Jan 05
The value of postmortem examinations after surgery
Mar 05
Radioguided occult lesion localisation (ROLL) is available in the UK for impalpable breast lesions
Mar 05
How to approach major surgery where patients refuse blood transfusion (including Jehovah's Witnesses)
Jan 05
Reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) patient exposure by infection control measures
Mar 05
Logbook coding: How consistent are we?
Feb 05
Service and not training for the general surgical SpR on call
Oct 03
Artificial intelligence in medicine
Sep 04
Catheterisation in a large inguinoscrotal hernia
Jan 05
Consent in orthopaedic surgery
Sep 04
'One-stop' inguinal hernia surgery - day-case referral, diagnosis and treatment
Nov 04
Significance of routine digital rectal examination in adults presenting with abdominal pain
Jul 04
Compartment syndrome following pelvic surgery in the lithotomy position
May 02
Treatment centres in the NHS
May 04
Preparing digital images for publication
Mar 04
Recruitment in urology: a national survey in the UK
May 04
Patients awaiting laparoscopic cholecystectomy - can preoperative complications be predicted?
Mar 04
Accidental Epipen® injection into a digit - the value of a Google search
May 04
An audit of the out-patient follow-up of hip and knee replacements
Jan 03
Factors delaying surgical treatment of hip fractures in elderly patients
Mar 03
The use of skull X-rays in the accident and emergency department
Mar 03
The lateral accessory saphenous vein - a common cause of recurrent varicose veins
Nov 03

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