Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England

ISSN 0035-8843, Online ISSN: 1478-7083

 

The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England is the official journal of the College and is published eight times a year in January, March, April, May, July, September, October and November. The main aim of the journal is to publish high quality, peer-reviewed papers that relate to all branches of surgery.

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• Acute abdomen secondary to a Meckel's lipoma
  Author: HU Ahmed, S Wajed, B Krijgsman, V Elliot and M Winslet
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804173
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Acute surgical abdomen following Kyphoscoliosis corrective surgery
  Author: SN Andrews, G Sanders and MJ Cooper
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X60752
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Adenocarcinoma arising within a duplication cyst of the rectum: curative excision with 9-year follow-up
  Author: A Parvaiz, RJG Stevens, MJ Lamparelli and PJ Jeffery
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X50717
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Annular pancreas - a rare cause of gastric obstruction in an 82-year-old patient
  Author: PM Whittingham-Jones, AA Riaz, G Clayton and HH Thompson
  DOI: 10.1308/003588404X24282
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Boerhaave's syndrome - a tale of the unexpected
  Author: AM Harris, R Lucey, S Deshpande, C Muench, B Weber, KS Wynne
  DOI: 10.1308/147870806X95221
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Boerhaave's syndrome: CT diagnosis
  Author: RA Corns and JL Edwards
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804146
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Calcific stenotic jump graft
  Author: R Padmakumar, KM Krishnamoorthy and JA Tharakan
  DOI: 10.1308/14787080492
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Calciphylaxis - a rare cause of pretibial haematoma
  Author: B De Souza, C Dey, A Ghattaura and G Moir
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804894
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Complete second arch branchial fistula mistaken for a right-sided sebaceous cyst
  Author: JE Dench, S Erdozain, R Nagendran and T Oke
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804885
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Complication of coarctation of the aorta
  Author: H Abunasra and M Hickey
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X60770
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2004

• Compression fracture or butterfly vertebra: diagnostic importance in a trauma setting
  Author: A Satpathy, R Sloan and IG Bhoora
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804920
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Diagnosis and conservative treatment of tubercular rectoprostatic fistula
  Author: S Kumar, NS Kekre and G Gopalakrishnan
  DOI: 10.1308/147870806X83242
  Appeared or available online: December 9, 2005

• Dual ipsilateral renal transplantation from a non-heart-beating donor
  Author: AA Bhatti, A Navarro, MA Gok, CH Wilson, J Asher, YT Wong, M Hua and D Talbot
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X42644
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Forgotten vaginal pessary eroding into rectum
  Author: S Hanavadi, A Durham-Hall, T Oke and N Aston
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804182
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Gastro-colonic anastomosis - a viable option in extensive small bowel infarction
  Author: AD Thomas, MD Rocker, G Morris-Stiff and MH Lewis
  DOI: 10.1308/147870806X83251
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Genitourinary schistosomiasis in a Caucasian woman in the UK
  Author: MK Ajit, EA Groenewald and M Speakman
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X60789
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2004

• Heavy rectal bleeding secondary to the passage of a rectal leiomyoma per anus
  Author: RN Saunders, C Pattenden and PK Agarawal
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804100
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Hunter's legacy and surgical training and competence in the 21st century
  Author: CSB Galasko
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X28154
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Hydatid disease of the heart
  Author: SJD Brecker, K Mandal, T Harrison, G Griffin, A Varghese, DJ Pennell, J Lester and M Jahangiri
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X28064
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2004

• Incarcerated small bowel hernia through drain site
  Author: S Kulkarni, B Krijgsman, D Sharma and AV Kaisary
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804902
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Intubation of the pericardial sac
  Author: J Winehouse
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X45975
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2004

• Iron-deficiency anaemia caused by an enterolith-filled jejunal duplication cyst
  Author: GS Tamvakopoulos, V Sams, P Preston and WSL Stebbings
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804119
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Malignant eccrine poroma in breast cancer-related lymphoedema
  Author: MD Lynch, AE Jones, A Marker, JW Grant and AD Purushotham
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804155
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Meralgia paraesthetica - an addition to 'seatbelt syndrome'
  Author: SM Blake and NJ Treble
  DOI: 10.1308/14787080456
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Mesenteric fibromatosis: a rare cause of acute abdominal pain
  Author: R Bethune and A Amin
  DOI: 10.1308/147870806X9521
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Metachronous stomal adenocarcinoma following abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer
  Author: WA Townley, MS Kothari and J Meyrick-Thomas
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X60798
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2004

• Minimally invasive parathyroid surgery for recurrent intrathyroid multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)
  Author: M Turner, KK Balan, S O'Rahilly and GC Wishart
  DOI: 10.1308/14787080483
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Necrotising fasciitis secondary to locally advanced rectal cancer
  Author: NP Woodcock, D Sebag-Montefiore, RA Mannion, DJ Alexander, GV Miller
  DOI: 10.1308/147870806X95249
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Neuropraxia of the palmar cutaneous branch of the ulnar nerve during carpal tunnel decompression
  Author: S Akhtar, J Arenas Prat and S Sinha
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X42635
  Appeared or available online: February 13, 2006

• Penile skin necrosis - complication following self-circumcision
  Author: J Sagar, B Sagar and DK Shah
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X50690
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Peri-anal extramammary Paget's disease associated with two well-differentiated invasive intramucosal sigmoid carcinomas, a very rare case: an immunohistochemical and clinical review of extramammary Paget's disease
  Author: R Le Fur, L Mears and Z Dannawi
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804876
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Pigmented mesenteric lymphadenopathy in familial adenomatous polyposis - an unusual cause of intraoperative abandonment of ileo-anal pouch
  Author: N Pranesh, NY Haboubi and ST O'Dwyer
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X50708
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Pyomyositis of the piriformis muscle in a juvenile
  Author: DJC Burton, D Enion and DL Shaw
  DOI: 10.1308/003588404X24273
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Radiological diary of gallstone migration in a patient with acute pancreatitis
  Author: C Wong, CP Armstrong and RE May
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X45984
  Appeared or available online: May 12, 2005

• Royal College of Surgeons' Research Fellowships - unsuccessful applications 2005
  Author: various
  DOI: 10.1308/147870806X95195
  Appeared or available online: March 8, 2006

• Ruptured 'fem-pop' vein graft presenting as deep venous thrombosis
  Author: P How, KS Cheng, P Sridhar and HEC Hamilton
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804164
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Scapular fracture after electric shock
  Author: M Rana and R Banerjee
  DOI: 10.1308/147870806X95203
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Sister Mary Joseph nodule associated with primary gastric lymphoma
  Author: BP Hopton, JI Wyatt and NS Ambrose
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X50726
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Solitary encapsulated pelvic aggressive angiomyxoma
  Author: H Adwan, B Patel, D Kamel and G Glazer
  DOI: 10.1308/14787080465
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Spinal epidural abscess presenting as acute abdomen
  Author: G Hagan and J Adjogatse
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804911
  Appeared or available online: February 13, 2006

• Spinal neurenteric cyst presenting as recurrent midline sebaceous cysts
  Author: GW Becker and RDE Battersby
  DOI: 10.1308/003588404X24255
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Spontaneous mesenteric haematoma: a diagnostic challenge
  Author: D Gomez, SH Rahman, PJ Guillou
  DOI: 10.1308/147870806X95230
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Spontaneously arising superficial temporal artery aneurysms: a report of two cases and review of the literature
  Author: AA Riaz, M Ismail, N Sheikh, N Ahmed, G Atkin, P Richman and A Loh
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804128
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Stress fracture of the clavicle in a patient with no obvious risk factors
  Author: M Birks, L Funk, S Symons, S Copeland and O Levy
  DOI: 10.1308/003588404X24264
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Subcutaneous thigh fat necrosis as a result of tourniquet control during total knee arthroplasty
  Author: GS Tamvakopoulos, AP Toms and M Glasgow
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X60761
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Umbilical varix presenting as an incarcerated umbilical hernia - a costly mistake if not recognised
  Author: A Tahir, N Kakani, D O'Riordan and R Godwin
  DOI: 10.1308/14787080447
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Unusual abdominal wall hernia
  Author: AR Ahmed, A Sharma and J Wellwood
  DOI: 10.1308/147870805X50735
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

• Unusual presentation of Crohn's disease
  Author: JA Keir, R McGregor, CJ Richards and R Windle
  DOI: 10.1308/147870804137
  Appeared or available online: November 30, 2005

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