Role of superficial venous surgery in the treatment of venous ulceration.

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Abstract Role of superficial venous surgery in the treatment of venous ulceration Letter 1: J. Barwell, K. Poskitt, M. Whyman, Department of Vascular Surgery, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham GL53 7AN, UK Letter 2: S. S. Shoab, P. D. Coleridge Smith, Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, First Floor Jules Thorne Building, Middlesex Hospital, London W1N 8AA, UK Author's reply: N. J. M. London, A. M. Bello, Department of Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK Anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction without choledochal cyst W. T. Ng, K. W. Lui, Department of Surgery, Yan Chai Hospital, Hong Kong Trauma centres in the USA – past and present Trauma centres: a British perspective Letter 1: D. A. Lloyd, Department of Child Health, Institute of Child Health, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK Letter 2: R. K. Gendy, Department of Surgery, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester DT1 2JY, UK The sportman's groin E. A. Benson, Department of Surgery, General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK Author's reply: D. A. D. Macleod, Department of Surgery, St John's Hospital at Howden, Livingston EH54 6PP, UK Randomized trial to study the effect of fundic mobilization on long-term results of Nissen fundoplication G. S. Smith, M. A. Richardson, G. L. Falk, Department of Endosurgery/Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, New South Wales 2139, Australia Author's reply: M. E. S. Luostarinen, Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital FIN-33521 Tampere and J. O. Isolauri, Turku University Central Hospital Turku Finland Thyroid surgery and the recurrent laryngeal nerve Letter 1: R. O. Wise, Suite 12, Level 5, North Wing Entabeni Hospital, 148 South Ridge Road, Durban 4001, South Africa Letter 2: A. Agarwal, G. Agarwal, S. K. Mishra, Department of Endocrine Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, India Author's reply: M. H. Wheeler, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK Epidemiology of Warthin's tumour of the parotid gland in an Asian population A. Renehan, Department of Surgery, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Wilmslow, Manchester M20 4BX, UK and O. Gallo, Institute of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Florence, Florence, Italy and M. McGurk, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, London, UK Author's reply: K. C. Soo, Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore Adrenal-sparing surgery for phaeochromocytoma P. Iacconi, P. Miccoli, Department of Surgery, Pisa University Via Roma 67, 56100, Italy and C. O. Barlascini, G. Bernini, Department of Internal Medicine, Pisa University, Via Roma 67, 56100, Italy Author's reply: H. P. H. Neumann, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Hugstetter Strasse 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany Laparoscopic management of complicated gallstone disease M. N. Siddiqui, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box 17666, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates Peripheral thrombolysis for acute-onset claudication J. G. Mosley, C. Poon, Department of General Surgery, Leigh Infirmary, The Avenue, Leigh WN7 1HS, UK Chronic groin sepsis following tension-free inguinal hernioplasty S. Kumar, Department of General Surgery, Alexander Donald Building, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK During liver regeneration following right portal vein embolization the growth rate of liver metastases is more rapid than that of the liver parenchyma K. Seymour, D. Manas, R. M. Charnley, HPB Surgery Unit, Ward 5 Office, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK Author's reply: D. Elias, Service de Chirurgie Générale Oncologique, Institut Gustave Roussy, Rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif Cedex, France Physiological comparison of open and endovascular aneurysm repair A. Mahon, N. E. Bourantas, R. J. Whiston, Department of Surgery, Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XX, UK Author's reply: G. D. Treharne, M. M. Thompson, M. S. Whiteley, P. R. F. Bell, Department of Surgery, Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, PO Box 65, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK Identification of patients likely to benefit from biofeedback for outlet obstruction constipation S. D. Wexner, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 3000 West Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309-1743, USA