Strategy for the surgical management of patients with idiopathic megarectum and megacolon (Br J Surg 2001;88:1392-6).

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Abstract Strategy for the surgical management of patients with idiopathic megarectum and megacolon (Br J Surg 2001; 88: 1392–6) Letter : M. A. Gladman, S. M. Scott, P. J. Lunniss, N. S. Williams. Academic Department of Surgery and Gastrointestinal, Physiology Unit, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, UK Suspected acute appendicitis: trends in management over 30 years (Br J Surg 2001; 88: 1570–7) Letter 1 : M. Quinn. Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon PE29 6NT, UK Letter 2 : W. H. Thomson. Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN, UK An unexpected liver secondary (Br J Surg 2001; 88: 627–8) Letter : J. R. M. van der Sijp, S. Meijer. Department of Oncological Surgery, Free University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands A normal appendix found during diagnostic laparoscopy should not be removed (Br J Surg 2001; 88: 251–4) Letter : S. M. Murphy, S. Tierney. Department of Surgery, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland Authors' reply: W. T. van den Broek, A. B. Bijnen. Department of Surgery, Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, Wilhelminalaan 12, 1815 JD Alkmaar, The Netherlands ‘Fast track’ postoperative management protocol for patients with high co-morbidity undergoing complex abdominal and pelvic colorectal surgery (Br J Surg 2001; 88: 1533–8) Letter : T. Rix, L. Jourdan. Department of General Surgery, Canada Avenue, Redhill RH1 5RH, UK Authors' reply: C. P. Delaney, A. J. Senagore, F. H. Remzi, V. W. Fazio. Department of Surgery/A-111, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA Prevention of the neoplastic progression of Barrett's oesophagus by endoscopic argon beam plasma ablation (Br J Surg 2001; 88: 1357–62) Letter : A. Immanuel, P. J. Lamb, J. Wayman, S. Preston, S. M. Griffin. Northern Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK Authors' reply: S. Attwood. Department of Upper GI Surgery, Hope Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, Manchester M6 8HD, UK Extent of ductal carcinoma in situ within and surrounding invasive primary breast carcinoma (Br J Surg 2001; 88: 1324–9) Letter : K. Moorthy. Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK Authors' reply: R. S. Rampaul, S. E. Pinder, J. F. R. Robertson, I. O. Ellis. Department of Surgery and Histopathology, City Hospital, Nottingham NG1 5PB, UK Randomized clinical trial comparing suture and mesh repair of umbilical hernia in adults (Br J Surg 2001; 88: 1321–3) Letter 1 : D. S. Thoman. Department of General Surgery, Naval Medical Center, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, California 92134, USA Letter 2 : H. Chant, P. Tsai, A. Kingsworth. Postgraduate Medical School, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK Authors' reply: F. Pérez, A. Arroyo. Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Elche, Ptda Huertos y Molinos, s/n, 0302 Elche, Alicante, Spain Prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of glyceryl trinitrate in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-induced pancreatitis (Br J Surg 2001; 88: 1178–82) Letter 1 : M. Moretó, M. Zaballa. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital de Cruces, Plaza de Cruces, Barakaldo 48903, Spain Letter 2 : G. Harinath, B. O'Riordan. Department of Surgery, West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen SA31 2AF, UK Authors' reply: S. Sudhindran. Box 210, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK