SURGERY IN GENERAL 1. Risk management in surgery - Ami Mishra, Anthony E.B. Giddings 2. The surgical significance of MRSA - A. Peter R. Wilson 3. Tissue engineering of blood vessels - Sandip Sarkar, Alexander M. Seifalian 4. Newer procedures for day surgery - Douglas McWhinnie, Ian Jackson BREAST SURGERY 5. Quality of life issues in breast surgery - Narasimhaiah Srinivasaiah, Philip J. Drew 6. The management of high-risk familial breast cancer - José A. Cid Fernández, John F.R. Robertson, D. Mark Sibbering 7. Latissimus dorsi flap in breast reconstruction - Eva M. Weiler-Mithoff GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY 8. Acute gallbladder disease - Thomas Armstrong, James A. Pain Modern management of bleeding oesophageal varices - Jake E.J. Krige, Stephen J. Beningfield, John M. Shaw 9. Haemorrhoid surgery: what is best practice? - Malcolm A. Loudon 10. Functional outcome following restorative proctocolectomy - Richard E. Lovegrove, Paris P. Tekkis VASCULAR SURGERY 11. Intestinal ischaemia - Sayed Aly, Clom J. Power, Stephen G.E. Barker 12. Complications of arteriovenous haemodialysis fistulas - Rovan E. D’Souza, Daryll M. Baker REVIEW OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS 13. Review of recent randomised clinical trials in surgery - M.P. Senthil Kumar, Irving Taylor Index