Volume 79 Issue 4 (April 2009)

EDITORIAL

Building the surgical workforce through our medical schools

• Andre Van Rij
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04844.x (p 217-218)

PERSPECTIVES

Internal iliac artery aneurysms: open surgery or endovascular repair?

• John P. Harris
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04845.x (p 219-220)

Surgical intervention in necrotizing pancreatitis: towards lesser and later

• Moon‐Tong Cheung
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04846.x (p 220-221)

Perspective on ‘is laparoscopic colectomy as cost‐beneficial as open colectomy’

• Henry Dowson, Peter Hewett
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04847.x (p 221-222)

Upper airway surgery for adult obstructive sleep apnoea: what is the evidence?

• Karen Humphreys, Peter Wormald, Guy Maddern
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04848.x (p 223-224)

25, 50 and 75 years ago

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04849.x (p 225-226)

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Nurturing of surgical careers by the wellington surgical interest club

• Sanket Srinivasa, Nikhil S. Sapre
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04850.x (p 227-229)

Surgical workforce in New Zealand: characteristics, activities and limitations

• Antony Raymont, John Simpson
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04851.x (p 230-234)

CLINICAL REVIEW

Human adipose‐derived stem cells: isolation, characterization and applications in surgery

• Michelle Locke, John Windsor, P. Rod Dunbar
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04852.x (p 235-244)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation from organ donation after cardiac death

• Nancy Suh, Brendan Ryan, Richard Allen, Philip O’Connell, Henry Pleass
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04853.x (p 245-246)

Smoking is a major risk factor for wound dehiscence after midline abdominal incision; case–control study

• Saleh M. Abbas, Andrew G. Hill
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04854.x (p 247-250)

Oesophagectomy for tumours and dysplasia of the oesophagus and gastro‐oesophageal junction

• Krishna Epari, Richard Cade
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04855.x (p 251-257)

Treatment of internal iliac artery aneurysms: single‐centre experience

• Nikolaos Tsilimparis, Pavlos Alevizakos, Sharham Yousefi, Andreas Laipple, Jürgen Hagemann, Patrik Rogalla, Ulrich Hanack, Ralph I. Rückert
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04856.x (p 258-264)

Is laparoscopic colectomy as cost beneficial as open colectomy?

• Asim Shabbir, April C. Roslani, Kutt‐Sing Wong, Charles B. S. Tsang, Hwee‐Bee Wong, Wai‐Kit Cheong
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04857.x (p 265-270)

SURGICAL TECHNIQUES

Cricotracheal reconstruction following external beam radiotherapy for recurrent thyroid cancer

• Bruce G. Ashford, Jonathan R. Clark
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04858.x (p 271-274)

Transanal endoscopic microsurgery

• Cameron Platell
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04859.x (p 275-280)

Surgical management of extracranial carotid artery aneurysms

• Anwar S. Choudhary, Richard J. Evans, Dilip K. Naik, Ramesh K. Tripathi, Janaka K. Wickremesekera
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04860.x (p 281-287)

Novel approach to laparoscopic resection of tumours of the distal pancreas

• Soumen Das De, Alfred Wei Cheah Kow, Kui Hin Liau, Khong Hee Lim, Choon Kiat Ho
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04878.x (p 288-293)

IMAGES FOR SURGEONS

Diagnosis and laparoscopic management of adult intussusception

• Wei Hwang Wan, Jude Lee, Michael J Clarke, Anton Cheng
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04861.x (p 294-295)

Necrotizing streptococcal myositis

• Ramanthan Saranga Bharathi, Amit Agarwal, Kanwarjit Singh, Raghvinder P. S. Gambhir, Rama Mohan, Rajan Chaudhry
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04862.x (p 296-297)