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Circumferential wiring of patella made easy
V Lenin Babu and K Baskaran

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Laparoscopic repair of vaginal rupture with evisceration in a young girl
Vishwanath Golash

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For Laparoscopic Treatment of Large Hydatid Cyst of the Liver
Dr. Ahmad Al-Jaziri

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The anatomical basis of the modified volar advancement flap for fingertip reconstruction Somes C Guha, Stephen M. Milner and Amitabha Chanda

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A small asymptomatic Bochdalek hernia in an adult : diagnosis and repair by video-assisted thoracoscopic approach Makoto Sugita, Motoyasu Sagawa, Tetsuo Hashimoto, and Tsutomu Sakuma

Technique of laparoscopic geometrical repair of ventral hernia Vishwanath Golash

Open longitudinal pyloromyotomy and its use in oesophago-gastric reconstruction. An article by A.Rohatgi, A.Riga, G.H.Dickson

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Reducing Tourniquet Time in Carpal Tunnel Release. An article by R Samuel, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Contributed by Ahmed Samy
Video Assisted Thyroidectomy Power Point with sound Can also be seen as a video WM56modem WMBroadband
An Introduction to Thyroidectomy Power Point with sound

Total Intracorporeal Ligation of the Cystic Duct and Artery in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
PicturesAndText Contributed by Vishwanath Golash and Shakilur Rahman

Mesosigmoplasty for Definitive Management of Sigmoid Volvulus PicturesAndText Contributed by Nicholas Fassiadis and N Slater

Microdochectomy, The Easy Way PicturesAndText Contributed by Nicholas Fassiadis

The Lichtenstein tension free mesh repair for inguinal hernia repair has become the gold standard open approach. Iain MacIntyre, College Journal- PicturesAndText

Laparoscopic repair for inguinal hernia is gaining ground particularly for bilateral and recurrent cases if not for simple cases. A transperitoneal route TAPP is used by some and preperitoneal TEP by others. S J Nixon PicturesAndText See Video library also

Varicose vein surgery is a common general surgical operation. Sapheno-femoral ligation needs to be done well to avoid complications and recurrence. B Wolf and J Brittenden, College Journal - PicturesAndText

Venous Cutdown - a quicker and safer technique - pictures and text. Sabapathy Prakash Balasubramanian FRCSEd

PANTOGENS - Highly detailed operative description with a step by step manual and "what if" scenarios, including patient information and consent
Right Hemi-Colectomy:     Aortic Aneurysm Repair :     Laparoscopic Repair of Inguinal Hernia (TEP)    M Edwards/SJ Nixon

Operative Descriptions on the Royal College Journal Web Pages

General Surgery/Abdominal

Surveillance for Barrett's oesophagus: is there light at the end of the metaplastic tunnel? AC Belo and RJ Playford, The Surgeon 2003
Whipple's resection-proximal pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). IS Tait, College Journal 2002
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. A Cuschieri, College Journal 1999
Laparoscopic Anterior Fundoplication. A Munro, College Journal 2000
D2 Gastrectomy for An Antral Stomach Tumour. A Qadir, C Trotter, K Park, College Journal 2000
Ivor-Lewis Oesophagectomy for Middle and Lower Third Oesophageal Lesions. Trevor Crofts, College Journal 2000
Restorative Procto-Colectomy. AJ McKinley, RA Keenan, College Journal 2001
Anterior Resection with total Mesorectal Excision. RJC Steele, College Journal 1999
Colonoscopy. A Leslie, RJC Steele, College Journal 2002
Surgical Treatment of varicose veins. B Wolf and J Brittenden, College Journal 2001
Inguinal hernia repair. IMC Macintyre, College Journal 2001
The trans abdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair Ridings P, Evans DS College Journal 2000
A combined fascia and mesh closure of large incisional hernias MS Whiteley, SB Ray-Chaudhuri, RB Galland
Obturator hernia: a new technique for repair DN Lobo, DJ Clarke, AP Barlow
Tripod device for extracorporeal slipknot (Roeder knot) HB Chua

Orthopaedics

Open "Bankart" Repair for Recurrent Anterior Dislocation of the Shoulder. M Suhaib Sait, Lars Neumann, WA Wallace, College Journal 1999
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Middle third bone/patella tendon/bone autograft. CM Fergusson, College Journal 2000
Bollen's Jig and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. ABY Ng and SR Bollen, College Journal 2000
Cup Removal in Revision Hip Arthroplasty. WJ Farrington, DJ Dunlop, AJ Timperley, College Journal 2002
Percutaneous repair of ruptured Achilles tendon. D McClelland and N Maffulli, College Journal 2002
Internal fixation of intracapsular fractures. MJ Parker and CE Tagg, College Journal 2002
Arthroscopic meniscal repair M.C. Forster and A.S. Aster. The Surgeon 2003
Primary total hip replacement G. Bannister The Surgeon 2003

Urology

Lateral Preputioplasty for Phimosis. TM Lane, LM South, College Journal 1999
Radical Cystectomy and Ileal Conduit for Invasive Bladder Tumour. Leslie Moffat, College Journal 1999

Vascular

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. E Macaulay, J Engeset, College Journal 2000

Head and Neck

Superficial Parotidectomy through Retrograde Facial Nerve Dissection. G Yu, College Journal 2001
Stapler failure in pharyngeal diverticulectomy: a suggested modification in surgical technique, H Kubba,
SSM Hussain

Breast

Axillary Clearance for Breast Cancer. AM Thompson, College Journal 1999

Cardiac

Minimal access mitral valve replacement. D Richens, RS Jutley, M Baker and M Shajar, College Journal 2002

Miscellaneous

Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma. LO Ajekigbe and PE Baguley, College Journal 2000

Basic Skills

A simple technique for the retention of a subcuticular suture: D Singh-Ranger, The Surgeon 2003

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