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    ANZ Journal of Surgery: Volume 87, Issue 4

    214-317
    April 2017
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ISSUE INFORMATION

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Table of contents

  • Pages: 214-215
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

EDITORIALS

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Rewarding reviewers, tracking our authors and selective electronic publication

John P. Harris AM, FRACS, 
  • Pages: 217-218
  • First Published: 03 April 2017
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Precision medicine?

Jonathan B. Koea MD, FACS, FRACS, 
  • Pages: 218-219
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

PERSPECTIVES

Surgery for gastrointestinal stromal tumours in Australia and New Zealand: results from a bi-national audit

Rajeev Parameswaran MBBS, FRCS,  Ross H. Roberts MBChB, FRACS,  Wendy A. Brown MBBS (Hons), PhD, FACS, FRACS,  Ahmad Aly MBBS, MS, FRACS,  George Kiroff MS, FRACS,  Krishna Epari MBBS (Hons), BMedSci, FRACS,  Andrew D. MacCormick BHB, MBChB, PhD, FRACS,  Iain G. Thomson MBBS, FRACS,  Sarah K. Thompson MD, PhD, FRACS, 
  • Pages: 220-221
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

Valuing the role of the non-medical surgical assistant in Australia

Toni Hains RN, MClinSc (PNSA), MNPractSt, PhD Scholar,  Catherine Turner RN, PhD,  Yu Gao PhD,  Haakan Strand RN, MNPractSt, PhD, 
  • Pages: 222-223
  • First Published: 03 April 2017
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Medicine in small doses

Bruce P. Waxman OAM, FRACS, 
  • Page: 224
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

25, 50 & 75 years ago

John P. Harris AM, FRACS, 
  • Pages: 225-226
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

SPECIAL ARTICLE

Clostridium colitis: challenges in diagnosis and treatment

Kenneth N. Buxey,  Chris Sia,  Stephen Bell,  Roger Wale,  Daniel Wein,  Satish K. Warrier, 
  • Pages: 227-231
  • First Published: 09 September 2014

REVIEW ARTICLES

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Diagnostic accuracy of Charcot's triad: a systematic review

Steva Rumsey,  Joel Winders,  Andrew D. MacCormick, 
  • Pages: 232-238
  • First Published: 17 February 2017

Systematic review of a patient care bundle in reducing staphylococcal infections in cardiac and orthopaedic surgery

Ning Ma,  Alun Cameron,  David Tivey,  Nikki Grae,  Sally Roberts,  Arthur Morris, 
  • Pages: 239-246
  • First Published: 12 February 2017

COLORECTAL SURGERY

Modified methylene blue injection improves lymph node harvest in rectal cancer

Jianpei Liu,  Pinjie Huang,  Zongheng Zheng,  Tufeng Chen,  Hongbo Wei, 
  • Pages: 247-251
  • First Published: 21 October 2014

Ligasure, Harmonic Scalpel versus conventional diathermy in excisional haemorrhoidectomy: a randomized controlled trial

Ahmed Talha,  Samer Bessa,  Moataza Abdel Wahab, 
  • Pages: 252-256
  • First Published: 11 September 2014

UROLOGY

Lower urinary tract imaging in pelvic fracture: an 11-year review of genitourinary complications and clinical outcomes

Wilson Choi,  Handoo Rhee,  Eric Chung, 
  • Pages: 257-261
  • First Published: 01 December 2016

Does waiting after peri-prostatic nerve block reduce pain during transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy? A randomized controlled trial

Jason Du,  James Johnston,  Rodney Studd, 
  • Pages: 262-265
  • First Published: 18 April 2016

OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

Response of an ovine laryngeal injury model to a novel fibrosis inhibitor

Jacqueline Allen, 
  • Pages: 266-270
  • First Published: 23 November 2016

PAEDIATRIC SURGERY

Fast-track surgery for uncomplicated appendicitis in children: a matched case–control study

Thomas P. Cundy,  Kyra Sierakowski,  Alexandra Manna,  Celia M. Cooper,  Laura L. Burgoyne,  Sanjeev Khurana, 
  • Pages: 271-276
  • First Published: 06 September 2016
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Our experience in using telehealth for paediatric plastic surgery in Western Australia

Debesh Rimal,  Ju Hui Huang Fu,  David Gillett, 
  • Pages: 277-281
  • First Published: 20 February 2017

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

Mini C-arm: faster, cheaper, safer?

Tom J. Gieroba,  Nicole Williams,  Georgia Antoniou,  Peter J. Cundy, 
  • Pages: 282-286
  • First Published: 30 November 2016

Mid-term results of Oxford phase-3 medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for medial arthritis in Chinese patients

Taotao Xu,  Yangjun Lao,  Jitao Wang,  Fucun Liu,  Luwei Xiao,  Peijian Tong, 
  • Pages: 287-290
  • First Published: 27 September 2016

Rotator cuff disease: opinion regarding surgical criteria and likely outcome

Alison Thorpe,  Mark Hurworth,  Peter O'Sullivan,  Tim Mitchell,  Anne Smith, 
  • Pages: 291-295
  • First Published: 17 February 2017

UPPER GUT

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band revisional surgery: a single surgeon series

Joel Lewin,  Beth Campbell,  Kaushal A. Sanghvi,  Christine Skinner,  George Hopkins, 
  • Pages: 296-299
  • First Published: 19 October 2015

Long-term outcomes following laparoscopic anterior and Nissen fundoplication

Andrew G. N. Robertson,  Ravi N. Patel,  Graeme W. Couper,  Andrew C. de Beaux,  Simon Paterson-Brown,  Peter J. Lamb, 
  • Pages: 300-304
  • First Published: 19 October 2015

IMAGES FOR SURGEONS

Acquired interstitial hernia

David Smolilo BMedSc, BMBS (Hons),  Jimmy Eteuati MBBS, FRACS,  Paul Hollington MBBS, PhD, FRACS, 
  • Pages: 305-306
  • First Published: 07 October 2014

Linburg–Comstock anomaly of the flexor tendons of hand

Sandhya Kalappa MD,  Raghavendra Shankar MS, DNB,  Bharath K. Kadadi MS, PDCC,  Geetha C. Rajappa DNB, 
  • Pages: 306-308
  • First Published: 07 October 2014

Unique solution to the difficult problem of an aorto-duodenal fistula in a regional centre

Robert Tewksbury BSc, MBBS,  Andrew Choong MBBS, FRACS (Eng),  Aymen Al-Timimi MBBS, FRACS,  Allan Kruger MBBS, FRACS,  Simon Quinn MBBS, FRACS, 
  • Pages: 308-310
  • First Published: 03 November 2014

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia presenting as a large adrenal incidentaloma in an elderly man

Elaine Hui MD,  Alan C. H. Lee MRCP,  Brian H. H. Lang FHKCS,  Angel O. K. Chan FRCPA,  Karen S. L. Lam MD,  Kathryn C. B. Tan PhD, 
  • Pages: 310-312
  • First Published: 12 November 2014

Mesenteric paraganglioma: the case of mistaken identity

Athina Pirpiris MBBS,  Max Fu MBBS,  Joel Budge BSc (Med), MBBS, FRACS,  Soni Putnis MBChB, BSc, FRCS, 
  • Pages: 312-313
  • First Published: 03 November 2014

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Not so simple: tension pneumothorax from caecal colonoscopic perforation

Bhamini Vadhwana MRCS,  Daniel J. Bell FRCR,  Manojkumar S. Nair FRCS, 
  • Page: 314
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

Re: Is the acute surgical unit model feasible for Australian regional centres?

Imad Afram Jaboury FRCS, FRACS, 
  • Pages: 314-315
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

Response to Re: Is the acute surgical unit model feasible for Australian regional centres?

Hamish Shilton MBBS,  Amin Tanveer MBBS,  Benjamin R. Poh MBBS (Hons),  Daniel Croagh FRACS, PhD,  Neil Jayasuriya MBBS, FRACS,  David Chan FRACS, 
  • Page: 315
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

Spontaneous splenic rupture: an unusual complication following wasp stings

Wen Kang MD, PhD,  Junfei Zhang MD, PhD,  Yumei Xie MD, PhD,  Ye Zhang MD, PhD,  Jianqi Lian MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 315-316
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

Re: Trends in publication of general surgical research in New Zealand, 1996–2015

Ibrahim S. Al-Busaidi MBChB, BMedSc (Hons), 
  • Pages: 316-317
  • First Published: 03 April 2017

Response to Re: Trends in publication of general surgical research in New Zealand, 1996–2015

Cameron I. Wells,  Jason P. Robertson MBChB, MMedSc,  Gregory O'Grady MBChB, PhD, FRACS,  Ian P. Bissett MBChB, MD, FRACS, 
  • Page: 317
  • First Published: 03 April 2017