Historical comment, H.H.G. Eastcott; vascular audit, Stephen M. Jones; managment of the acutely ischaemic limb, A.E.B. Giddings, M.S. Quraishy; investigation of chronic occlusive disease, Jonathan D. Beard; conservative management of chronic occlusive arterial disease, Gordon D.O. Lowe; aortoiliac occlusion, Anthony B.D. Chant; femorodistal grafts, W. Bruce Campbell; graft occlusion, N.J.W. Cheshire, J.H.N. Wolfe; sepsis, John Chamberlain; amputations, Kenneth G. Callum; aneurysms, Jack Collin; use of blood and blood products in vascular surgery, John F. Thompson; anaesthesia and postoperative care, C.S. Waldmann, C. Verghese; complications of major vascular operations, R.J. Corson, A.T. Edwards, C.N. McCollom; percutaneous techniques, Michael R. Rees; the investigation and management of Raynaud's phenomenon, Jill J.F. Belch; the foot in diabetes mellitus, Shukri K. Shami, John H. Scurr; vascular trauma, Aries A.B. Barros D'Sa; carotid artery disease, Peter R.F. Bell; venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, C. Vaughan Ruckley; management of the swollen limb, Kevin G. Burnard; varicose veins, Simon G. Darke; ischaemia of the upper limb, John H.H. Webster; renal artery disease, Ali Bakran, Peter L. Harris; risk management in vascular surgery, Nigel Keddie; the management of arteriovenous malformations, Averil O. Mansfield; overview of data relevant to decision-making in vascular surgery, J.A. Michaels, Robert B. Galland.