Surgery Annual 1995

Overview of surgery; rural trauma - systems in evolution; controversies in nutritional support of the surgical patient; alternative modalities of ventilation in acute respiratory failure; nonoperative management of blunt hepatic injuries - current concepts; the roles of cavitary endoscopy in trauma; expanded use of inferior vena cava filters in the trauma population; pelvic fractures haemorrhage; current strategies in diagnosis and management; retovaginal fistula; gastro-oesophageal reflux in children; the management of pancreatic bed infection - percutaneous catheter drainage versus open operative debridement and drainage; advanced biocompatible materials in surgery; carotid endarterectomy; three-dimensional manometric imaging of the lower oesophageal sphincter; the appendix in reconstructive urology.