The history of surgery and minimal access surgery, David Rosin; The philosophy of minimal access surgery, Hans Troidl; therapeutic endoscopy in gastroenterology, Paul Salmon; radiology; minimal access general surgery, Sarah Cheslyn-Curtis; orthopaedic surgery, David Hunt; coloproctology, Mike Hersham; minimally invasive procedures in gynaecology, Stephen Grochmal; vascular surgery, Frank Cross; minimally invasive surgery of the urinary tract, J.A. Vale et al; minimal access techniques in thoracic surgery, David Rosin; minimally invasive techniques in otolaryngology, John Waldron.