Upper gastro-intestinal surgery - oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy, hiatus hernia and gastro-oesophageal reflux, oesophageal carcinoma, duodenal ulceration, complications of gastric surgery; hepato-biliary surgery - investigation and management of the jaundiced patient, ERCP, acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic carcinoma, retained biliary calculi, splenectomy, portal hypertension; colorectal surgery - colonoscopy, diverticular disease of the colon, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, colorectal carcinoma; urology - bladder tumours, prostatic carcinoma, urinary diversion, trauma to the urinary tract, testicular tumours, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, extra-corporeal shock wave lithotripsy; breast cancer - staging, diagnosis and screening, treatment of early and advanced breast cancer; vascular surgery - vascular grafts, arterial injury, transluminal angioplasty; abdominal aortic aneurysm, surgery for cerebral ischaemia and myocardial ischaemia, post-operative deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism; organ transplantation - immunosuppresion, renal, liver, cardiac and pancreatic transplantation; endocrine surgery - phaeochromocytoma (chromaffinoma), Cushing's syndrome, thryotoxicosis, solitary thyroid nodules, thyroid tumours, hyperparathyroidism, carcinoid tumours and the carcinoid syndrome; Zollinger-Ellison syndrome; watery diarrhoea syndrome; orthopaedic surgery - fractures, knee joint injuries, osteoarthritis, arthroplasty, management of major trauma, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, spinal injuries, bone tumours, low back pain; miscellaneous - abdominal trauma, thoracic trauma, prophylaxis of post-operative surgical wound infection, cryosurgery, laser surgery, metabolic response to surgery and trauma, parenteral nutrition, laparoscopy, tumour markers, skin grafts, flaps and free tissue transfers, microsugery, monoclonal antibodies, burns, AIDS.