TRAINING AND TECHNIQUES IN GENERAL SURGERY 1. Virtual reality simulation in surgery for objective assessment, education, and training - Anthony G. Gallagher, Emily Boyle 2. The use of drains in gastrointestinal surgery - James A. Catton, Dileep N. Lobo GENERAL ABDOMINAL SURGERY 3. Laparoscopic management of the acute abdomen - Miguel A. Cuesta, Donald van der Peet, Alexander A.F.A. Veenhof 4. General surgical procedures after liver or kidney transplantation - Gabriel C. Oniscu, John A.C. Buckels GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY 5. Bariatric surgery: rationale, development and current status - Samer Humadi, Richard Welbourn 6. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic cancer - Sangeeta A. Paisey, Andrew R. Bateman 7. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas - Mohammad Abu Hilal, Lashan Peiris, Roberto Salvia 8. Gastrointestinal stromal tumours - Gary K. Atkin, Jeremy I. Livingstone 9. Imaging the small bowel: new techniques and problems in clinical practice - Alistair F. Myers, Tim J.C. Bryant, Nicholas E. Beck 10. Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer: current practice and training - Tahseen Qureshi, Daniel OaEURO (TM)Leary, Amjad Parvaiz 11. TEMS for tumours of the rectum - Rowan J. Collinson, Neil J. McC. Mortensen VASCULAR SURGERY 12. Stroke and cerebrovertebral reconstruction - Sayed Aly, John McHale, Stephen Barker BREAST SURGERY 13. Sentinel node biopsy and axillary surgery in breast surgery - Fiona McCaig, Udi Chetty CURRENT EVIDENCE 14. Randomised clinical trials in surgery 2007 - Marcello Spampinato, Hassan Elberm, Colin D. Johnson