to assess presentation diagnosis and morbidity. 63 goitres and 3 thyroglossal cysts were admitted under the author. The mean age at presentation was 43 years and 80% were female. 71% of the patients had a symptomless, solitary swelling, 16% a diffuse goitre and 13% thyrotoxicosis. The ultra-sound scan has been the most useful diagnostic tool. Fine needle aspiration cytology was used on all soli...

South West Surgical Club were the guests of Professor Michael Brady and the Department of Surgery at Cork Regional Hospital, Wilton, Cork on 1st-2nd May 1981. The following are abstracts of papers read to the meeting. THE FROME EXPERIMENT VALUE OF SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER

Clinical material: Since February 1985 (4.2 years) 75 implants have been inserted. 62 Mark I ligaments and since January 1989, 13 Mark II ligaments. This paper discusses the experience with the 62 Mark I ligaments. 56 male, 61 ACL?in all but one, giving way, either at sport or at leisure was the predominant presenting symptom. Correlation between the laxity signs and instability symptoms were n...

Despite recent advances in orthopaedic research, treatment of certain types of long bone fracture still represents a significant clinical problem. The current trend in treatment technique has been toward a less rigid fixation in an attempt to promote callus and encourage early union, using semi-rigid plates or external skeletal fixation frames with variable rigidity. It has been well documented...

s of South West Vascular Surgeons Meeting held at St. Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, 14 February 1992 PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM CAUSING CLAUDICATION. W. G. Prout. Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a heritable disorder of elastic fibre leading to characteristic skin changes, angioid occular streaking and cardio-vascular problems. A 34 year old man presenting with int...

Professor David Berry, Dean of the Medical School, introduced Professor Raoul Tubiana of Faculte de Medicine, Cochin-Port Royal, Paris. Professor Berry, in his introduction, said that he had met Mr. Pridie many years ago when he had helped provide an implant for a hip joint. He also outlined many of the attributes of Mr. Pridie who above all was an original thinker and an innovator. He then int...

A Comparison of Silastic Prostheses (Yeoman design) with Excision Arthroplasty in the Metacarpophalangeal Joints of the Hand Mr. I. M. Pinder (Bath) described a new operative technique for the insertion of a silastic prosthesis. A direct comparison was made of metacarpo-phalangeal replacement in rheumatoid arthritis with excision arthroplasty. Thirty-two replacement arthroplasties had been carr...