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The author discusses various articles 25, 50 and 75 years ago. They include "Achalasia of the esophagus: Results of treatment," by C. O. H. Russell and colleagues, "Circulatory refilling after surgery: I-Effects of replacement with whole blood, electrolyte or protein solution," by V. Marshall, and "Pulp traction: The stilette method" by B. T. Keon-Cohen.

The article presents abstracts related to surgery including "Radiation oncology in Australia: the horns of the dilemma," by A. Langlands, "In situ saphenous vein bypass: technical aspects and results," by B. Bourke, and "Trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy in carcinoma of the breast," by G. Gray.

The article presents abstracts on surgery topics which includes the electrohydraulic lithotripsy for biliary stones, carcinoid tumors diagnosed in Auckland, New Zealand during 1976-1987, and the restuls of lower limb amputation for atherosclerosis obliterans.

This section recalls articles published in 1993, 1968, and 1943 issues of "ANZ Journal of Surgery." Topics of the articles include the case against open neck biopsy, the use of reno-portal anastomosis in the treatment of portal hypertension, and filtration efficiency of surgical masks as a method of evaluation.

The article offers the author's insights on various studies related to surgery that were published in 1938, 1963 and 1988 issues of "ANZ Journal of Surgery." The author discusses the study "The use of a diathermy loop in the excision of pilonidal sinuses," by Eisdell Moore in the 1938 issue. He cites the tracheostomy conducted among the patients admitted to Prince Henry Hospital in the study "Tracheostomy: technique and management," by J. B. Johnson and V. M. Hercus in the 1963 issue.

The article looks into the best possible solution to control retroperitoneal bleeding. The author cites several studies who have explored this medical condition. Akpinar and his colleagues' report, which was published within the issue, reported endovascular embolization of 16 patients suffering from the condition. The traditional treatment of the condition has been open surgical repair.

The author reflects on the SurgWiki, a web-based surgical educational resource for free that was launched at the 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. He states that the surgical website is based on the textbook "The Textbook of Surgery," edited by Joe Tjandara, Andrew Kaye, Julian Smith, and Gordon Clunie. He also mentions that SurgWiki carries the principles of Wikipedia with focus on specialty and general surgery.