Search

Pilonidal sinus disease in 72 patients was treated by radical excision and primary wound closure and the results compared with those other currently practised techniques. A number of factors have been examined in an attempt to identify a group of patients in whom the risk of delayed healing is high.

A postal survey of current management of breast cancer among surgeons in Great Britain was carried out. The results showed that there is no consensus among surgeons about the treatment of primary breast cancer. Many different types of primary surgery are practised, and patterns of referral for postoperative radiotherapy vary widely. Adjuvant systemic treatment is given often by some surgeons and not at all by others. Few patients are entered into controlled randomised trials.