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Abstract Abdominal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of colonic cancer G. Harinath, M. R. Jones, Department of Radiology, Llandough Hospital and Community NHS Trust, Penarth CF64 2XX, UK Authors' reply : A. G. Heriot, D. Kumar, A. E. A. Joseph, Department of Colorectal Surgery, 3rd Floor, St James's Wing, St George's Hospital, London SW17 0QT, UK Multidisciplinary approach to biliary complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy O. M. P. Jolobe, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Tameside General Hospital, Ashton under Lyne OL6 9RW, UK Author's reply : B. R. Davidson, University Department of Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG, UK Prospective randomized controlled trial to compare skin staples and polypropylene for securing the mesh in inguinal hernia repair C. RoshanLall, G. H. Hutchinson, Department of Surgery, Halton General Hospital, Runcorn WA7 2DA, UK Randomized placebo‐controlled trial of local anaesthetic infusion in day‐case inguinal hernia repair M. E. Bailey, I. C. Jourdan, Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XX, UK Functional results following the antegrade continence enema procedure M. D. Stringer, A. Pinfield, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Clarendon Wing, Leeds LS2 9NS, UK Temporary decompression after colorectal surgery: randomized comparison of loop ileostomy and loop colostomy J. Torkington, N. Khetan, M. H. Jamison, Department of Surgery, Gwynedd Hospitals NHS Trust, Bangor LL57 2PW, UK Authors' reply : A. W. Gooszen, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Utrecht, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands © 1998 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd