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Outcome of primary radiocephalic fistula for haemodialysis D. Sharma, R. K. Praseedom, University Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK Authors' reply : J. Golledge, H. H. Thompson, Department of Surgery, The Lister Hospital, Stevenage SG1 4AB, UK Minimizing recurrence after sigmoid volvulus I. R. Daniels, J. N. L. Simson, Department of Surgery, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester PO19 4SE, UK Author's reply : K.‐W. Eu, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608 Respiratory complications after thyroidectomy and the need for tracheostomy in patients with a large goitre Letter 1 : M. Lansdown, Department of Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK Letter 2 : F. F. Palazzo, J. G. Allen, R. A. Greatorex, Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4ET, UK Authors' reply : A. A. Abdel Rahim, M. E. Ahmed, M. A. Hassan, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan Hospital stay of 2 days after open sigmoidectomy with a multimodal rehabilitation programme P. J. A. Willemsen, B. M. G. Appeltans, Department of Surgery, Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen, PO Box 30.0001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands Authors' reply : H. Kehlet, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology 235, Hvidovre University Hospital, DK–2650 Hvidovre, Denmark Oesophageal dysmotility is not associated with poor outcome after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication D. K. Manifold, A. Anggiansah, R. E. K. Marshall, W. J. Owen, Department of Surgery, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas St, London SE1 9RT, UK Authors' reply : I. J. Beckingham, Section of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Floor E, West Block, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK Intermediate‐term results of endoscopic transaxillary T2 sympathectomy for primary palmar hyperhidrosis M. Hashmonai, D. Kopelman, A. Assalia, Department of Surgery B, Rambam Medical Centre and Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Authors' reply : T. S. M. Chiou, Department of Neurosurgery, Chung Shan Medical and Dental College Hospital 23, Section 1, Taichung Kang Road, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China Prospective randomized double–blind trial between laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication and anterior partial fundoplication I. Jourdan, M. Bailey, Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 5XX, UK Authors' reply : D. I. Watson, G. G. Jamieson, P. G. Devitt, Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia