GMr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS, discusses contents of this issue.

GMr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS, discusses contents of this issue.

Gastrointestinal cancer: to accompany publication of the BJS Special Issue entitled Improving Outcomes in Gastrointestinal Cancer, we have produced a podcast in which Professor Ara Darzi, Professor Des Winter and Dr Christianne Buskens discuss what we hoped to achieve by focussing on one area of cancer..

Two articles are published in the September 2012 issue of BJS on the topic of wound dressings in the prevention of surgical-site infection in surgical wounds and evidence-based decisions for local and systemic wound care. D. T. Ubbink, C. J. Walter and S. Palfreyman discuss the issues.

Colorectal: The April 2012 issue of BJS has a colorectal theme with several papers published on the subject. Professor Des Winter, BJS editor, picks out two of them to discuss in further detail with Mr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS.

Abdominal aortic aneuryms: Two articles on AAAs are discussed by Professor Janet Powell from Imperial College, London. Mr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS, describes the work of the NHS AAA Screening Programme in England..

Mr Mike Silva and Mr Gavin Pettigrew, who are both authors on the papers, discuss the problem of acute shortage of donor organs and the alternative use of organs from donors whose hearts have stopped beating.

Trauma: This podcast was recorded to accompany the publication of the BJS supplement dedicated to trauma.

Bariatrics 2: This podcast discusses the cost implications of bariatric surgery and the main complications that occur after surgery

Varicose veins: this podcast discusses the treatment of varicose veins. Lars Rasmussen is first author of an article published in the August 2011 issue of BJS entitled Randomized clinical trial comparing endovenous laser ablation, radiofrequency ablation, foam sclerotherapy and surgical stripping for great saphenous varicose veins. Marianne de Maeseneer is author of the Leading Article in the same issue entitled The endovenous revolution. The articles can be accessed at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bjs.v98.8/issuetoc