Editorial: The HIV pandemic and surgery

I. J. P Loefler 

393

HIV infection in general surgical patients at the Ga-Rankuwa/Medunsa Complex, South Africa

M. Bondo, M. C.M. Modiba and P. Becker 

395

Oral manifestation of HIV/AIDS in a Kenyan provincial hospital

F. M. A. Butt, M. L. Chindia, V. P. Vaghela and K, Mandalia 

398

Malignant lymphoma in western Ethiopia

A. Getachev 

402

Tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy in Sudanese patients

K. Shamboul and Y. M. Yousif 

405

Role of fine needle aspiration biopsy in the management of thyroid nodules

G. E. A. Khairy and K. R. Murshid 

408

Survival of Fuji IX ART fillings in permanent teeth of primary school children in Tanzania

E. N.Kikwilu, G. J. Mandari and E. Honkala 

411

Female sterilization through mini-laparotomy at Gondar College of Medical Sciences

K. G. Kidan, B.Azezze and S. Ismail 

414

Birthweight distribution at Korle-BU Teaching Hospital, Ghana

C.A Klufio, A.T. Lassey, B.D. Annan and J.B. Wilson 

418

Fractures of the lateral condyle of the humerus in children

M. Jenyo and T. Mirdad 

424

Epidemiology of poliomyelitis in northwestern Ethiopia

T. Tessema and A. Hailu 

430

Prevalence of acute and persistent diarrhoea in north Gondor Zone, Ethiopia

G. Mitike 

433

Erythrocyte membrane protein alteration in diabetics

E. O. Adewoye, K. S. Akinlade and O. O Olorunsogo 

438

Experience with road traffic accident victims at the Nairobi Hospital 

H. S. Saidi and P. Kahoro 

441

Vertebral bone collapse in sickle cell disease: Report of two cases

J. I. Emodi and I. J. Okoye 

445

Tropical idiopathic lower limb gangrene: case report 

A. A. Musa 

447