1. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of a Developing Nation

   • Solomon Victor

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 1

2. In search of a foothold.… the travails of a new journal

   • Amit Banerjee

   Reflections Pages: 2 - 4

3. Personal reflections on certain benign oesophageal and diaphragmatic lesions

   • Roshan Lall Gupta

   Oration Pages: 5 - 12

4. Doppler ultrasound–A noninvasive technique for the evaluation of chronic lower extremity arterial insufficiency

   • Rajendra Patil
   • Milon Karmakar
   • AP Chaukar

   Original Communications Pages: 13 - 18

5. Anaesthetic management of cardiac tamponade after open heart surgery

   • K Muralidhar
   • A Rout
   • K Mohandas

   Original Communications Pages: 19 - 22

6. Profile of thoracic trauma–An analysis of 350 cases

   • Mohammed Hanif Beg
   • Zia Siddiqui
   • A Shakeer

   Original Communications Pages: 23 - 27

7. Ventilatory support following open heart surgery

   • TS Jayalakshmi
   • VA Punnose
   • N Gopinath

   Original Communications Pages: 28 - 31

8. Constrictive pericarditis: Clinical profile and management

   • Amit Banerjee
   • P S Narayanan
   • M Khalilullah

   Original Communications Pages: 32 - 38

9. Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis–A review of 34 cases

   • R S Rajan
   • K K Maudar
   • H C Puri

   Original Communications Pages: 39 - 43

10. Traumatic diaphragmatic hernias

    • P C Dubey
    • Ramakant
    • K N Sinha

    Original Communications Pages: 44 - 47

11. Aneurysm of the membranous interventricular septum

    • S K Chadha
    • M Durairaj
    • G Kurian

    Original Communications Pages: 48 - 51

12. The hastings file: A search for solutions (Frank and the Artificial Heart Programme)

    • John C Norman

    Milestones in Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery Pages: 52 - 67

13. A simple and safe technique for the proper placement of intercostal drainage tubes

    • Milon Karmakar
    • Rajendra B Patil
    • Arvind P Chaukar

    Innovations in Surgical Technique Pages: 68 - 69

14. Use of urine drainage bags with unidirectional valve for intercostal drainage

    • Ajay Kaul
    • Kishor Mukherjee
    • A P Chaukar

    Innovations in Surgical Technique Pages: 70 - 70

15. Chest drainage bottle with metal tubes

    • Solomon Victor
    • M Kabeer

    Devices, Instruments & Appliances Pages: 71 - 72

16. A modified self-retaining retractor for epimyocardial pacemaker implantation

    • Amit Banerjee
    • KSVK Subba Rao
    • J Balachander

    Devices, Instruments & Appliances Pages: 73 - 74

17. Semidisposable venous and arterial cannulae

    • Solomon Victor
    • M Kabeer

    Devices, Instruments & Appliances Pages: 75 - 76

18. A modified ventriculotomy dilator-cum-probe for transventricular mitral commissurotomy

    • Solomon Victor

    Devices, Instruments & Appliances Pages: 77 - 78

19. Benign oesophagobronchial fistulae

    • Sudhakar Williams
    • S Muralidharan
    • PS Jairaj

    Case Reports Pages: 79 - 81

20. An unusual blast injury involving vertebral artery, phrenic nerve and cervical sympathetic chain

    • KSVK Subba Rao
    • V Santosh
    • V Gajendran

    Case Reports Pages: 82 - 84

21. Pacemaker Implantation in a toddler: A case report

    • A Durga Prasada Rao
    • S Rajah
    • MR Girinath

    Case Reports Pages: 85 - 86

22. Chemical pleurodesis in the management of iatrogenic chylothorax

    • Amit Banerjee
    • SK Khanna

    Case Reports Pages: 87 - 88

23. Congenital lobar emphysema

    • R S Rajan
    • OP Yadava

    Case Reports Pages: 89 - 91

24. Oesophageal leiomyoma in a child

    • Amit Banerjee
    • Usha Kiran
    • P S Narayanan

    Clinico-Pathological Conference-4 Pages: 92 - 94

25. Ajit Kumar Basu (1912–1986)

    • S. M. Sengupta

    Obituary Pages: 95 - 96