1. The cost of cancelling surgery

   • David R. Bevan

   Editorial Pages: 1033 - 1035

2. A “zero tolerance for overtime” increases surgical per case costs

   • Michael J. Tessler
   • Simcha J. Kleiman
   • Michael M. Huberman

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 1036 - 1041

3. Continuous spinal anaesthesia using a standard epidural set for extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy

   • Ze’ev Shenkman
   • Leonid A. Eidelman
   • Shamay Cotev

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 1042 - 1046

4. Enhanced pain management for post-gastrectomy patients with combined epidural morphine and fentanyl

   • Makoto Tanaka
   • Seiji Watanabe
   • Shinji Takahashi

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 1047 - 1052

5. Trial of three methods of intraoperative bupivacaine analgesia for pain after paediatric groin surgery

   • Trevor I. Anatol
   • Phyllis Pitt-Miller
   • Yvette Holder

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 1053 - 1059

6. Treatment of intrathecal morphine-induced pruritus following Caesarean section

   • Jamal A. Alhashemi
   • Edward T. Crosby
   • Cathy Gallant

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 1060 - 1070

7. Interactions between nicardipine and enflurane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane

   • Tomoki Nishiyama
   • Takashi Matsukawa
   • Charles M. Conway

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 1071 - 1076

8. Comparison of cerebral oximeter and evoked potential monitoring in carotid endarterectomy

   • Catherine M. Duffy
   • Pirjo H. Manninen
   • Christopher F. Kearns

   Reports of Investigation Pages: 1077 - 1081

9. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Cardiovascular responses to tracheal extubation or LMA removal in normotensive and hypertensive patients

   • Yoshitaka Fujii
   • Hidenori Toyooka
   • Hiroyoshi Tanaka

   Reports of Investigation 31 December 2008 Pages: 1082 - 1086

10. Same day drainage and removal of a giant ovarian cyst

    • Tomoki Nishiyama
    • Kazuo Hanaoka

    Clinical Reports Pages: 1087 - 1090

11. Anaesthetic management of a patient with Leigh’s syndrome

    • Ze’ev Shenkman
    • Igor Krichevski
    • Avishag Kadari

    Clinical Reports Pages: 1091 - 1095

12. Cerebral protection using retrograde cerebral perfusion during hypothermic circulatory arrest

    • Ze’ev Shenkman
    • Amir Elami
    • Yoram Shir

    Preliminary Report Pages: 1096 - 1101

13. Venous gas embolism — a comparison of carbon dioxide and helium in pigs

    • Blair Rudston-Brown
    • Paul N. Draper
    • P. Terry Phang

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 1102 - 1107

14. Isoflurane inhibits endothelium-mediated nitric oxide relaxing pathways in the isolated perfused rabbit lung

    • Yoshiaki Oshima
    • Yuichi Ishibe
    • Toru Sato

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 1108 - 1114

15. Midazolam reverses histamine-induced bronchoconstriction in dogs

    • Kazuyoshi Hirota
    • Noriaki Ohtomo
    • Akitomo Matsuki

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 1115 - 1119

16. Factors influencing MAC reduction after cardiopulmonary bypass in dogs

    • Michael W. Neumeister
    • Gefeng Li
    • Richard I. Hall

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 1120 - 1126

17. Postoperative rocuronium reparalysis

    • Lewis A. Coveler
    • Bernard P. Gallacher

    Correspondence Pages: 1127 - 1127

18. Reply

    • George A. Arndt

    Correspondence Pages: 1127 - 1127

19. Masquerading neuropathies

    • Frederick W. Burgess

    Correspondence Pages: 1127 - 1128

20. Reply

    • Larry Kahn

    Correspondence Pages: 1128 - 1129

21. Detecting endobronchial intubation during breast surgery

    • John Oyston

    Correspondence Pages: 1129 - 1129

22. Enlarged parathyroid gland — airway problem

    • Soma Kaushik

    Correspondence Pages: 1130 - 1130

23. Abbreviated laparotomy and planned re-operation

    • T. Ezri
    • P. Szmuk
    • J. Katz

    Correspondence Pages: 1130 - 1131

24. Book Reviews

    • C. J. Eagle
    • Russell J. Brown
    • Kelly Mayson

    BookReview Pages: 1132 - 1134

25. Classified advertising and meetings

    Announcement Pages: xxxiii - xxxiv