Editor's Choice - Nationwide Analysis of Patients Undergoing Iliac Artery Aneurysm Repair in the Netherlands.

Objective: The new 2019 guideline of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) recommends consideration for elective iliac artery aneurysm (eIAA) repair when the iliac diameter exceeds 3.5 cm, as opposed to 3.0 cm previously.

Extranodal extension of axillary metastasis of invasive breast carcinoma as a possible predictor for the total number of positive lymph nodes.

Introduction: By the implementation of the sentinel node procedure in the treatment of breast carcinoma routine axillary lymph node, dissection can be abandoned in patients with a tumour-negative sentinel node. When the sentinel node is positive there are two options; an axillary dissection or radiotherapy of the axilla. In the latter case one is not informed about the total number of positive lymph nodes which can be of importance for the choice of adjuvant chemotherapy.

Isosorbide dinitrate in the treatment of anal fissure: a randomised, prospective, double blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of isosorbide dinitrate in healing anal fissures.

Design: Randomised, prospective, double blind, placebo controlled trial.

Setting: Teaching hospital, The Netherlands.

Arterial reconstruction for subclavian obstructive disease: a comparison of extrathoracic procedures.

Objectives: Comparison of the immediate and long-term results of three different extrathoracic arterial reconstruction procedures for subclavian obstructive disease.

Design: Retrospective analysis of 51 extrathoracic subclavian artery reconstructions in 49 patients performed in a single centre over an 18-year period (mean follow-up 64 months, range 3-192).

Methods: Carotid-subclavian bypass (CSB, n = 21), subclavian-carotid transposition (SCT, n = 21) and subclavian-subclavian or axillo-axillary cross-over bypass (COB, n = 9) was performed.