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Published Letters

• Van der Spuy JW, Aitken RJ. Pneumothorax of late onset. Injury 1981;12:514-515.
• Gilinsky NH, Immelman EJ, Aitken RJ, Payne M. Massive dilatation of the pancreatic duct associated with large faceted calculi - complicated by sepsis following retrograde pancreatography. Gastrointest Endosc 1987;33:54-55.
• Aitken RJ . Overwhelming postoperative sepsis. Br J Surg 1987;74:760.
• Aitken RJ . Assessment of bilary tract pathology in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis. Gut 1987;28:1320.
• Aitken RJ . Late presentation of diaphragmatic hernia. BMJ 1988;297:1128-29.
• Aitken RJ. Medical defence subscriptions. BMJ 1989;298:114.
• Aitken RJ. Definition of local recurrence for rectal cancer. Br J Surg 1995;82:1285
• Aitken RJ. The public health problem of colon cancer. Independent, 9 Sept 1995.
• Aitken RJ. Audit requires long-term view. Hospital Doctor, 25 April 1996.
• Aitken RJ. Rectal cancer. The lessons of history and a prospective randomised trial. Br J Surg 1997;84:1748-1749.
• Aitken RJ and Gabbitas P. Figures given for bed complement in Edinburgh were wrong. Br Med J 1997;315: 426.
• Aitken RJ. The real cause of NHS waiting lists. Times, 25 Feb 1998.
• Aitken RJ Training in large bowel surgery. Trainee’s lack of operative experience is of even greater concern. BMJ 1999;319:317.
• Aitken RJ. Colorectal cancer: is the surgeon a prognostic factor? Med J Aust 2000;172:91.
• Aitken RJ. Whole time consultants. The West Australian. January 2002
• Aitken RJ. SCARS data inadequate to support conclusion. ANZ Journal of Sur gery 2002; 72:875.
• Aitken RJ. A half-day each month for quality and safety activities Med J Aust 2005;183:545-546