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100 CASES in Surgery
James A Gossage
MBBS BSc MRCS
Specialist Registrar in General Surgery
Bijan Modarai
MBBS BSc PhD MRCS
Specialist Registrar in General Surgery
Arun Sahai
MBBS BSc MRCS
Specialist Registrar in Urology
Richard Worth
MBBS BSc MRCS
Orthopaedic Research Fellow
Volume Editor:
Kevin G Burnand
MS FRCS
Professor of Vascular Surgery, Academic Department of Surgery, King’s College London
School of Medicine at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK
100 Cases Series Editor:
P John Rees MD FRCP
Dean of Medical Undergraduate Education, King’s College London School of Medicine at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK
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