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,General Surgery
Lecture Notes
Harold Ellis
CBE DM MCh FRCS
Emeritus Professor of Surgery,
Guy’s Hospital, London
Sir Roy Calne
MS FRCS FRS
Emeritus Professor of Surgery,
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Christopher Watson
MD BChir FRCS
Professor of Transplantation and Honorary Consultant,
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
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Lecture notes. General surgery / Harold Ellis, Sir Roy Calne, Christopher Watson. – Thirteenth edition.
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General surgery
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