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BROWSE’S INTRODUCTION TO
The Investigation
and Management of
Surgical Disease
Norman L. Browse KTMDFRCSFRCP
Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, University of London, UK
Honorary Consulting Surgeon, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
Past-President, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
John Black MDFRCS
Consultant Surgeon, Worcester Royal Hospital, UK
President, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
Kevin G. Burnand MSFRCSMBBS
Professor of Vascular Surgery, Emeritus, and Former Chairman
of the Academic Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia in the
Cardiovascular Division of King’s College at the St Thomas’ Campus,
London, UK
Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Guy’s and St Thomas’
NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Steven A. Corbett BScPhDFRCSFRCS (Tr&Orth)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Guy’s and St Thomas’
NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
William E. G. Thomas MSFRCS
Consultant Surgeon, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery, University of Sheffield, UK
Vice President and Member of Council, Royal College of
Surgeons of England, London, UK
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Contents
Contributors ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1. Principles and methods of investigation 1
2. Principles and methods of management 21
3. Bacterial and viral infections 43
4. General and facial appearances 55
5. The skin and subcutaneous tissues 77
6. Major trauma 113
7. Fractures, joint injuries and diseases of bones 145
8. The bones, joints and soft tissues of the upper limb 171
9. The bones, joints and soft tissues of the lower limb 191
10. The spine 211
11. The arteries, veins and lymphatics 233
12. The mouth, tongue and lips 267
13. The neck and the salivary glands 277
14. The thoracic cage, lungs and heart 295
15. The breast 339
16. The abdominal wall and groin 357
17. Abdominal pain 371
18. Abdominal symptoms, masses, the spleen and obesity surgery 421
19. The colon, rectum and anus 471
20. The urinary tract 495
21. The external genitalia 517
Appendix 535
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Contributors
Diane L. Back MBBS BSc Hons FRCS Ed Orth, Pari-Naz Mohanna MBBS BSc MD FRCS(plast),
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon,
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London
Sabapathy P. Balsubramanian MBBS MS OMI Chris Munsch ChM FRCS (C/Th), Consultant
FRCSEd, Consultant Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Cardiac Surgeon, Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds
University and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust, Sheffield Hari L. Ratan BMedSci BMBS DM FRCS(Urol),
Consultant Urological Surgeon, Department of
Timothy J.P. Batchelor BSc MSc FRCS(CTh), Urology, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, University Hospitals
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol David Ross MD FRCS (Plast), Consultant Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgeon, Guy’s & St Thomas’
Christopher P. Chilton FRCS, Consultant Hospital, London
Urological Surgeon, Department of Urology, Derby
City General Hospital, Derby Benedict T. Sherwood BMedSci BMBS DM
FRCS(Urol), Specialist Registrar in Urology,
Jeremy Collyer FRCS (omfs) FDS, Consultant Oral & Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham
Maxillofacial Surgeon, Department of Maxillofacial
Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead Sam Singh MA MRCS MSc FRCS (Orth),
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Guy’s and St
Thomas Ember MBBS MRCS FRCS (Tr and Orth), Thomas’ NHS Foundation trust, London
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of
Orthopaedics, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, Matthew Waltham MB BChir MA PhD FRCS,
London Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Vascular
Surgeon, King’s College London/Guy’s and St
Ruth McKee BSc MBChB FRCS MD, Consultant Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London
Colorectal Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow
Bijan Modarai PhD FRCS, Clinical Lecturer in Vas-
cular Surgery, King’s College London; and Academic
Department of Surgery, St Thomas’ Hospital, London
