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Clinical Surgery

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1. What would you tell to a lady with varicose veins about the proposed surgery?






2. What types of wounds are prone to hypertrophic and keloid scar formation?






3. What is the shorter version of the surgical sieve?






4. What is the embryological origin of a thyroglossal cyst?






5. What are the features of Campbell de Morgan spots?






6. What are the main features of splenomegaly in the clinical examination?






7. What is the differential diagnosis of hyperhidrosis?






8. What is a papilloma?






9. What specific investigations would you perform in thrombangiitis obliterans?


10. What are the causes of bilateral ptosis?






11. What is a lipoma?






12. How would you investigate a patient with a breast lump?






13. What are the variants of lipoma?






14. What are the complications of incisional hernia?






15. What is the classification used in the definition of severe exarcerbation of inflammatory bowel disease?






16. What about umbilical herniae in children?






17. What are the causes of a solitary thyroid nodule?






18. How would you treat hidradenitis suppurativa?






19. What are the anatomical levels that leg amputations are usually found at?






20. When are spider naevi considered to be pathological?






21. What is the pathogenesis of an acquired dermoid cyst?






22. If the patient has noticed pale stools and dark urine - what other questions would you ask?






23. What is the aim of cardiopulmonary bypass?






24. What is a carbuncle?






25. What are the indications for forming a stoma?






26. How do you treat this condition?






27. What are the specific and late complications of thyroidectomy?






28. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?


29. What is the non-surgical treatment of a patient with an epigastric hernia?






30. What are patients with Sjogren's syndrome at risk of?


31. Why is total thyroidectomy preferred in the surgical treatment of Graves' disease?






32. How do you treat these scars?






33. What are the specific complications of a Cimino-Brescia fistula?






34. What will the Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology show you in the investigation of Cervical Lymphadenopathy?






35. How would you treat a branchial cyst?


36. What is the differential diagnosis of a malignant melanoma?






37. What are possible useful investigations in gynaecomastia?






38. Obstructive Jaundice - With regards to radiological investigations






39. What do patients with rest pain typically get more severe pain at night?






40. How do you classify skin flaps?






41. What are the non-surgical options for Raynauds






42. What would you warn the patient of in consenting them for an endarterectomy?






43. What are the predisposing factors for Raynaud's phenomenon?






44. What do you know about the pathophysiology of pressure necrosis?






45. What are the questions that should be asked when taking a history for a lump or ulcer?






46. How do testicular tumours usually present?






47. What is the operative mortality of AAA repair?






48. What is the surgical treatment of a multinodular goitre?






49. What other conditions cause odynophagia?






50. What are the vital points to be taken into consideration when examining the neck?