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Clinical Surgery

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1. Why is surgical treatment advised in the treatment of varicocoele?






2. What questions should one ask to someone with dysphagia?






3. What are the causes of acquired umbilical herniae in adults?






4. What surgical treatments are available for ptosis?






5. What are the treatment options available for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the skin?


6. What are the risk factors for arterial disease






7. How would you treat a pyogenic granuloma?






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






9. What are the specific complications of parotidectomy?






10. What investigations are appropriate for deep venous disease?






11. What are the functions of the spleen?






12. What is hidradenitis suppurativa?






13. What is Frey's syndrome?






14. What is the treatment of medullary carcinoma?






15. How would you investigate a patient with hepatomegaly?






16. What are the indications for forming a stoma?






17. What are the two main types of aetiologies in the differential diagnosis of a unilateral swelling of the parotid gland?






18. What are the indications of mastectomy?






19. What are the four commonest types of malignant melanoma?






20. What is the main statistic with regards to salivary gland tumours?






21. What are the extratemporal causes of facial nerve palsy?






22. Describe the vascular supply of the transplanted kidney?


23. What are the secretomotor branches of the facial nerve?






24. What associations of coarctation are you aware of?






25. What is the surgical treatment of venous ulcers?






26. How would you determine clinically the degree of shunt by a large fistula?






27. What is an epigastric hernia?






28. What are the indications for preoperative Duplex ultrasound scanning






29. What does four-layer compression bandaging comprise of?






30. What is a ganglion?






31. What is the differential diagnosis of swollen legs?






32. What are the signs in the mouth of Lichen Planus?






33. What is the origin of lymphangiomas?






34. What are the causes of postoperative jaundice?






35. How are epididymal cysts caused?






36. What is a dermatofibroma?






37. What are the causes of gynaecomastia?






38. What clinical features would make you suspect that a parotid swelling is malignant in nature?






39. What are the features of ulcers in patients with squamous cell carcinoma?






40. What does a keloid scar look like?






41. What is portal hypertension?






42. What are the two types of ptosis?






43. What is Sjogren's syndrome?






44. How would you treat pyoderma gangrenosum?






45. Which investigations would you use in a patient whom you thought might be suffering from a dysmotility problem?






46. What investigations would you perform to help you in your diagnosis?






47. What is the differential diagnosis of hyperhidrosis?






48. What are the three objectives to be taken note of in the inspection part of the arterial examination?






49. What is the pathogenesis of thromboangiitis obliterans?






50. What are the causes of facial nerve palsy?