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Clinical Surgery

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






2. What would you tell patients about their recovery from inguinal hernia repair?






3. What are the main features of neuropathic ulcers?






4. What are the other types of arteriovenous fistula?






5. How are epididymal cysts caused?






6. What are the complications with regards to the surgical treatment of a ganglion?






7. What are the acquired predisposing factors for basal cell carcinomas?






8. How does follicular carcinoma spread?






9. What is the signifcance of an arterial bruit or venous hum over the liver?






10. How would you treat a branchial cyst?

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11. What are the functions of the spleen?






12. What are the causes of a mass in the right iliac fossa?






13. What is venous gangrene?






14. Radiological investigations for hepatomegaly






15. What needs to be taken into consideration when marking the stoma site?






16. With which conditions would an ascitic transudate be expected?






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






18. What investigations would be helpful in confirming the diagnosis of coarctation of aorta?

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19. What is the pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathy?






20. What is the surgical treatment of benign parotid tumours?






21. How do carcinomas of the oesophagus present?






22. Obstructive Jaundice - With regards to radiological investigations






23. Conservative way to treat varicose veins?






24. How can the extent of the obstruction be determined?






25. What are the 'exudate' causes of a pleural effusion?

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26. What are the features of ulcers in patients with arteriovenous fistulae?






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






28. What will you observe on angiography of a chemodectoma?






29. What are the causes of superior vena cava obstruction?






30. Large hernia






31. How would you demonstrate to an examiner that a mass in the right upper quadrant is indeed an enlarged liver(hepatomegaly)?






32. What are the constituents of the surgical sieve?






33. How is Sjogren's clinically diagnosed?






34. What are port-wine stains?






35. What is hidradenitis suppurativa?






36. What do you know about the pathology of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the skin?






37. What are the indications for surgery in goitre?






38. What is a fistula?






39. What do you know about the pathophysiology of varicose veins?






40. What is the differential diagnosis of a ganglion?






41. What are the signs in the mouth of acanthosis nigricans?






42. What is jaundice?






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






44. What are the causes of venous ulcers?






45. What tissues do skin graft not take on?






46. What are the motor branches of the facial nerve?






47. What are the taste branches of the facial nerve?






48. Which normal tissues are particularly affected by radiotherapy?






49. What is the differential diagnosis of a testicular tumour?






50. What investigations would you do when investigating parotid tumours?