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Clinical Surgery

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1. What is venous gangrene?






2. What is the non-surgical treatment of varicocoele?






3. What are the surgical options available for deep venous occlusion/reflux

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4. What investigations should one do in the management of a multinodular goitre?






5. What are the features of ulcers in syphillis?

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






7. What are the causes of bilateral ptosis?






8. What are single lumps in the breast more likely to be ?






9. What is a hydrocoele?






10. Why are 98% of varicocoeles left-side?






11. What is hidradenitis suppurativa?






12. How do you classify the severity of thyroid eye disease?






13. What complication can neurofibromata give rise to?






14. What is Frey's syndrome?






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

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16. How would you treat solar keratoses?






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






18. What is the aetiology of varicocoeles?

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19. What are the signs in the mouth of Addison's disease?






20. What are the characteristics that suggest malignancy in skin lesions?






21. What are the specific and early complications of thyroidectomy?






22. What are the features of adult polycystic kidney disease?






23. What does surgical excision involved in the surgical treatment of a pharyngeal pouch?






24. Which condition predispose towards the development of oesophageal carcinoma?

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25. How are the causes of jaundice classified?






26. What are the branches of the facial nerve?






27. What are the other options other than open AAA repair?






28. What are the seven signs in the hands that one should look for when assessing the thyroid status?






29. What are the 'transudate' causes of a pleural effusion?






30. What surgical treatments are available for ptosis?






31. It is know that the pulses are preserved in the diabetic - why is this?






32. What is primary lymphoedema?






33. What are the specific and immediate complications of thyroidectomy?






34. What are the cardiac causes of digital clubbing?






35. What are the 3 objectives that one should look out for in the palpation of varicose veins?






36. How is anaplastic carcinoma treated?






37. From which cells does Medullary carcinoma arise from?






38. Why do these neuropathic ulcers form?






39. Which is the most widely accepted repair for umbilical herniae?

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40. What investigations may help confirm the diagnosis of thoracic outlet obstruction?






41. What are the pathological features of thyroglossal cyst?






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






43. What is an incisional hernia?






44. What are the elements of the reconstruction ladder?






45. How would you investigate a patient with hepatomegaly?






46. What are the intratemporal causes of facial nerve palsy?

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47. Raynaud's phenomenon






48. What are the indications for surgery in goitre?






49. What are the specific complications of parotidectomy?






50. What are the indications for surgery in Crohn's disease?