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Clinical Surgery

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1. What symptoms - a patient with an epigastric hernia might have complained of at presentation?






2. In the tourniquet test - What do collapsed veins below the tourniquet indicate?






3. What are the features of a multinodular goitre?

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4. What is the differential diagnosis of swollen legs?






5. What are the different varieties of Kaposi's sarcoma?

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6. Raynaud's phenomenon






7. How do paraumbilical herniae occur?






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






9. What are the venous symptoms in thoracic outlet obstruction more commonly due to?






10. What are the sensory branches of the facial nerve?






11. What is portal hypertension?






12. What other part of the body can be affected by hyperhidrosis?

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13. Which are the most benign parotid tumours?

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14. What are the majore causes of hepatic jaundice?






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






16. What are the indications for surgery in ulcerative colitis?

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

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18. What is the differential diagnosis of intermittent claudication?






19. What are the features of acral lentiginous melanoma?






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






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






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






23. What are the malignant diseases of the breast?






24. Large hernia






25. What is the operative mortality of amputations?






26. What is the arterial supply to the thyroid gland?






27. What is the significance of the ankle brachial pressure index?






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






29. What about umbilical herniae in children?






30. What is a fistula?






31. What are the congenital predisposing factors for basal cell carcinoma?

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






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






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






35. What is neurofibromatosis?






36. What is the aim of cardiopulmonary bypass?






37. How would you investigate a patient with cervical lymphadenopathy?

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38. How would you treat a papilloma?






39. Assuming a patient has obstructive jaundice - how should this patient be investigated?






40. What are the surgical principles in the treatment of a femoral hernia?






41. What level does the serum bilirubin need to rise to before jaundice can be detected on clinical examination?






42. What is a cystic hygroma?






43. Simple cysts are found in 33% of patients by the age of 60. How should they be managed?






44. What are the cardiac causes of digital clubbing?






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






46. What is the normal ABPI?






47. What is the aetiology of varicocoeles?

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48. What investigations would you perform in a suspected case of Inflammatory Bowel Disease?






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






50. What are the indications of median sternotomy?