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Clinical Surgery

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1. What is a cyst?






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






3. What is the pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathy?






4. What is the pathogenesis of a congenital dermoid cyst?






5. How are epididymal cysts caused?






6. What are the surgical options in Crohns disease?






7. What is the aim of cardiopulmonary bypass?






8. What are the features of a multinodular goitre?

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9. How might a patient with a popliteal aneurysms present?






10. What is an incisional hernia?






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






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






13. Under what circumstances would patients (with popliteal aneurysms) they be treated?






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






15. Sclerotherapy To treat varocose veins






16. How would you perform a hernia repair?






17. What is the purpose of limb elevation in the non-surgical treatment of lymphoedema?






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






19. What are multiple -painful lipomas known as?

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






21. When should the drains be removed post-surgery?






22. What are the arterial symptoms in thoracic outlet obstruction more commonly due to?

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23. What is a skin flap?






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

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






26. What complication can neurofibromata give rise to?






27. What are the causes of venous ulcers?






28. What are the features of a direct inguinal hernia?






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






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






31. What are the major indications for renal transplantation?






32. What are the general complications of thyroidectomy?






33. What are the categorical causes of digital clubbing?






34. How are they classified?






35. What are the intracranial causes of facial nerve palsy?






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






37. What are the congenital predisposing factors for malignant melanomas?






38. What is the treatment of Sjogren's syndrome?






39. Describe the vascular supply of the transplanted kidney?

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40. How would you treat a dermatofibroma?






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






42. What are the complications of a cystic hygroma?






43. What is the surgical treatment of a popliteal aneurysm?






44. What are the features of ulcers in tuberculosis?






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

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46. What other non-surgical treatments are available for ischaemic ulcers?






47. What are the risk factors for arterial disease






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






49. What are the hepatobiliary complications of IBD?






50. How does follicular carcinoma spread?