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Clinical Surgery

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1. From which cells does Medullary carcinoma arise from?






2. What is Adiposis dolorosa or Dercum's disease associated with?






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






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






5. Where does a liposarcoma arise from?






6. What are the non-surgical treatment options for an incisional hernia?






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






8. What are the two main systems which need to be examining thyroid status in a surgical patient?






9. What is the difference in the clinical course of hypertrophic and keloid scars?






10. What should you mention when considering the management of a surgical patient?






11. What is a secondary hydrocoele?






12. In What age group is papillary carcinoma more common in?






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






14. What is venous gangrene?






15. Which normal tissues are particularly affected by radiotherapy?






16. What is the ABPI of patients with rest pain?






17. What do you know about the epidemiology of keloid scars?






18. What is the difference between a false and a true aneurysm?






19. What is the surgical treatment of a multinodular goitre?






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






21. What are the histological appearances of solar keratoses?






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


23. What are the pathological features of thyroglossal cyst?






24. What other associations of pyoderma gangrenosum do you know of?






25. What is a ganglion?






26. Which are the gastrointestinal causes of clubbing?






27. What is the differential diagnosis of a ganglion?






28. What are the signs of chronic venous insufficiency?






29. How do you treat these scars?






30. What are the features of ulcers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?






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






32. What about umbilical herniae in children?






33. What are the specific complications of varicose veins surgery?






34. What are the benign diseases of the breast?






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






36. How would you treat a keratoacanthoma?






37. What is the pathogenesis of thoracic outlet obstuction?






38. What are the causes of bilateral ptosis?






39. What are the rare causes of digital clubbing?


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






41. What other investigations can be done for Sjogren's syndrome?


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






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






44. What are the common causes of ascites?






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






46. What is the pathogenesis of umbilical herniae?






47. How do testicular tumours usually present?






48. Raynaud's phenomenon






49. Which patients might be considered for carotid endarterectomy?






50. Sclerotherapy To treat varocose veins