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1. What is the operative mortality of AAA repair?
The elective mortality from open AAA repair is 5% but this figure may be lower in specialist centres - If the patient suffers a ruptured aneurysm and reaches the hospital - their operative mortality rises to 50% - but only 50% of patients reach hospi
Infection - acute and chronic otitis media - herpes zoster(ramsay hunt syndrome) - Idiopathic - Bell's Palsy - Trauma - surgical -accidental - e.g basal skull fracture - Tumour - paraganglioma - squamous cell carcinoma of external or middle ear - met
Neoplasia(benign -malignant -lymphoma and leukaemia) - Stone(sialolithiasis) - Infection/inflammation(mumps -acute sialadenitis -chronic recurrent sialadenitis -HIV - salivary gland disease) - Autoimmune(sjogren's syndrome) - Infiltration(sarcoidosis
Lymphocyte-mediated destruction of the exocrine glands secondary to B-cell hyper-reactivity and associated loss of suppressor T-Cell activity
2. What are the anatomical levels that leg amputations are usually found at?
Simple mastectomy - Modified radical mastectomy(patey) - Radical mastectomy(Halsted mastectomy) - Extended radical mastectomy
Below Knee - Above Knee
Congenital - Multiple arteriovenous fistulae - Traumatic
All patients should undergo triple assessment that is Clinical Examination - Radiological assessment usually ultrasonographic - Pathological - most commonly cytological following FNAC
3. What are the specific complications of parotidectomy?
Temperature - Capillary Refill - Peripheral Pulses
Prehepatic jaundice can occur due to haemolysis - especially following a transfusion - Hepatic jaundice can result from the use of halogenated anaesthetics - sepsis or intra- or postoperative hypotension - Post-hepatic jaundice can occur due to bilia
Immediate : Facial nerve transection - Reactionary haemorrhage - Early : Wound infection - Temporary facial weakness -salivary fistula and division of the greater auricular nerve which means loss of sensation to the pinna - Late : Wound dimple - Frey
Palomo operation
4. What are the indications for splenectomy?
Trauma - Hypersplenism
Familial e.g 'hazel nails' - pachydermoperiostitis - Graves' disease - Unilaterally seen in axillary artery aneurysm and brachial arteriovenous malformation
An aneurysm is an abnormal dilatation of a blood vessel - A true aneurysm involves all layers of the arterial wall - A false aneurysm follows a partial laceration of the vessel wall causing blood to leak out of the vessel into the surrounding tissues
Aneurysms are most common in: Men - Aged more than 60 years - Smokers - Hypertensive patients - Often strong family history
5. How is 'matching' of transplanted kidneys performed?
At two levels:ABO Compatibility - HLA Compatibility
For patients who refuse radiation therapy or relapse after an adequate course - pregnant patients or those wishing to become pregnant within 4 years - patients under the age of 40 years and those with nodular or large goitres
Non-Surgical : May be left alone if small and asymptomatic - Surgical : To prevent recurrence - complete excision of the cyst and its contents is required and this is done through the removal of an elliptical portion of skin containing the punctum.
Superficial spreading at 70% of malignant melanomas
6. Why are diabetics particularly prone to foot pathology?
Diabetic neuropathy and peripheral occlusive arterial disease are the major aetiological factors for the development of ulceration and may act alone - together or in combination with other factors such as microvascular disease - biomechanical abnorma
Axillary vein thrombosis - Damage to axillary drainage following surgery such as axillary dissection in breast surgery
Causes may be classified as the 3 Ps: Physiological - Pathological - decreased androgens - androgen resistance - increased secretion -increased peripheral aromatization - Potions that is drugs such as recreational drugs - GI drugs - cardiovascular dr
Recurrence of the cyst - Developement of a chronic -discharging sinus
7. What would you tell patients about their recovery from inguinal hernia repair?
Hyperkeratosis - Acanthosis - Hyperplasia of variably pigmented basaloid cells
Early mobilization is important - They should keep the area clean and wash carefully -especially after the clip/sutures have been removed - They are able to bathe immediately - They may need to be off work for 6 weeks if their job involves heavy lift
Arising inside the parotid gland - Arising outside the parotid gland
Traumatic - Iatrogenic(following angiography and bypass)
8. What are the causes of splenomegaly
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9. How may pleural effusions be classified?
The protein content of a sample of effusion fluid is measured and the classification depends on this value:Transudate is equal to a protein value of less than 30g/L - Exudate is equal to a protein value of more than 30g/L
Rolled or raised edge - Often on sun-damaged skin
General : malaise -fatigue - loss of appetite - nausea and vomiting - Skin : as above - Bone marrow suppression : particular if irradiation to the pelvis and long bones - Gastrointestinal : diarrhoea
Mnemonic: WBC - White - blanching of digits - Blue - cyanosis of pain - Crimson - reactive hyperaemia - fingers turn red in colour
10. How would you treat pyoderma gangrenosum?
Mnemonic: SNAiL - Superficial spreading - Nodular melanoma - Acral lentiginous melanoma - Lentigo maligna melanoma
Medical : treat underlying condition - saline cleansing - high-dose oral or intralesional steroids plus/minus cyclosporin - Surgical : serial allograft followed by autologous skin graft or muscle flap coverage when necessary
Primary Raynauds is due to vasomotor malformation - Secondary Raynauds occurs as a consequence of pathology affecting the vessel wall
A seborrhoeic keratosis is a benign overgrowth of the basal cell layer of the epidermis.
11. What do you know about the pathology of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the skin?
Presence of multiple neurofibromas in a patient - in combination with other dermatological manifestations(six cafe-au-lait psots) - It is an autosomal dominant condition with two types: 1 and 2.
The tumour arises from epidermal cells that normally migrate to the skin surface to form the superficial keratinizing squamous layer. Full-thickness epidermal atypia is seen and tumour cells are seen to extend in all directions into the deep dermis a
Donor renal artery is anastamosed to either the internal or external iliac artery - The donor renal vein is anastamosed to the external iliac vein - The ureter is anastamosed seperately to the patient's bladder - The renal pelvis the most anterior st
Hyperkeratoses(thickening of the keratin layer) - Focal parakeratosis - Irregular acanthosis - Basal layer atypia only
12. How would you treat a furuncle?
Often surgeons place two drains - one in the axilla and one at the site of surgery within the breast tissue - The drains are usually left for 3 to 5 days or until the drainage volume is less than 50mL in 1 day. - Patients can safely be sent home with
Grade 3 compression stockings to apply 40mmHg pressure at the ankles - Intermittent pneumatic compression device - Cellulitis should be treated - Advise patient to elevate their leg as much as possible and stress the importance of cleanliness and car
An abnormal protrusion of abdominal contents through a defect in the linea alba - usually halfway between the xiphoid process and umbilicus
Non-surgical : risk factor modification such as establishment of good diabetic control and for recurrent infections eradication of nasal carriage of staphylococcus aureus with antiseptics and/or antibiotics such as chlorhexidine and mupirocin - Surgi
13. What investigations would you perform to help you in your diagnosis?
Vaginal Hydrocoele - fluid accumulates in the tunica vaginalis - Hydrocoele of the cord - fluid accumulates around the spermatic cord - Congenital Hydrocoele - Infantile Hydrocoele
Wound complications - Recurrence - Damage to adjacent neurovascular structures
Epidermal Cyst - Trichilemmal Cyst
Barium swallow Which is usually diagnostic - Rigid endoscopy if neoplasia suspected
14. What are the indications for flap reconstruction?
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15. What does four-layer compression bandaging comprise of?
Mnemonic : LEGS - Lipodermatosclerosis - Eczema - Gaps in the skin i.e ulceration - active and healed - Swelling - pedal oedema
Non-adherent dressing over ulcer plus wool bandage - Crepe bandage - Blue-line bandage - Adhesive bandage to prevent the other layers from slipping
Osteomyelitis - infection transmitted to the bone through the stump - Stump ulceration - can be caused by pressure from the prosthesis - Stump neuroma - Swelling of the distal nerve as it tries to regrow following division; during the initial procedu
Commoner in females - Results from polyclonal immunoglobulins against thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor Which bind and stimulate the receptor - these antibodies are found in 90% of patients - Hyperthyroidism with goitre - Thyroid eye disease - Thy
16. What do you know about the pathophysiology of pressure necrosis?
Other risk factors and cardiovascular disease elsewhere would be excluded and the neck imaged with a duplex scan or occasionally on intravenous digital subtraction angiogram
Hands and Eyes
Immediate : Facial nerve transection - Reactionary haemorrhage - Early : Wound infection - Temporary facial weakness -salivary fistula and division of the greater auricular nerve which means loss of sensation to the pinna - Late : Wound dimple - Frey
Prolonged weight-bearing and mechanical shear forces act on areas of soft-tissues overlying bony prominences - leading to both occlusion and tearing of small blood vessels -reduced tissue perfusion and ischaemic necrosis.
17. What are the signs in the mouth of Peutz-Jegher disease?
Pigmented freckles around the lips and inside the mouth - associated with intestinal intussusception and gastrointestinal bleeding from colonic polyps
A papilloma is an over-growth of all layers of the skin with a central vascular core. They are increasingly common with age.
Multiple telangiectasia around the mouth and on the tongue and lips
Mnemonic : HIS PRIPS - Ischaemia/gangrene - Haemorrhage - Retraction - Prolapse/intussusception - Parastomal Hernia - Stenosis - Skin excoriation
18. What does surgical excision involved in the surgical treatment of a pharyngeal pouch?
Painless - Associated with normal appearance of the surrounding skin - Associated with local sensory loss
Gradual elastic compression stocking - grade 2 compression - Encourage weight loss and regular exercise
A furuncle results from infection of hair follicles with Staphylococcus aureus
Simple inversion and oversewing(diverticulopexy) - as pouch is left in situ - risk of missing a possible diverticular carcinoma - or diverticulectomy.
19. How would you prepare a patient who is going for surgery which will involve forming a stoma?
Idiopathic Which is the most common - Gastrointestinal - Respiratory - Cardiac - Rare causes
The patient should have a full workup for atherosclerosis - General investigations : Urinalysis for proteinuria - marker of atherosclerotic renal disease - Blood tests: FBC for anemia - which might precipitate symptoms - Renal function for possible u
Psychosocial and physical preparation - Explanation of indications and complication - Involving a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Stoma Care preoperatively who would normally mark the site - Marking of the stoma site
Sunlight - Pre-existing skin lesions - Previous melanoma
20. What is the classic presentation of renal cell carcinoma?
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21. How should you organize information when talking about a disease?
Definition - Incidence - Sex - Geography - Aetiology - Pathogenesis - Macroscopic Pathology - Microscopic Pathology - Prognosis - Symptoms - Signs - Investigations - Treatment
Idiopathic(50%) - Myeloproliferative disorders - Autoimmune hepatitis - More common in males than females
Via the lymphatic route(Y for yellow = lymph)
Leave alone if asymptomatic and if patient does not want intervention - Intervene only when extensive or for cosmetic reasons with local radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy using interferon-alpha -doxorubicin and intralesional vinblastine.
22. How would you manage a multinodular goitre?
Arising from the skin and soft tissues - sebaceous cysts -sarcoma -lipoma -epigastric hernia - Arising from the gastrointestinal tract - carcinoma of the stomach -hepatomegaly -pancreatic ca - pancreatic pseudocyst - Arising from the vascular system
An abnormal communication between two epithelial surfaces(or endothelial surfaces such as in arteriovenous fistula)
A dermatofibroma is a benign neoplasm of dermal fibroblasts.
History and Clinical Examination - Investigate if prominent nodule or features suspicious of malignancy such as cervical lymphadenopathy or recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy
23. What is the surgical treatment of venous ulcers?
Chest x-ray to map the caudal extent of the cystic hygroma - CT/MRI scanning especially if it is complex
Retro-orbital inflammation and lymphocytic infiltration leading to oedema and an increase in retrobulbar orbital contents
If the ulcer fails to heal - careful consideration should be given to excluding other causes such as malignant Marjolin ulcer and the area may need to be biopsied - Otherwise a split skin graft should be considered with excision of the dead skin and
Should The Children Ever Find Lumps Readily
24. What are the surgical options available for deep venous occlusion/reflux
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25. What elements are ascertained in a thyroid history with regards to symptoms arising from the swelling?
The principles of surgery are that the sac is excised completely or inverted - and the defect in the linea alba repaired - The fat contained within the hernia can be excised or reduced - The site of the defect should be marked with the patient lying
It is often advised as the problem usually gets worse with age and there is risk of infertility.
It can be classified according to cause: Malignancy - Infections - e.g filiaris - tuberculosis - Post Surgery or Radiotherapy - axillary dissection in breast surgery and inguinal irradiation
Duration and change in size - Cosmetic symptoms - Discomfort during swallowing/dysphagia - Dyspnoea - Hoarseness - Pain
26. What are the main aetiologies in diffuse enlargement of the thryoid?
Cervical spondylosis - Pancoast's tumour - Cervical disc protrusions - Ulnar nerve neuropathy
Bronchial carcionoma - Chronic suppurative lung disease(abscess -bronchiectasis -cystic fibrosis -empyema) - Fibrosing alveolitis - Mesothelioma
Multinodular goitre - Toxic - Simple colloid goitre - Thyroiditis - Neoplasia
10% per year
27. What is the aetiology of varicocoeles?
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28. What are the acquired predisposing factors for basal cell carcinomas?
Mneumonic : BEDD - Base - Edge - Describe structure visualized at the base of the ulcer - Discharge
Have you noticed any change in the colour of your urine? Have you noticed any change in the colour of your stools? - Have you noticed yourself feeling itchy?
Sunlight - Carcinogens - Previous radiotherapy - Malignant transformation in pre-existing skin lesion
Mneumonic : I - CHUM - Infection(frequent) - Calcification - Ulceration - sebaceous Horn formation - Malignant change
29. What are the surgical options for managing ulcerative colitis?
Carcinoma of the stomach and oesophagus - lymphomas and with endocrine disorders such as acromegaly - Cushing's - diabetes complicated by severe insulin resistance
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome - Parkes-Weber syndrome
Situations where skin grafts will not take - When the aim is to reconstruct the tissue that is 'like-for-like'(bone -joint -tendon -nerve -epithelial lining -etc) to promote optimal structure - function and cosmesis - When blood supply has to be impo
Subtotal colectomy with ileostomy plus or minus mucous fistula formation in acute severe colitis - Proctocolectomy and permanent ileostomy when the patient chooses or if patient not suitable for a restorative procedure - Restorative proctocolectomy W
30. What are the features of ulcers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Demographics - Presenting Complaint - History of Presenting Complaint - Medical and Surgical History - Drugs and any other allergies - Family History - Social History - Systemic Enquiry
The incompetent vein is below the level of the tourniquest
Necrotizing vasculitis - Purpuric -haemorrhagic bullae
Gall stones - Carcinoma head of pancreas - Lymph nodes
31. What are the features of an inguinal hernia?
Similar to those in the right iliac fossa except for the bowel where a mass in the Left iliac fossa could indicate: Diverticular mass Which is often tender - Carcinoma of the colon - Faecal mass
Lead shields to protect the eyes and gonads - Dose-fractionation - Prior chemotherapy - Regional hypothermia - Radiolabelled antibodies
Found above the inguinal ligament - Usually reducible - Commoner in males - 6:1 - Risk of strangulation is low - Cough impulse present
Occurs most often on the legs of women and the backs of men - Red -white and blue in colour - Irregular edge - Usually palpable but thin
32. What are the causes of hepatomegaly?
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33. What are the features of nodular melanoma?
50%
Second most common type - Occurs most often on the trunk - Polypoid in shape and is raised - Smooth surface - Irregular edge - Frequently ulcerated
Wound complications - Recurrence - Damage to adjacent neurovascular structures
Usually occurs in the over 50s although it may affect younger patients. It is the most common causes of a renal mass in women of childbearing age - Beck's Triad of: Haematuria - Mass - Loin Pain
34. What are the causes of a solitary thyroid nodule?
Liver - fatty change - chronic active hepatitis -cirrhosis and amyloid deposition - Gall bladder and bile ducts - gallstones - sclerosing cholangitis - and cholangiocarcinoma
Undermined edge - Violaceous - Necrotic ulcer with hypertrophic margins
Mnemonic : HIS PRIPS - Ischaemia/gangrene - Haemorrhage - Retraction - Prolapse/intussusception - Parastomal Hernia - Stenosis - Skin excoriation
Mnemonic : PACT - Prominent nodule in a multinodular goitre - Adenoma - Cyst/Carcinoma/Lymphoma - Thyroiditis
35. What are the indications for surgery in goitre?
The five Ms - Mechanical - obstructive symptoms - Malignancy - Marred Beauty - cosmetic reasons - Medical treatment failure - thyrotoxicosis - Mediastinal(retrosternal) extension - unable to perform FNAC or monitor change clinically
Ultrasound compression of the false aneurysm - Thrombin injection - Surgical repair - Observation and review
Leave alone if asymptomatic and if patient does not want intervention - Intervene only when extensive or for cosmetic reasons with local radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy using interferon-alpha -doxorubicin and intralesional vinblastine.
The characteristic presentation is insidious with progressive weight-loss and dysphagia - The patient initally hass difficulty swallowing solids and often describes the food getting stuck in the lower part of the oesophagus - They may also describe o
36. Describe the vascular supply of the transplanted kidney?
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37. What do you know about the epidemiology of thyroglossal cysts?
Rare - Worldwide distribution - Equally common in males and females - Rarely present at birth - 40% present in the first decade and can even present late in the ninth decade
End-to-end anastamosis - patching and the use of the left subclavian artery as a flap are all surgical options
Cyanotic congenital heart disease - Infective endocarditis - Atrial myxoma (rare)
Sunlight - Pre-existing skin lesions - Previous melanoma
38. What investigations would you perform to help you in your diagnosis?
Defined as portal vein pressure of more than 10mmHg(normal 5-10). Portal blood flow through the liver is greatly reduced or even reversed in the most severe cases
Commonest in children and young adults(P for Paediatric)
The procedure can be performed under a regional(brachial plexus) - local or general anaesthesia - A longitudinal incision 3-4cm in length is made over the distal third of the forearm midway between the radial artery and the cephalic vein - The cephal
Chest x-ray to map the caudal extent of the cystic hygroma - CT/MRI scanning especially if it is complex
39. What is the medical treatment of Graves disease?
Patient preference - Clinical evidence of multifocal/multicentric disease - Large lump is small breast tissue - this depends of the size of the breast but often defined as a lump more than 4cm - Large area ( more than 4cm) ductal carcinoma in situ -
Xeroderma pigmentosum - Gorlin's syndrome
Gangrene is the result of irreversible tissue necrosis and has a number of causes: Diabetes - Embolus and thrombosis - Raynaud's syndrome - Thrombangiitis obliterans - Ergot poisoning - Vessel injury secondary to extreme cold -heat -trauma or pressur
Antithyroid drugs - to inhibit thyroid peroxidase - Beta-blockers - to reduce the effect of excess circulating thyroxine on the cardiac system - Radioiodine - Treatment of choice - Single oral dose of 131 Iodine causes direct radiation damage to the
40. How do you treat a thyroglossal cyst?
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41. What are the cardiac causes of digital clubbing?
May require the placing of postoperative drains
Testicular tumours can be mimicked by chronic or old infection leading to scarring such as in orchitis or tuberculosis - Occasionally a long-standing hydrocoele may develop calcification and become harder - clinically similar to a tumour - Tumours oc
Cyanotic congenital heart disease - Infective endocarditis - Atrial myxoma (rare)
Donor renal artery is anastamosed to either the internal or external iliac artery - The donor renal vein is anastamosed to the external iliac vein - The ureter is anastamosed seperately to the patient's bladder - The renal pelvis the most anterior st
42. In the tourniquet test - What do rapid filling of the collapsed veins below the tourniquet indicate?
The incompetent vein is below the level of the tourniquest
Commonest form of thyroid abnormality - Secondary to hyperplasia of the gland to meet physiological demand for thyroxine - Secondary to defective production of thyroid hormone
Healing by secondary intention - Skin graft - Local flap - Distant flap - Composite flap - Island flaps vs pedicled flaps - Free tissue transfer - Composite neurovascular free tissue transfer
Treatment involves the use of artificial tears and saliva - use of systemic steroids and careful follow-up due to increased risk of lymphoma development
43. What other part of the body can be affected by hyperhidrosis?
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44. What syndrome is associated with a port-wine stain?
Sturge-Weber syndrome is the association of a facial port-wine stain with a corresponding haemangioma in the brain - leading to contralateral focal fits.
It reduces intravascular hydrostatic pressure and the stockings increase extracellular hydrostatic pressure - together reducing the level of tissue oedema.
Motor - Secretomotor - Taste - Sensory
Defective gene on chromosome 22 with variable penetrance - Cutaneous signs are less often seen in this type.
45. What is the classification of liposarcoma?
The mainstay of treatment of ascites is to treat the underlying condition and to place the patient on a weight reduction program - with the help of diuretic - and a low-sodium diet.
Scar confined to wound margins - It is found across flexor surfaces and skin creases
Well-differentiated - Myxoid and round cell - Pleomorphic liposarcoma
Mnemonic : PACT - Prominent nodule in a multinodular goitre - Adenoma - Cyst/Carcinoma/Lymphoma - Thyroiditis
46. Which condition predispose towards the development of oesophageal carcinoma?
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47. What is the non-surgical treatment of pressure sores?
Epigastric pain - which may increase after meals - May be acutely painful after physical exercise - Nausea and early satiety - Reflux and non-ulcer dyspepsia
Optimize tissue perfusion and oxygenation - Treat infection as it arises - Use topical dressings as required and provide nutritional support specifically vitamin C - zinc and multivitamins. - Other techniques include hyperbaric oxygen -hydrotherapy a
Barium swallow may be useful - If diagnosis is in doubt - endoscopy with biopsies and brushings should be performed to exclude a carcinoma - Physiological function could be tested using 24-hour oesophageal pH studies to exclude reflux and manometry
Halfway along inguinal ligament that is between pubic tubercle and ASIS Which is equal to the location of the deep inguinal ring
48. How would you treat this condition?
Remnants of a patent processus vaginalis - Arise from the abdominal cavity lateral to the inferior epigastric vessels at operation - passing obliquely through the deep inguinal ring and travelling along the inguinal canal with the spermatic cord - Ma
Painless - Associated with normal appearance of the surrounding skin - Associated with local sensory loss
Myelofibrosis - Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia - Malaria - Tropical splenomegaly - Kala-azar(visceral leishmaniasis)
Leave alone if asymptomatic and if patient does not want intervention - Intervene only when extensive or for cosmetic reasons with local radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy using interferon-alpha -doxorubicin and intralesional vinblastine.
49. What is seborrhoeic keratosis?
Familial e.g 'hazel nails' - pachydermoperiostitis - Graves' disease - Unilaterally seen in axillary artery aneurysm and brachial arteriovenous malformation
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A seborrhoeic keratosis is a benign overgrowth of the basal cell layer of the epidermis.
Truelove classification - Gastrointestinal symptoms : passage of bloody stools more than 6 times per day - Systemic signs : tachycardia and pyrexia - Laboratory findings : anaemia and CRP more than 30
50. What are the causes of unilateral ptosis?
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