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Clinical Surgery

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1. What are the signs in the mouth of Lichen Planus?






2. How would you treat solar keratoses?






3. What are the indications for an amputation?






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

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5. Raynaud's disease






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






7. What is the differential diagnosis of swollen legs?






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






9. What are the causes of a diffusely enlarged thyroid gland?

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10. What is the surgical treatment of lymphoedema?






11. What are the complications of a cystic hygroma?






12. How would you treat a keratoacanthoma?






13. What is the medical treatment of Graves disease?






14. How do you treat a thyroglossal cyst?

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15. What is the classic presentation of renal cell carcinoma?

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16. What are the specific complications of a Cimino-Brescia fistula?






17. What is the treatment of a lipoma?

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






19. What are the aetiologies arising inside the parotid gland in a unilateral swelling of the parotid gland?

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20. How would you perform an ascitic tap?






21. What are the possible surgical techniques in the surgical treatment of a femoral hernia?






22. If the patient has noticed pale stools and dark urine - what other questions would you ask?






23. Which are the respiratory causes of digital clubbing?






24. What is the differential diagnosis for an enlarged kidney?






25. What are the causes of a mass in the left iliac fossa?






26. What are the complications of the surgical removal of a branchial cyst?






27. What is the main statistic with regards to salivary gland tumours?






28. When considering the treatment of a disease in a surgical patients - What are the important modalities of treatment which should be considered?






29. How should one conclude a thyroid examination after examining the patient from the back?






30. What are the different types of mastectomy that can be performed?






31. What are the two main classifications for thyroid enlargement?






32. What are the indications of mastectomy?






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






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






35. What is the pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathy?






36. Which patients might be considered for carotid endarterectomy?






37. How do you treat these scars?






38. What are the features of spider naevi?






39. What are the surgical problems associated with AF?






40. How would you prepare a patient prior to breast surgery?






41. What is a dermatofibroma?






42. What are the features of nodular melanoma?






43. How would you treat pyoderma gangrenosum?






44. What is an epigastric hernia?






45. What are the causes of splenomegaly

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46. What are the medical options for Raynauds?






47. What are the aetiologies arising outside the parotid gland in a unilateral swelling of the parotid gland?






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






49. How would you investigate a patient with a breast lump?






50. What are the causes of portal hypertension?