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1. What do you know about the epidemiology of thyroglossal cysts?
Palomo operation
Resection of a lobe including its bronchial origin with re-anastamosis of the proximal and distal bronchus
Peripheral neuropathy has several effects: Slowly progressive sensory loss - with numbness and tingling of the feet and sometimes also hands. The sensory loss is often glove-and-stocking in distribution and may also be associated with motor impairmen
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
2. Which is the most widely accepted repair for umbilical herniae?
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3. What are the main types of predisposing factors for basal cell carcinoma?
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
Congenital Which is rare and Acquired Which is very common.
Hands and Eyes
Triple assessment which consists of: Clinical : history and physical examination - Radiological : ultrasound or mammography - Pathological : cytology(fine-needle aspiration) or histological(tru-cut biopsy)
4. How would you treat a pharyngeal pouch?
In the presence of jaundice if a mass(the gall bladder) is palpable in the right upper quadrant - the cause is unlikely to be due to gallstones.
Open lymph node excision biopsy - Block dissection of the neck - Radical Neck Dissection
Congenital - Multiple arteriovenous fistulae - Traumatic
Non-surgical : Leave alone if small and asymptomatic - Surgical : minimally invasive surgery or surgical excision
5. What is the medical treatment of Graves disease?
Soft-tissues(lipoma -dental cyst) - Dental origin(infection) - Muscular origin(hypertrophy of masseter muscle) - Bony origin(winged mandible -transverse process of atlas/axis) - Neoplasia(infratemporal fossa and parapharyngeal tumours)
Well-localized abscesses are treated by incision and drainage under antibiotic cover - Larger lesions are treated by radical excision and full-thickness skin grafting usually harvested from the groins or abdomen
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
Pre-hepatic - Hepatic - Post-hepatic
6. What is the aim of the tourniquet test?
The tourniquet test is designed to reveal the presence and site of incompetent veins - especially at the sites of connection between the superficial and deep venous systems.
Cyanotic congenital heart disease - Infective endocarditis - Atrial myxoma (rare)
According to site - contents and if it is random or axial. When it comes to site - you consider where it is local or distant(Which is also known as a free flap). You have to also consider the contents which can contain any tissue capable of transfer
The primary lesion could be treated with excision with 1cm margin and Moh's staged chemosurgery with histological assessment of margins and electrodessication - for lesions of the eyelids -ears and nasolabial folds. Radiotherapy is applied for unrese
7. When should the drains be removed post-surgery?
Surgical treatment involves complete excision of the cyst.
Increased sweating - Palmar erythema - Thyroid acropachy - Onycholysis - Areas of vitiligo - Pulse - Fine Tremor
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
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
8. What are the specific complications of parotidectomy?
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
Neuropathic - 45 to 60% of ulcers - Ischaemic due to peripheral occlusive arterial disaese - 10% of ulcers - Mixed neuroischaemic - 25-45% of ulcers
It is due to development inclusion of epidermis along lines of fusion of skin dermatomes and are therefore commonly at: The medial and lateral ends of the eyebrows - The midline of the nose - The midline of the neck and trunk - Suspect if you see a c
Solar keratosses are squamous cell carcinoma in situ
9. How does papillary carcinoma spread?
At two levels:ABO Compatibility - HLA Compatibility
Varicocoeles are dilated tortuous 'varicose' veins in the pampiniform plexus - the network of veins that drains the testis - They usually occur in 15% of younger men - often around puberty - and are thought to have an anatomical basis - If they appea
Via the lymphatic route(Y for yellow = lymph)
Elderly(A for Aged)
10. Assuming a patient has obstructive jaundice - how should this patient be investigated?
Some 50% are present at birth and they are thought to represent a congenital abnormality during the evolution of embryonic lymph nodes into the adult type
Almost all are follicular adenomas - Usually 2 to 4 cm and encapsulated at presentation - Indistinguishable from carcinomas on FNAC - as the presence of a capsule cannot be demonstrated - Surgical excision is needed to confirm diagnosis
The major risk is embolic stroke(4% per year) which results from thrombus accumulating in an inefficiently contracting left atrium - Emboli can also lodge in the mesenteric vessel - causing intestinal ischaemia - Patients are also at risk from acute
Urine should be tested for raised bilirubin - Full Blood Count - Evidence of anemia in GI malignancies or associated infection - Renal function - any evidence for hepatorenal syndrome - Liver Function Tests -Clotting - functional assessment of hepati
11. What are the indications for an amputation?
Indications for amputation can be remembered as the 4Ds: Dead - ischemic - peripheral vascular disease - thromboangiitis obliterans - AV fistulae - Damaged - trauma - unsalvageable limbs - burns - frostbite - Dangerous - Malignancy - bone and soft ti
Tumour - parotid gland malignancy - Trauma - surgical - accidental e.g facial lacerations
The incompetent vein is at or above the level of the tourniquet
Results from persistence of part of the thyroglossal tract - which marks development descent of the thyroid gland
12. What are the causes of unilateral ptosis?
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13. Where are pressure sores most commonly found?
Lord's plication - Jaboulay's operation
Lymphocyte-mediated destruction of the exocrine glands secondary to B-cell hyper-reactivity and associated loss of suppressor T-Cell activity
Loss of hair on outer-third of eyebrows - Lid retraction - Lid lag - Ophthalmoplegia - Exophthalmos - Chemosis - Proptosis
Sacrum - Greater trochanter - Heel - Lateral Malleolus - Ischial Tuberosity - Occiput
14. Raynaud's syndrome
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15. What are the causes of a false aneurysm?
Almost all are follicular adenomas - Usually 2 to 4 cm and encapsulated at presentation - Indistinguishable from carcinomas on FNAC - as the presence of a capsule cannot be demonstrated - Surgical excision is needed to confirm diagnosis
Liver - fatty change - chronic active hepatitis -cirrhosis and amyloid deposition - Gall bladder and bile ducts - gallstones - sclerosing cholangitis - and cholangiocarcinoma
Traumatic - Iatrogenic(following angiography and bypass)
Cervical rib or prominent transverse process of the Chest X-ray or thoracic outlet views - Doppler examination may be useful in quantifying the postural changes and post-stenotic dilatation - Arteriograms of the subclavian artery may show a marked ki
16. What are the causes of a diffusely enlarged thyroid gland?
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17. How would you diagnose a branchial cyst?
Traditionally -Bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy without need for postoperative replacement of thyroxine was recommended but more recently total thyroidectomy is the preferred procedure due to the risk of pathological change in the thyroid remnant nec
Debridement of dead tissue which can be performed by the tissue viability nurse since it does not require anaesthesia and reconstruction using a variety of fascial and muscle-containing composite flaps.
Clinical examination - Fine-needle aspiration which would show an opalescent fluid containing cholesterol crystals or pus.
The major differential diagnoses would be with a renal tumour and adult polcystic kidney disease and if there is any doubt of a tumour - then the cyst fluid may be sent for cytological analysis
18. What is a cavernous haemangioma?
Patient must be standing up as he or she must be able to see the stoma - The stoma must be within the rectus abdominis muscle - Away from scars or skin creases - Away from bony points or waistline of clothes - At a site that is easily accessible to t
Bright-red raised strawberry-like lesion - Present from birth - but 60% undergo spontaneous resolution by the age of 3 years - Only treated if obscuring a visual field or spontaneous resolution not occurring.
Bursae - Cystic protrusions from the synovial cavity of arthritic joints - Benign giant cell tumors of the flexor sheath - Rarely : Malignant swelling e.g synovial sarcoma
Injection sclerotherapy with 1% sodium tetradecyl sulphate - this has a high recurrence rate and indicated for postoperative recurrence of veins - below knee varicosities if the long saphenous vein and short saphenous vein are not involved.
19. How may pleural effusions be classified?
Sunlight - Carcinogens - Previous radiotherapy - Malignant transformation in pre-existing skin lesion
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
Benign skin lesion: Keratoacanthoma - Infected seborrhoeic wart - Solar keratoses - Pyogenic Granuloma - Malignant skin lesion - Basal cell carcinoma - Malingnant melanoma - Congenital: Xeroderma pigmentosum - Acquired - Environmental agents - Pre-ex
Superior thyroid artery - Inferior thyroid artery - Thyroidea ima(in 3% of people)
20. What are the possible surgical techniques in the surgical treatment of a femoral hernia?
Low approach - Lockwood - Transinguinal repair - Lotheissen - High approach - McEvedy
They are known as adiposis dolorosa or Dercum's disease.
Left spermatic vein is more vertical where it connects to the left renal vein - The left renal vein can be compressed by the colon - The left testicular vein is longer than the right - It frequently lack a terminal valve which serves to try to preven
Non-Surgical - mechanical pressure therapy(day and night for up to 1 year) and topical silicone gel sheets - Surgical : Revision of scar with closure by direct suturing - local Z-plasty or skin grafting to avoid excessive tension - Intralesional ster
21. When are spider naevi considered to be pathological?
More than five is considered as pathological in chronic liver disease
Wash Hands - Observe from end of bed - Start examination from right-hand side - Look for JACCOL which means jaundice -anaemia -cyanosis -clubbing -oedema and lymphadenopathy - Observation -Palpation -Percussion and Auscultation
Non-surgically via aspiration and injection of sclerosant surgically via excision which may be partial ( to relieve symptoms) or complete as a one-stage procedure.
Ultrasound - first line - Which is used to define the liver architecture and give an idea of the size and may identify the pathology - Contrast-enhanced CT may also be useful - especially to further investigate solid lesions
22. What is the differential diagnosis of a testicular tumour?
Cardiac disease - hypertension -myocardial infarction -ischaemia -mitral valve disease - cardiomyopathy -endocarditis - Respiratory disease - Pneumonia - lung cancer - sarcoidosis - Other: Hypothyroidism and idiopathic ( lone AF)
In the presence of jaundice if a mass(the gall bladder) is palpable in the right upper quadrant - the cause is unlikely to be due to gallstones.
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
Mnemonic : L-SHAPE - Lymph node/Lipoma of the cord - Sapheno-varix/Skin lesions(sebaceous cyst/lipoma -etc) - Hernia - inguinal or femoral - Aneurysmal dilatation of the femoral artery - Psoas abscess or bursa - Ectopic/undescended testes
23. 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
Multiple telangiectasia around the mouth and on the tongue and lips
Lord's plication - Jaboulay's operation
Superficial spreading at 70% of malignant melanomas
24. What are the extratemporal causes of facial nerve palsy?
Small -punched out ulcers - Often over medial aspect of lower leg
This removes the possibility of recurrent disease appears to improves the outcome for patietns with significant eye disease and eliminates the need for annual TFT monitoring to assess remnant function. It does - of course - demand thyroxine replaceme
Hidradenitis suppurative - also known as acne inversa - is now considered a disease of follicular occlusion rather than an inflammatory or infectious process of the apocrine glands. Abscesses form recurrently and this causes the characteristic perman
Tumour - parotid gland malignancy - Trauma - surgical - accidental e.g facial lacerations
25. How would you treat a keratoacanthoma?
Mneumonic : LIST Lymphoma and Leukaemia - Infection(further subdivided into Bacterial - Viral - Protozoal and Toxoplasmosis) - Sarcoidosis - Tumours
Non-Surgical : Leave alone if asymptomatic(particularly in young patients) - Surgical : Complete excision of lesion with histology(.
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
The commonest presentation is a painless lump or a dull ache in one testis in a young man - Occasionally there is a history of trauma accompanying the discovery of the mass - 10% present with an acutely painful testis - If para-aortic nodes have beco
26. What is the surgical treatment of a multinodular goitre?
Traditionally -Bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy without need for postoperative replacement of thyroxine was recommended but more recently total thyroidectomy is the preferred procedure due to the risk of pathological change in the thyroid remnant nec
Commonest in children and young adults(P for Paediatric)
Well-localized abscesses are treated by incision and drainage under antibiotic cover - Larger lesions are treated by radical excision and full-thickness skin grafting usually harvested from the groins or abdomen
Mnemonic : NO SPECS - No signs or symptoms - Only signs of upper lid retraction and stare - with or without lid lag and exopthalmos - Soft-tissue involvement - Proptosis - Exopthalmos - Corneal Involvement - Slight loss due to optic nerve involvemen
27. What are the surgical treatment options for hydrocoele?
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28. What investigations would be helpful in confirming the diagnosis of coarctation of aorta?
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29. What are the constituents of the surgical sieve?
Schirmer's test for xeropthalmia - Slit-lamp examination of the cornea - Lip biopsy for histological examination of the minor salivary glands
Treatment is radical surgery with follow-up using sequent calcitonin assays
VINTA MEDIC - Vascular - Iatrogenic - Neoplastic - Traumatic - Autoimmune - Metabolic - Endocrine - Degenerative - Inflammatory/Infective - Congenital
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?
30. What are the major causes of pre-hepatic jaundice?
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31. What tissues do skin graft not take on?
Hyperthyroidism - Recurrent - Hypothyroidism - Hypertrophic scarring
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
Unhealthy -necrotic and infected tissue - Irradiated tissue - Exposed cortical bone without periosteum - Tendon without peritendon - Cartilage without perichondrium
Palomo operation
32. What is the pathogenesis of thromboangiitis obliterans?
It is a collagen vascular disease - caused by infiltrate of plasma cells into the arterial wall - This leads to luminal thrombosis and affects small and medium-sized arteries of the lower limb - Eventually - collagen is deposited and forms a thick fi
Emergency procedures e.g following penetrating chest trauma - Cardiac surgery - Resection of lung cancer
Carcinoma of the stomach and oesophagus - lymphomas and with endocrine disorders such as acromegaly - Cushing's - diabetes complicated by severe insulin resistance
Anti-salivary antibodies - rheumatoid factor - but two specific antibodies present are anti-SSA-Ro and anti-SSA-La
33. What are the two types of complications of thyroidectomy?
Via the bloodstream(R is equal to red is equal to blood)
General - Specific
A dermatofibroma is a benign neoplasm of dermal fibroblasts.
Thrombosis during or just after haemodialysis - which may be due to relative hypotension and damage to the intima of the vein - Venous hypertension in the hand causes swelling and ischemia of the fingertips. This should be avoided by the ligation of
34. Which are the gastrointestinal causes of clubbing?
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
Liver Cirrhosis - Inflammatory Bowel disease - Malabsorption - Gastrointestinal lymphoma
Commonest in children and young adults(P for Paediatric)
A chemodectoma is a tumour of the paraganglion cells of the carotid body located at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. They are usually benign(but locally invasive) - but occassionally - they are malignant with potential to metastasize to
35. What is the surgical treatment of pressure sores?
Simple colloid goitre - Graves' disease - Thyroiditis
Lord's plication - Jaboulay's operation
Debridement of dead tissue which can be performed by the tissue viability nurse since it does not require anaesthesia and reconstruction using a variety of fascial and muscle-containing composite flaps.
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
36. What is the differential diagnosis in basal cell carcinoma?
The two main differential diagnoses to consider are; Benign - keratoacanthoma - especially if it is sloughing at its centre - Malignant -Squamous cell carcinoma - particularly the nodulo-ulcerative type with a rolled edge
Well-localized abscesses are treated by incision and drainage under antibiotic cover - Larger lesions are treated by radical excision and full-thickness skin grafting usually harvested from the groins or abdomen
This removes the possibility of recurrent disease appears to improves the outcome for patietns with significant eye disease and eliminates the need for annual TFT monitoring to assess remnant function. It does - of course - demand thyroxine replaceme
As the perfusion of the leg begins to decrease in a patient with peripheral vascular disease; the ratio begins to fall.
37. What are the 3 objectives that one should look out for in the inspection of varicose veins?
Pleomorphic adenoma(commonest) and Warthin's tumour
Treatment involves the use of artificial tears and saliva - use of systemic steroids and careful follow-up due to increased risk of lymphoma development
Debridement of dead tissue which can be performed by the tissue viability nurse since it does not require anaesthesia and reconstruction using a variety of fascial and muscle-containing composite flaps.
Site and size of varicosities - including the presence of saphena varix - Skin for changes and scars - Swelling of the ankle
38. What are the treatment options available for Basal Cell Carcinoma?
Tumours raised above the skin : excision with 0.5cm margin(maximum) - Tumours not raised above the skin - Wider margin of excision - particularly if at inner canthus of eye -nasolabial fold and ear. A frozen section may be necessary to ensure adequat
Surgical excision with preoperative embolizatoin if the tumour is large - Ultrasonic surgical dissection may also be used - Radiotherapy is used for patients unfit for surgery or for large tumours
Unilateral total lobectomy and isthmusectomy
Hyperthyroidism - Late Hypothyroidism - Later Hyperparathyroidism
39. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?
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40. What are the non-surgical treatment options for an incisional hernia?
Fine-needle aspiration cytology for diagnosis - MRI to exclude deep-lobe involvement
Use of truss or corset - Weight loss and management of other risk factors
Elderly(A for Aged)
Lead shields to protect the eyes and gonads - Dose-fractionation - Prior chemotherapy - Regional hypothermia - Radiolabelled antibodies
41. What are the different histological subtypes of a sebaceous cyst?
Wash Hands - Observe from end of bed - Start examination from right-hand side - Look for JACCOL which means jaundice -anaemia -cyanosis -clubbing -oedema and lymphadenopathy - Observation -Palpation -Percussion and Auscultation
Soft-tissues(lipoma -dental cyst) - Dental origin(infection) - Muscular origin(hypertrophy of masseter muscle) - Bony origin(winged mandible -transverse process of atlas/axis) - Neoplasia(infratemporal fossa and parapharyngeal tumours)
Below Knee - Above Knee
Epidermal Cyst - Trichilemmal Cyst
42. What is the mainstay of treatment in ascites?
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.
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
Mnemonic : PS : PLS C TiT - Pharyngeal pouch - Sublingual dermoid cyst - Plunging ranula - Lymph nodes - Subhyoid bursa - Ca - larynx/trachea/oesophagus - Thyroglossal cyst - Thyroid swelling
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
43. Simple cyst Treatment
Peripheral Neuropathy
Characteristic cold-induced changes associated with vasospasm
It will show you if it is malignant or inflammatory
The major differential diagnoses would be with a renal tumour and adult polcystic kidney disease and if there is any doubt of a tumour - then the cyst fluid may be sent for cytological analysis
44. What is the ABPI of patients with intermittent claudication?
0.5 to 0.8
Are you having difficulties swallowing liquids - or solids - or both? - Did the problem start suddenly or was the onset gradual? - Do you ever regurgitate food? - Can you eat a full meal? - How long have you had this problem for? - Where does the foo
It is due to development inclusion of epidermis along lines of fusion of skin dermatomes and are therefore commonly at: The medial and lateral ends of the eyebrows - The midline of the nose - The midline of the neck and trunk - Suspect if you see a c
Hypertrophic scars tend to appear soon after injury and usually regress spontaneously - while keloid scars appear months after injury and continue to grow
45. How should one examine a lump or swelling?
Look - Feel - Press - Move - Listen - Transilluminate and Examine Surrounding Areas.
Dohlman's procedure - endoscopic diathermy resection of the posterior pharyngeal wall or endoscopic stapling with less risk of fistula formation and consequent mediastinitis
Some 50% are present at birth and they are thought to represent a congenital abnormality during the evolution of embryonic lymph nodes into the adult type
History and Clinical Examination - they usually present incidentally but occasionally with a renal mass or haematuria
46. What is the differential diagnosis for an enlarged kidney?
Mnemonic : SNAPP - Sepsis elimination : open or percutaneous drainage of collections; administration of appropriate antimicrobials - Nutritional resuscitation/optimization : patients may be fluid and electrolyte depleted and malnourished. Resuscitati
Ultrasound will show: Presence of underlying liver disease - Degree of dilatation of the common bile duct(>8mm is abnormal) - Presence of gall stones - Presence of lymphadenopathy or a pancreatic mass - CT Scan - ERCP - MRCP
Traumatic - Iatrogenic(following angiography and bypass)
Congenital : Cystic disease - horseshoe kidney - hypertrophic single kidney - Acquired : Diseases specific to the kidney such as solitary cysts - tumours - hydronephrosis - pyonephrosis - perinephric abscess and renal vein thrombosis and diseases as
47. What are the taste branches of the facial nerve?
Via chorda tympani to anterior two-thirds of the tongue
If untreated - 25% progress to invasive squamous cell carcinoma
Skin and soft tissues such as a sebaceous cyst -lipoma or sarcoma - Bowel - ca caecum - crohns mass in terminal ileum - TB terminal ileum - appendicular mass or abscess - Gynaecological organs - ovarian tumours or fibroid uterus - Male Reproductive S
Duplex - shows area of reflux and deep venous occlusion - Venography - ascending which identifies deep venous patency and perforator incompetence and descending which identifies areas of reflux - Varicography - shows sites of communication - Ambulato
48. What does four-layer compression bandaging comprise of?
May require the placing of postoperative drains
History - Examination - Special Investigations - Treatment
Non-adherent dressing over ulcer plus wool bandage - Crepe bandage - Blue-line bandage - Adhesive bandage to prevent the other layers from slipping
Arising inside the parotid gland - Arising outside the parotid gland
49. What are the vital points to be taken into consideration when examining the neck?
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
Mechanical obstruction - Coordination abnormalities
Defective gene on chromosome 22 with variable penetrance - Cutaneous signs are less often seen in this type.
Inspect - Protrusion of the tongue - Swallowing - Palpate(from the back) - Continue Accordingly(Neck Decision Circle)
50. What are patients with Sjogren's syndrome at risk of?
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