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Clinical Surgery

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






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






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






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






5. What are the common causes of ascites?






6. What is an incisional hernia?






7. What does minimally invasive surgery involve in the surgical treatment of a pharyngeal pouch?


8. What are the features of ulcers in patients with sickle-cell disease?






9. What do you know about the pathophysiology of varicose veins?






10. Which are the gastrointestinal causes of clubbing?






11. How do paraumbilical herniae occur?






12. What is the 'reconstruction ladder'?






13. What are the hepatobiliary complications of IBD?






14. What is the surgical treatment of varicocoele?






15. What should one point out when describing the features of a thyroid swelling?






16. How do you stage malignant melanomas?


17. What is the pathophysiology of coarctation?






18. What are the other types of arteriovenous fistula?






19. What are the secondary causes of Raynauds?






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


21. With which conditions would an ascitic exudate be expected?






22. Which patients might be considered for carotid endarterectomy?






23. How would you treat this condition?


24. How is a testicular tumour removed?






25. Where does a liposarcoma arise from?






26. What is a solar keratoses?






27. How would you diagnose a branchial cyst?






28. What is the aim of cardiopulmonary bypass?






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






30. What are the different histological subtypes of a sebaceous cyst?






31. What are the pathological features of thyroglossal cyst?






32. What are the two main categories of causes of dysphagia?






33. How do you harvest a skin graft?






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


35. What are the causes of ischaemic ulcers?






36. What is the arterial supply to the thyroid gland?






37. Pneumonectomy






38. What is the aetiology of enterocutaneous fistulae?


39. What are the indications for splenectomy?






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






41. What are the surgical problems associated with AF?






42. What are the causes of neuropathic ulcers?






43. What is the order of skin changes seen in Raynaud's?






44. What is the differential diagnosis for a skin lesion?






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






46. What are the rare causes of digital clubbing?


47. What is the surgical treatment of benign parotid tumours?






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


49. What is the origin of lymphangiomas?






50. What is the differential diagnosis of a midline neck swelling?