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Clinical Surgery

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1. How should one examine a lump or swelling?






2. Sleeve resection






3. What are the causes of gangrene?

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






5. What is the surgical treatment of a ganglion?






6. What do you know about Kaposi's Sarcoma?






7. In What age group does anaplastic carcinoma usually present in?






8. What is the mean age for presentation of follicular carcinoma of the thyroid?






9. What is the shorter version of the surgical sieve?






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






11. What are the features of an inguinal hernia?






12. What are the indications for surgery in goitre?






13. What are the stages of restorative proctocolectomy?






14. Large hernia






15. What are the complications of a sebaceous cyst?






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






17. What is the non-surgical treatment of varicocoele?






18. What is secondary lymphoedema?






19. What are the types of lung resection?






20. How might a patient with a popliteal aneurysms present?






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






22. What is the differential diagnosis of a lump in the groin?






23. What syndromes are associated with varicose veins?






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






25. In the tourniquet test - What do rapid filling of the collapsed veins below the tourniquet indicate?






26. Raynaud's disease






27. What are the features of spider naevi?






28. What is the differential diagnosis of a ganglion?






29. Where are pressure sores most commonly found?






30. What is a cyst?






31. What do you know about thyroid malignancy?






32. What investigations would you perform in your diagnosis of a chemodectoma?






33. What investigations may help confirm the diagnosis of thoracic outlet obstruction?






34. What level does the serum bilirubin need to rise to before jaundice can be detected on clinical examination?






35. What is exopthalmos secondary to?






36. What are the malignant diseases of the breast?






37. What are the surgical options available for deep venous occlusion/reflux

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






39. What are the arterial symptoms in thoracic outlet obstruction more commonly due to?

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40. What are the indications for surgery in Crohn's disease?






41. What should one do in the general examination of the surgical patient?






42. What are the causes of atrial fibrillation?






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






44. What is the causes of the carotid artery aneurysms?






45. What are the branches of the facial nerve?






46. What are the surgical options for Raynauds?






47. What are telangiectasias?






48. Simple cysts are found in 33% of patients by the age of 60. How should they be managed?






49. What are possible useful investigations in gynaecomastia?






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