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Clinical Surgery

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How would you treat a congenital dermoid cyst?






2. What is the treatment of a chemodectoma?






3. What is the aim of the tourniquet test?






4. How would you treat pyoderma gangrenosum?






5. What is secondary lymphoedema?






6. What are the causes of a solitary thyroid nodule?






7. What features of the lump would make you suspicious that it is breast cancer?






8. How are they classified?






9. What are the rare causes of digital clubbing?

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10. What are the venous symptoms in thoracic outlet obstruction more commonly due to?






11. How would you treat this condition?

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12. What are the 'exudate' causes of a pleural effusion?

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






14. What are the cause of cervical lymphadenopathy that you know of?






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






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






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






18. What are the features of lentigo maligna melanoma?






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






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






21. What is the risk of rupture for an aneurysm more than 5.5cm?






22. What are the treatment options available for Basal Cell Carcinoma?






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






24. What are the extratemporal causes of facial nerve palsy?






25. How would you treat a furuncle?






26. What are the surgical options for Raynauds?






27. When should the drains be removed post-surgery?






28. What are the treatment options of false aneurysms?






29. What are the majore causes of hepatic jaundice?






30. What are the features of ulcers in patients with arteriovenous fistulae?






31. What investigations would you perform in a suspected case of Inflammatory Bowel Disease?






32. What are single lumps in the breast more likely to be ?






33. What is a secondary hydrocoele?






34. What is the consequence of carotid stenosis?






35. How do paraumbilical herniae occur?






36. What does four-layer compression bandaging comprise of?






37. Describe the vascular supply of the transplanted kidney?

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38. What would you tell to a lady with varicose veins about the proposed surgery?






39. What are the variants of lipoma?






40. What are the surgical options for managing ulcerative colitis?






41. How would you investigate a patient with cervical lymphadenopathy?

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42. What are the hepatobiliary complications of IBD?






43. What is the pathogenesis of an acquired dermoid cyst?






44. What are telangiectasias?






45. What is the aetiology of varicocoeles?

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46. What is the ABPI of patients with rest pain?






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






48. What do you know about the epidemiology of keloid scars?






49. How are the side-effects of radiotherapy minimized?






50. What are the 3 objectives that one should look out for in the inspection of varicose veins?