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Clinical Surgery

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1. What do you know about the epidemiology of thyroglossal cysts?






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?






4. How would you treat a pharyngeal pouch?






5. What is the medical treatment of Graves disease?






6. What is the aim of the tourniquet test?






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






8. What are the specific complications of parotidectomy?






9. How does papillary carcinoma spread?






10. Assuming a patient has obstructive jaundice - how should this patient be investigated?






11. What are the indications for an amputation?






12. What are the causes of unilateral ptosis?

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13. Where are pressure sores most commonly found?






14. Raynaud's syndrome

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15. What are the causes of a false aneurysm?






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

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17. How would you diagnose a branchial cyst?






18. What is a cavernous haemangioma?






19. How may pleural effusions be classified?






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






21. When are spider naevi considered to be pathological?






22. What is the differential diagnosis of a testicular tumour?






23. What are the signs in the mouth of Peutz-Jegher disease?






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






25. How would you treat a keratoacanthoma?






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






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?






30. What are the major causes of pre-hepatic jaundice?

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31. What tissues do skin graft not take on?






32. What is the pathogenesis of thromboangiitis obliterans?






33. What are the two types of complications of thyroidectomy?






34. Which are the gastrointestinal causes of clubbing?






35. What is the surgical treatment of pressure sores?






36. What is the differential diagnosis in basal cell carcinoma?






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






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






39. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?

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40. What are the non-surgical treatment options for an incisional hernia?






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






42. What is the mainstay of treatment in ascites?






43. Simple cyst Treatment






44. What is the ABPI of patients with intermittent claudication?






45. How should one examine a lump or swelling?






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






47. What are the taste branches of the facial nerve?






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






49. What are the vital points to be taken into consideration when examining the neck?






50. What are patients with Sjogren's syndrome at risk of?

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