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Clinical Surgery

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1. What is a pyogenic granuloma?






2. What are the features of Graves' disease?






3. What are the motor branches of the facial nerve?






4. What are the complications of atrial fibrillation?






5. How do you classify skin flaps?






6. How would you treat a pharyngeal pouch?






7. In which patients are abdominal aortic aneurysms most common?






8. How do you classify the severity of thyroid eye disease?






9. How can the extent of the obstruction be determined?






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






11. How would you perform an ascitic tap?






12. What are the features of ulcers in syphillis?


13. What is the defective gene in type 1 NF?






14. What are the surgical options for Raynauds?






15. What are the functions of the spleen?






16. What are the predisposing factors for Raynaud's phenomenon?






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






18. What does a keloid scar look like?






19. What associations of coarctation are you aware of?






20. What are the specific early complications of amputations?


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






22. What will the Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology show you in the investigation of Cervical Lymphadenopathy?






23. Why are 98% of varicocoeles left-side?






24. What are the different varieties of Kaposi's sarcoma?


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






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


27. What is the signifcance of an arterial bruit or venous hum over the liver?






28. Which patients should have their aneurysms repaired?






29. How do you treat this condition?






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






31. What are the main features of type 2 NF?






32. How would you demonstrate to an examiner that a mass in the right upper quadrant is indeed an enlarged liver(hepatomegaly)?






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






34. What are the surgical treatment principles of incisional hernia?






35. What are the specific and late complications of thyroidectomy?






36. What elements are ascertained in a thyroid history with regards to symptoms arising from the swelling?






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






38. What are multiple -painful lipomas known as?


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






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






41. What is the treatment of a lipoma?


42. What are the majore causes of hepatic jaundice?






43. What are the causes of neuropathic ulcers?






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






45. What is jaundice?






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






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


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






49. What is the embryological origin of a thyroglossal cyst?






50. What is the non-surgical treatment of venous ulcers?