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USMLE Step3 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. anal sphincter tone






2. most common fx when falling on outsretched hand






3. how ABI help dx of PVD






4. 27 yo with scrotal mass; warm tender testes feel like bag of worms






5. Valgus and Varus tests






6. beta HCG






7. inhalation of hot air - steam - smoke in burn victim






8. Complications of breast impant






9. How to differentiate ACL and meniscus injury






10. management of hip fracture






11. varicose veins with ulcer - bleeding and thrombophlebitits






12. What is hungry bone syndrome?






13. How to confirm achiles tendon rupture






14. differential of ultrasound finding of breast mass






15. antibiotics of acute cholecystitis






16. How to manage obesity






17. characteristics of ureteral stone?






18. What percent of anal abscess deveolop fisutula






19. What is prehn sign?






20. dorsiflexion and planter flexion






21. 3 mo with groin bulge; bulge appears when child cries






22. What is the strongest risk factor for male breast cancer






23. laparotomy 2 weeks ago - now pain in right shoulder tip; fever and tachycardia






24. menisci injury






25. severe abd pain; ct scan neg and cardiac history; metabolic acidosis






26. acalculus cholecystitis






27. management of stone 8-10mm






28. stress fx






29. Can we use beta blocker for pvd?






30. swelling and tenderness in anterior part of knee






31. perioral numbness after parathyroidectomy






32. most frequent complication of TURP






33. beta hcg and AFP






34. pregnant patient with asymptomatic gall stones






35. contraindication of urethral catheterization






36. Indication for bariatric surgery in obese patients






37. lacerated wound in palmer surface of hand. what structure is injured?






38. When to stop raloxifene before surgery






39. suprapubic catheterization






40. mx of stress fx






41. How to confirm dx of compartment syndrom






42. acute colonic ischemia






43. management of nondisplaced scaphoid fx






44. surgery for acute cholecystities






45. sudden onset of headache; right sided ptosis - anisocoria - nuchal rigidity






46. How to dx ACL tear?






47. varicocele






48. Why initial xrays are negative in scaphoid fx






49. How to perform lachman test






50. midline neck swelling moves with protrusion of tongue