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Clinical Surgery

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1. What is the operative mortality of AAA repair?






2. When considering the treatment of a disease in a surgical patients - What are the important modalities of treatment which should be considered?






3. What is a pyogenic granuloma?






4. What investigations would you perform to help you in your diagnosis?






5. How should one examine a lump or swelling?






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






7. What do you know about the pathophysiology of varicose veins?






8. What investigations would you perform to help you in your diagnosis?






9. What is a branchial cyst?






10. How would you treat a papilloma?






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






12. What are the important elements in the description of an ulcer?






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






14. What are the causes of acquired umbilical herniae in adults?






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






16. Why are diabetics particularly prone to foot pathology?






17. What surgical options are available in the management of cervical lymphadenopathy?






18. What is Sjogren's syndrome?






19. What is the risk of solar keratoses progressing to invasive squamous cell carcinoma?






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

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






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






23. What are the signs in the mouth of Addison's disease?






24. What are the indications for flap reconstruction?

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






26. What systems are tackled when taking into consideration a thyroid history?






27. How would you treat pyoderma gangrenosum?






28. What is secondary lymphoedema?






29. What are the stages of restorative proctocolectomy?






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

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






32. Which antibodies are present in Sjogren's syndrome?






33. How would you treat a furuncle?






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

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35. What are the aetiologies arising inside the parotid gland in a unilateral swelling of the parotid gland?

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36. What are the features of ulcers in patients with squamous cell carcinoma?






37. What kinds of analgesia would be appropriate for this patient?






38. What are the histological features of seborrhoeic keratosis?






39. What are the features of ulcers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?






40. Which patients should have their aneurysms repaired?






41. What is the main statistic with regards to salivary gland tumours?






42. What is the normal ABPI?






43. What are the seven signs in the eyes that one should look out for when assessing the thyroid status?






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






45. How are epididymal cysts caused?






46. What are the surgical problems associated with AF?






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






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






49. What are the intratemporal causes of facial nerve palsy?

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50. With which conditions would an ascitic transudate be expected?