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Clinical Surgery

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






2. What questions should one ask to someone with dysphagia?






3. How would you manage a multinodular goitre?






4. What are the three basic questions that need to be asked in a peripheral arterial system history?






5. What is the surgical treatment of a ganglion?






6. What is the origin of lymphangiomas?






7. What radiological features would make you suspicious of an occult renal cell carcinoma?






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






9. What are the features of a direct inguinal hernia?






10. What do you know about thyroid adenomas?






11. What are the features of adult polycystic kidney disease?






12. What are the two types of ptosis?






13. What is the aetiology of enterocutaneous fistulae?

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14. What is the pathogenesis of a congenital dermoid cyst?






15. What is the mainstay of treatment in ascites?






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






17. What do you know about solitary thyroid nodules?






18. What are the constituents of the surgical sieve?






19. Where does a liposarcoma arise from?






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






21. What are the causes of gynaecomastia?






22. What are the treatment options of false aneurysms?






23. What is Adiposis dolorosa or Dercum's disease associated with?






24. What are the specific and immediate complications of thyroidectomy?






25. What is a secondary hydrocoele?






26. What is the purpose of limb elevation in the non-surgical treatment of lymphoedema?






27. Why is surgical treatment advised in the treatment of varicocoele?






28. How do you stage malignant melanomas?

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29. What are the benign diseases of the breast?






30. What are the specific late complications of amputations?






31. What are the functions of the spleen?






32. What investigations would you do when investigating parotid tumours?






33. What are the causes of unilateral ptosis?

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34. What investigations would you perform in your diagnosis of a chemodectoma?






35. What are the majore causes of hepatic jaundice?






36. What are telangiectasias?






37. In What age group is papillary carcinoma more common in?






38. What is the surgical treatment of coarctation of aorta?






39. What are the late side-effects of radiotherapy?






40. What does a hypertrophic scar look like?






41. What is the surgical treatment of benign parotid tumours?






42. What do you know about the pathology of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the skin?






43. If the patient has noticed pale stools and dark urine - what other questions would you ask?






44. What are the causes of postoperative jaundice?






45. Sclerotherapy To treat varocose veins






46. What is the definition of an enterocutaneous fistula?






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






48. What are the features of ulcers in pyoderma gangrenosum?






49. How do carcinomas of the oesophagus present?






50. How would you treat hidradenitis suppurativa?