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Clinical Surgery

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1. How would you investigate a patient with hepatomegaly?






2. What is the treatment of choice in differentiated thyroid cancer?






3. What are the congenital predisposing factors for basal cell carcinoma?

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






5. What is the aim of the tourniquet test?






6. What is the pathophysiology of coarctation?






7. What are the specific late complications of amputations?






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






9. What are the early side-effects of radiotherapy?






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






11. How would you investigate and treat a solitary thyroid nodule?






12. What is the consequence of carotid stenosis?






13. What are the surgical options for managing ulcerative colitis?






14. How would you treat a pharyngeal pouch?






15. What is the mainstay of treatment in ascites?






16. How do patients with a pharyngeal pouch usually present?






17. Radiological investigations for hepatomegaly






18. Why are diabetics particularly prone to foot pathology?






19. What are the seven signs in the hands that one should look for when assessing the thyroid status?






20. What is the classic presentation of renal cell carcinoma?

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21. How do you treat these scars?






22. How is a testicular tumour removed?






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






24. What needs to be taken into consideration when marking the stoma site?






25. What are the two main systems which need to be examining thyroid status in a surgical patient?






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






27. What are the causes of facial nerve palsy?






28. What are the features of superficial spreading melanoma?






29. What are the features of a femoral hernia?






30. What do you know about the epidemiology of hypertrophic scars?






31. What are the signs of chronic venous insufficiency?






32. How would you prepare a patient prior to breast surgery?






33. How does follicular carcinoma spread?






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






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

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






37. How should you organize information when talking about a disease?






38. When are spider naevi considered to be pathological?






39. What are the stages of restorative proctocolectomy?






40. What are the mechanical obstruction causes of dysphagia?

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41. What should you keep in mind when assessing surgical scars?






42. What are the features of a multinodular goitre?

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43. What are the neurological symptoms in thoracic outlet obstruction more commonly due to?

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44. What do you know about thyroid adenomas?






45. How would you treat pyoderma gangrenosum?






46. How should epididymal cysts be managed?






47. What is a lipoma?






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






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






50. Do you know of any infectious agents associated with AAA?