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Clinical Surgery

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1. What are the three objectives to be taken note of in the inspection part of the arterial examination?






2. What is secondary lymphoedema?






3. Lobectomy






4. How should epididymal cysts be managed?






5. What are the main points to be elicited during a clerking of the surgical patient?






6. What is the surgical treatment of venous ulcers?






7. What are the treatment options of false aneurysms?






8. How would you determine clinically the degree of shunt by a large fistula?






9. What are the surgical principles in Mayo's operation?






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






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






12. What are the complications of a pharyngeal pouch?






13. What is the pathogenesis of Raynaud's phenomenon?






14. What are the causes of superior vena cava obstruction?






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






16. What is the non-surgical treatment of a patient with an epigastric hernia?






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






18. What is a papilloma?






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






20. What is the medical treatment of Graves disease?






21. How is 'matching' of transplanted kidneys performed?






22. What are the features of lentigo maligna melanoma?






23. How is a Cimino-Brescia arteriovenous fistula fashioned?






24. Under what circumstances would patients (with popliteal aneurysms) they be treated?






25. What is the difference in the clinical course of hypertrophic and keloid scars?






26. What are the 'transudate' causes of a pleural effusion?






27. What associations of coarctation are you aware of?






28. What are possible useful investigations in gynaecomastia?






29. What are the extratemporal causes of facial nerve palsy?






30. What are the causes of portal hypertension?






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






32. What are the features of an indirect inguinal hernia?






33. What other non-surgical treatments are available for ischaemic ulcers?






34. What is the classification used in the definition of severe exarcerbation of inflammatory bowel disease?






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






36. What are the surgical options available for deep venous occlusion/reflux


37. What are the majore causes of hepatic jaundice?






38. What is a cystic hygroma?






39. How are epididymal cysts caused?






40. What tissues do skin graft not take on?






41. What are the complications with regards to the surgical treatment of a ganglion?






42. What about umbilical herniae in children?






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






44. What are the indications for surgery in goitre?






45. What are the surgical options for Raynauds?






46. What are the non-surgical treatment options for coarctation of aorta?






47. What are the two main categories of causes of dysphagia?






48. How should one examine a lump or swelling?






49. What is seborrhoeic keratosis?






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