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Clinical Surgery

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1. What investigations are appropriate for deep venous disease?






2. What is the medical treatment of Graves disease?






3. Sclerotherapy To treat varocose veins






4. What is the most common type of malignant melanoma?






5. Radiological investigations for hepatomegaly






6. What are the elements of the reconstruction ladder?






7. What do you know about Kaposi's Sarcoma?






8. How do paraumbilical herniae occur?






9. What specific investigations would you perform in thrombangiitis obliterans?


10. What are the vital points to be taken into consideration when examining the neck?






11. What other part of the body can be affected by hyperhidrosis?


12. What are the features of ulcers in patients with arteriovenous fistulae?






13. What is the difference between a false and a true aneurysm?






14. What is Frey's syndrome?






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






16. What would you tell patients about their recovery from inguinal hernia repair?






17. What is a branchial cyst?






18. How should one conclude a thyroid examination after examining the patient from the back?






19. What are the risk of radioiodine in the treatment of Graves disease?






20. What are the secondary causes of Raynauds?






21. What is the differential diagnosis of swollen legs?






22. How do you treat a thyroglossal cyst?


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


24. What is the differential diagnosis of a lump in the groin?






25. What are the causes of a false aneurysm?






26. What are the causes of bilateral ptosis?






27. Which are the most benign parotid tumours?


28. How would you treat a cystic hygroma?






29. What are the features of lentigo maligna melanoma?






30. What is a cavernous haemangioma?






31. How do you classify the severity of thyroid eye disease?






32. What other conditions cause odynophagia?






33. What is the treatment of a lipoma?


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


35. How might a patient with a popliteal aneurysms present?






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






37. What is the pathophysiology of coarctation?






38. What are the cause of cervical lymphadenopathy that you know of?






39. How would you rehabilitate a patient following the placement of a stoma?






40. What do you know about thyroid malignancy?






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






42. How would you treat a dermatofibroma?






43. What are the common causes of ascites?






44. What are the features of a femoral hernia?






45. What are the hepatobiliary complications of IBD?






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






47. What are the acquired predisposing factors for basal cell carcinomas?






48. What is a dermatofibroma?






49. What are the indications for an amputation?






50. What are the causes of a solitary thyroid nodule?