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Clinical Surgery

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






2. What is the surgical treatment of lymphoedema?






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






4. What are the surgical principles in the treatment of a femoral hernia?






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






6. What is venous gangrene?






7. What are the general complications of a stoma?






8. What is the pathophysiology of coarctation?






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






10. What is the significance of the ankle brachial pressure index?






11. What are the signs of chronic venous insufficiency?






12. What is a cystic hygroma?






13. What are the causes of hepatomegaly?

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






15. What is primary lymphoedema?






16. What are the stages of restorative proctocolectomy?






17. What is seborrhoeic keratosis?






18. What are the causes of simple colloid goitres?






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






20. What is the non-surgical treatment of varicocoele?






21. Obstructive Jaundice - With regards to radiological investigations






22. What is the aim of the tourniquet test?






23. What is the surgical treatment of varicocoele?






24. Large hernia






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






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






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






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

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29. What do patients with rest pain typically get more severe pain at night?






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






31. Which is the most widely accepted repair for umbilical herniae?

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






33. What is the pathogenesis of thromboangiitis obliterans?






34. What factors predispose to incisional hernia?






35. What are the causes of massive splenomegaly?






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






37. How do carcinomas of the oesophagus present?






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






39. What are the causes of postoperative jaundice?






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






41. What level does the serum bilirubin need to rise to before jaundice can be detected on clinical examination?






42. What important questions should you ask in a patient with jaundice?






43. What does minimally invasive surgery involve in the surgical treatment of a pharyngeal pouch?

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






45. How would you treat an acquired dermoid cyst?






46. Why are diabetics particularly prone to foot pathology?






47. What are the main aetiologies in diffuse enlargement of the thryoid?






48. What are the features of ulcers in patients with sickle-cell disease?






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






50. What are the features of ulcers in tuberculosis?