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Clinical Surgery

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What do you know about the epidemiology of hypertrophic scars?






2. How would you investigate a patient with a breast lump?






3. What clinical features would make you suspect that a parotid swelling is malignant in nature?






4. What is the origin of lymphangiomas?






5. Sleeve resection






6. What are the features of lentigo maligna melanoma?






7. What are the 'exudate' causes of a pleural effusion?

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8. What are the complications of a cystic hygroma?






9. What is exopthalmos secondary to?






10. What is the surgical treatment of a popliteal aneurysm?






11. What are the two types of complications of thyroidectomy?






12. What are the causes of simple colloid goitres?






13. What are the different varieties of Kaposi's sarcoma?

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14. What is the aetiology of varicocoeles?

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15. How would you treat a patient with a single neurofibroma?






16. It is know that the pulses are preserved in the diabetic - why is this?






17. What are the uncommon causes of ascites?






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






19. What are the features of a multinodular goitre?

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20. What are the three main options available for the treatment of malignant melanoma?






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






22. How would you treat this condition?

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23. What is the differential diagnosis for an enlarged kidney?






24. What conditions increase the risk of developing pressure sores?






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






26. How would you treat solar keratoses?






27. What are the specific complications of parotidectomy?






28. What is a keratoacanthoma?






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






30. What are the secretomotor branches of the facial nerve?






31. What should one point out when describing the features of a thyroid swelling?






32. How would you treat a congenital dermoid cyst?






33. How would you demonstrate a patient's ankle brachial pressure index?






34. What is the causes of the carotid artery aneurysms?






35. What is the 'reconstruction ladder'?






36. What is the Courvoisier's law?






37. What is the treatment of a lipoma?

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38. What does a keloid scar look like?






39. Large hernia






40. How do testicular tumours usually present?






41. Which patients might be considered for carotid endarterectomy?






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






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






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






45. What is the differential diagnosis for a skin lesion?






46. What is the differential diagnosis of a dermatofibroma?






47. What do you know about the pathophysiology of pressure necrosis?






48. What should one do in the general examination of the surgical patient?






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






50. How would you treat this condition?