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Clinical Surgery

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1. What is the pathogenesis of umbilical herniae?






2. What is portal hypertension?






3. What are telangiectasias?






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






5. What are the specific complications of a stoma?






6. What is a pyogenic granuloma?






7. Why do these neuropathic ulcers form?






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






9. What are the surgical options in Crohns disease?






10. What are multiple -painful lipomas known as?


11. What are the main features of splenomegaly in the clinical examination?






12. What are the functions of the spleen?






13. What are the signs in the mouth of Addison's disease?






14. What is the differential diagnosis of a midline neck swelling?






15. What are the secondary causes of Raynauds?






16. What is the non-surgical treatment of venous ulcers?






17. What are the specific complications of varicose veins surgery?






18. What are the histological features of seborrhoeic keratosis?






19. What does surgical excision involved in the surgical treatment of a pharyngeal pouch?






20. Which investigations would you use in a patient whom you thought might be suffering from a dysmotility problem?






21. What is seborrhoeic keratosis?






22. What are the histological appearances of solar keratoses?






23. What is the aetiology of diabetic foot ulcers?






24. What are the general complications of thyroidectomy?






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


26. What symptoms - a patient with an epigastric hernia might have complained of at presentation?






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






28. What are the main features of neuropathic ulcers?






29. What are the causes of a false aneurysm?






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






31. How do paraumbilical herniae occur?






32. What are the specific and early complications of thyroidectomy?






33. What are patients with Sjogren's syndrome at risk of?


34. What are the causes of ischaemic ulcers?






35. What is an epigastric hernia?






36. How would you treat this condition?


37. What is the aim of cardiopulmonary bypass?






38. What are the two main types of aetiologies in the differential diagnosis of a unilateral swelling of the parotid gland?






39. What are the features of ulcers in tuberculosis?






40. What do you know about the pathophysiology of varicose veins?






41. How might the liver function tests help in distinguishing the types of jaundice?






42. How would you manage a multinodular goitre?






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






44. What are the coordination abnormalities causes of dysphagia?






45. What immunizations would you need to organize in the event of performing a splenectomy?


46. What is the main statistic with regards to salivary gland tumours?






47. How do you harvest a skin graft?






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






49. In patients with gynaecomastia - what would make you concerned the patient may have a breast cancer?






50. What is the medical treatment of Graves disease?