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USMLE Step3 Surgery

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. anal sphincter tone






2. What is the strongest risk factor for male breast cancer






3. laparotomy 2 weeks ago - now pain in right shoulder tip; fever and tachycardia






4. How to confirm achiles tendon rupture






5. managment of animal bite in hands






6. first step for evaluation of testicular swelling






7. What is prehn sign?






8. bilateral symmetric reduction in perception of vibration - pain and temperature; ED and absent cremastieric reflex






9. types of hip fracture






10. mangement of localized lymphadenopathy






11. how hyperventilation lowers ICP






12. What is the complications of undescended testis






13. varicocele






14. Patient underwent CABG; postoperatively drowsy. most likely cause?






15. beta hcg and AFP






16. prostate enlarged - nontender - no nodularity - elevated PSA






17. characteristics of ureteral stone?






18. perioral numbness after parathyroidectomy






19. acute colonic ischemia






20. contraindication of urethral catheterization






21. What is hungry bone syndrome?






22. aspiration of breast cyst is nonbloody






23. How to dx ACL tear?






24. management of nondisplaced scaphoid fx






25. SOB - confusion - petechial rash after trauma - fracture






26. 3 weeks after trauma - intense pain - swelling - dec ROM - skin changes






27. transrectal prostate biopsy






28. Dupuytren contracture






29. What is most common lung injury after blunt chest trauma?






30. What is the contraindication of hyperventilation in inc ICP






31. differential of ultrasound finding of breast mass






32. How to differentiate ACL and meniscus injury






33. MVC - unresponsive - bleeding from head - decr RR - unilat pupilary dilation - seizure






34. first line of management of PVD






35. Most common of sudden death due to steering wheel injury






36. acalculus cholecystitis






37. sudden onset of postoperative hyperglycemia when patient on TPN






38. suprapubic catheterization






39. How to differentiate communicative and non-communicative hydrocele






40. 27 yo with scrotal mass; warm tender testes feel like bag of worms






41. How to confirm dx of compartment syndrom






42. Incidence of AF in CABG patient


43. Indication for bariatric surgery in obese patients






44. complications of TPN






45. How to evaluate painless testicular swelling suspicious for cancer






46. complication displaced or communited distal radial fx






47. common complication of inadequate mx of scaphoid fx






48. stress fx






49. What percent of anal abscess deveolop fisutula






50. diarrhoea after gastric bypass