General Surgery Exam Topics #
Common short answer topics #
Abdominal Surgery
- Abdominal TB
- CBD Stone - Modern Management
- Cholecystitis - Aetiology and Diagnosis
- Large Bowel Obstruction - Malignant, Management of
- Low Urine Output 24 Hours After Major Abdominal Surgery
- Pancreatitis - Acute, Complications
- Sigmoid Volvulus
Hernias
- Femoral Hernia - Strangulated
- Incisional Hernias - Factors That Influence the Development
- Inguinal Hernia Repair - Laparoscopic Method
Neck Surgery
- Anterior Triangle of the Neck - Lump In
- Hypotension - Acute Occurring After 3 Days of Block Dissection of the Neck
- Parotid Area - Differential Diagnosis of Lump In
- Parotidectomy Consent
- Submandibular Salivary Gland Swelling
- Thyroglossal Tract Anomaly
Breast & Endocrine Surgery
- Lumps in the Breast
- Solitary Thyroid Nodule
- Thyroid - Clinically Solitary Nodule
- Thyroid - Medullary Carcinoma
- Thyroid Carcinoma Diagnosis
- Thyroidectomy Complications
Urological Surgery
- Circumcision
- Scrotal Swelling in the Adult
- Torsion of the Testis
Wound and Skin Management
- Burns - Management
- Skin Defects Management
- Ulceration of Finger - One Hand
- Wound Healing - Factors That Delay
- Wound Infection - Prevention
Trauma and Emergency Surgery
- Fall on Outstretched Hand
- Ventilation - Assisted Role in the Management of Major Trauma
Surgical Techniques and Instruments
- Biopsy - Techniques with Their Indications and Limitations
- Diathermy
- Diathermy - Complications in Open Surgery
- Laparoscopy in General Surgery
- Local Anaesthesia - Techniques Used
- Operating Theatre - Preventing Inadvertent Harm to the Patient
- OT - Preparation of Surgical Instruments
- Stents
- RCT - Principles, Design
Surgical Management and Considerations
- Audit - Surgical
- Blood - Minimizing the Use of Bank Blood for Major Surgery
- Computers in Surgery - Role of
- Day Case Surgery - AD/DA
- Ethical Committee - Composition and Function
- MRSA - Steps to Be Taken in Managing in the Ward
- Surgical Operation - Factors Contributing to a Shorter Hospital Stay
Postoperative Care
- Haemorrhage
- Post-Op Complications
- Pyrexia - Post-Op
Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Issues
- Dysphagia - Diagnosis and Causes
- Perianal Pain - Diagnosis and Management
- Rectal Bleeding - Fresh
Miscellaneous
- CTS
- HIV/HBV Infection Precautions When Operating On
- Immunosuppressive Therapy
- Radioisotope Bone Scanning - Diagnostic Uses
- Salivary Calculi
- Ulnar Nerve Injury - Causes and Clinical Features
- Cardiac Problem Assessment in a Patient Needing Major Surgery
Operative Surgery Topics #
Abscess
- Abscess - breast / parotid / intra-abdominal / perinephric
- Drainage of pelvic abscess
- Palmar abscess drainage
- Pharyngeal abscess drainage
Abdominal Procedures
- Burst abdomen
- Fistulectomy
Upper GI
- Bleeding duodenal ulcer
- Gastroduodenal perforation
- Gastrostomy / Gastrojejunostomy / Pyloroplasty
- Partial gastrectomy
- Oesophagectomy - approaches
- Cystogastrostomy
- Cardiomyotomy
Lower GI
- Appendicectomy
- Feeding jejunostomy
- Ileostomy
- APR / AR
- Bowel resection and anastamosis
- Colostomy
- Hartmann’s procedure
- Right / Left Hemicolectomy
Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary
- Approach to pancreas
- Pseudopancreatic cyst - cystogastrostomy
- Whipple’s surgery
- Cholecystectomy
- Splenectomy
Hernia
- Femoral hernia - Low / High / Transinguinal
- Inguinal hernia
- Inguinal hernia - Bassini / Shouldice / Mesh
- Strangulated hernia - inguinal / femoral
- PUH, Incisional hernia - anatomical / Mayo’s / Mesh
Breast & Thyroid
- Breast lump excision
- Mastectomy
- Subcutaneous Mastectomy
- Retrosternal thyroid
- Thyroidectomy
Genitourinary
- Circumcision
- Orchidectomy
- Orchidopexy
- Varicocele (Evansvich ?)
- Varicocoelectomy
- Hydrocele (Jaboulay’s, Lord’s)
- Testicular torsion
Neck and Thyroid Procedures
- Branchial cyst excision
- Branchial fistula excision
- Excision of suprahyoid cyst
- Thyroglossal cyst excision
- Cervical LN biopsy / Scalene node biopsy
- Submandibular sialadenectomy
- Sistrunk’s operation
- Tracheostomy
Skin and Soft Tissue
- Carbuncle
- Lipoma
- Sebaceous cyst excision
- Sinus exploration
- Ganglion
- Nail (Zadek’s)
Emergency & Miscellaneous Procedures
- CPR
- Catheterisation
- NG tube
- Central venous line insertion + tunneled line
- FNAC
- Nerve block - Digital / Others
Orthopedic Procedures
- Carpal tunnel decompression
- Hip joint - antero-lateral approach
- Toe / Finger amputation
Prinicples of surgery topics #
Preoperative Preparation and Considerations
- Assessment of fitness for surgery
- Consent
- Preoperative preparation for surgery
- Preparation for surgery - DM, jaundice, HT
- Preparations in surgery - Bowel, Thyroid
- Screening - principles
- Screening for surgical disease
Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Anaesthesia - General
- Anaesthesia - Local / blocks
- Anaesthesia - methods, and purpose of monitoring during major surgery
- Anaesthesia - Regional
- Post operative pain
Surgical Techniques and Procedures
- Abdominal incisions
- Damage control surgery
- Day case surgery
- Evolution of inguinal hernia repair
- Laparostomy
- Minimal access surgery
- Surgical access - incisions
Postoperative Care and Complications
- Post operative anuria
- Post operative complications
- Post operative confusion
- Post operative hypoxia
- Post operative pyrexia
- Post operative urine retention
- Post operative jaundice
- Wound healing, WT and wound management
- Wound infection - post operative
Surgical Equipment and Techniques
- Bloodless operative fields
- Diathermy
- Drains / drainage
- Principles - Laser, Diathermy, Cryotherapy
- Prostheses, implants in surgery
- Sutures, needles and knots
- Tourniquet
Surgical Environments and Safety
- Asepsis in OT / prevention of infection in surgical practice
- Asepsis in Surgery - skin preparation, sterilisation
- Hazards in OT
- Infection risks to the surgeon
- Operative theatre design
- Wrong site surgery
Special Surgical Considerations
- AIDS and surgery
- Alcohol and surgery
- Anaemia in surgery
- Diabetes and surgery
- Hypertension in surgery
- Obesity and surgery
- Surgery and pregnancy
- Surgery in elderly
- Surgery in the elderly
Emergency and Critical Care
- Acute abdominal pain
- ARDS / SIRS / MODS
- Anaphylactic shock - treatment
- Post operative pyrexia
- Stridor after thyroid surgery
Fluids, Electrolytes, and Nutrition
- Acid base balance
- Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Nutrition support - enteral
- Nutrition support - parenteral
Imaging and Diagnostics
- Imaging in Acute abdomen
- Imaging techniques - CT
- Imaging techniques - Duplex
- Imaging techniques - MRI
- Imaging techniques - USS
- Imaging techniques - X rays
- Radiology - Interventional, principles of CT, MRI, USS
Infection and Antibiotics
- Antibiotics - Policy, Prophylaxis
- Extra-pulmonary TB - Cervical LN, intestinal, GUT, spinal, CNS, arthritis, peritonitis
- Gas gangrene
- Nosocomial infections
- Necrotising fasciitis, fournier’s gangrene, Meleny’s gangrene
- Tetanus
Specialized Surgical Conditions and Interventions
- Abdominal abscess - intra - principles of management
- Abdominal compartment
- Breast - benign disease
- Burns management
- Calculi - GB, Urinary
- Care of the terminally ill
- Chronic illness, rehabilitation
- Dialysis
- Fast track surgery
- Leprosy - surgical intervention
- Vomiting
Miscellaneous Topics
- Blood and blood products
- Blood transfusions - massive, hazards
- Calcium metabolism
- Clinical trials
- Duplex scanning in surgery
- Evidence based practice
- Genetics in surgery
- Haemostasis in surgery
- Interventional radiology
- Metabolic response to trauma / surgery
- Nutrition support - enteral
- Nutrition support - parenteral
- Positioning
- Positioning in surgery
- Rehabilitation
- Smoking and surgery
- Sterilisation & disinfection
- Surgical audit
- Surgical dressings and applications
- Tissue culture / cloning - impact in surgery