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Colorectal Intercollegiate Exam Questions
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General Surgical Clinical
Huge incisional hernia
Gastrostomy
Incisional hernias with cardiac bypass and laparostomy
Colorectal Clinical
Hirschsprung’s in an adultDiverticular stricture on barium enema
Hartmann’s with wound sepsis on chronic huge incisional hernia, whats he had done, why, options for reversal, and incisional hernia repair in prescence of sepsis
Critical Care and Emergency Surgery
Ruptured AAA -decision to operate14-year old boy with right testicular pain, clinical findings, ? torsion, consent with parents to discussed about possible orchidectomy. emergency exploration. Anaesthetic registrar not free for another 5 hours. What to do now? Operative finding torsion right testis. Untwisted, warm saline 15 minutes, no improvement. Incised into tunica albuginea to examine the colour of seminiferous tubules. Discussed management.
Define septic shock, and differential diagnosis
Fluid balance: CVP, role of HDU, use of pressors, which one’s and why; transfer to ITU
Post-operative analgesia: discuss PCAS. How do you manage a patient continue to have pain on PCAS. Nurse-control PCAS, NSAID.
General Surgery and Colorectal Viva
Melanomahydrocoele in infancy/adulthood
Define adjuvant therapy and neoadjuvant therapy. Discussed it’s role in general surgery (excluding rectal cancer!). breast cancer and oesophageal cancer. Role of downsizing.
Anal sphincters, innervation, function
Complications of diverticular disease
Management of a patient with anal pain