BBS Questions for Surgery I & II

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2008:
Term Definition (5 x 4pts)
1. Carbuncle
2. Renal cortex tuberculosis
3. Mirizzi Syndrome
4. Allograft
5. Short bowel syndrome
Long Questions (4 x 10pts)
1. Briefly explain classification of Child-Pugh
2. Breast lymphatic flow
3. Clinical manifestations of acute pancreatitis
4. Local factors affecting bone fracture healing
MCQ (40 x 1pt): with 12-15 urinary, orthopedic, and thoracic surgery questions
2008 Make-up:
MCQ (20 pts)
Long Questions
1. Complications and prevention of hyperthyroidism
2. Acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis (AOSC) clinical manifestation and treatment principles
3. Differentiation between inguinal and direct hernias
4. Difference between pathogenesis of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer
5. Clinical manifestation and treatment principles for left colon and right colon cancers
6. D2 gastric cancer resection (and extent of resection) surgery
2008 (Basic Med)
Term Definition
1. Syndrome of upper venous cavity
2. Codman triangle
3. Hesselbach Triangle
4. Pneumothorax
Short Answer
1. Clinical manifestations of acute gastric perforation
2. Factors affecting healing of bone fractures
3. Treatment principles of bilateral upper urinary tract stones
4. Treatment principles of incarcerated inguinal hernia
2007 (8y):
Term Definition (4 pts each)
1. Flail chest
2. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)
3. Shock
4. Pagets Disease
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5. Thyroid storm (aka thyroid crisis)
Long Questions (10 pts each)
1. Differentiation between inguinal and direct hernias
2. Classification of intestinal obstruction according to etiology
3. TNM staging of breast cancer
4. Diagnosis of rectal cancer
2007 (Surgery II)
MCQ (40 questions)
Term Definition (5 pts each)
1. Flail Chest
2. Compartment syndrome
3. Urinary incontinence
Short Answer (15 pts x 3)
1. Standard of restoration of fracture function
2. Regions of mediastinum and commonly seen tumors of mediastinum
3. Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
2006 (8y)
Term Definition
1. Metabolic alkalosis
2. Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
3. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemtic shunt (TIPS)
4. Enteral nutrition
5. Primary peritonitis
Long Questions
1. Classification and characteristics of obstruction that can occur after gastric resection
2. Breast lymphatic flow
3. Etiology and treatment of hyperkalemia
4. Clinical characteristics of severe acute pancreatitis
2006 (Surgery II)
MCQ (1 pt each x 40)
Term Definition (5pts each x 3)
1. Compartment syndrome
2. Colles fracture
3. Autonephrectomy
Q&A (15 pts each x 3)
1. Standard of perioperative period for adrenal pheochromocytoma
2. Describe the factors that affect fracture healing
3. Indications and contraindications of esophageal cancer surgery
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2006 (Surgery I)
Term Definition
1. Isotonic dehydration
2. Lettre hernia
3. Reynolds pentad
4. Shock index
5. Infestinal infection
Q&A
1. Etiology and clinical manifestation of hypokalemia
2. Treatment principles and surgical methods of rectal cancer
3. Differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis
4. Clinical features of acute pancreatitis
2006 (Basic Medicine)
Term definition
1. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
2. Charlotte triad
3. Delayed Fracture healing
4. Autonephroectomy
5. Open pneumothorax
Long Questions
1. Etiology of post-operative dyspnea after thyroid surgery
2. Surgical treatment of rectal cancer
3. Complications in late stages of bone fracture
4. Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
2005 (8y)
Term Definition
1. Whipple Triad
2. Murphys sign
3. Reynolds pentad
4. Autonephrectomy
5. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)
Long Questions
1. Etiology of post-operative dyspnea after thyroid surgery
2. Differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis
3. Complications of bone fracture
4. Etiology and clinical manifestations of hypokalemia
2005 (Surgery II)
Term Definition (5pts x 4)
1. Fracture of distal end of radius
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2. Osteofascial compartment syndrome
3. Prostate specific antigen (PSA)
4. Mediatinal flutter
Short Answer (10pts x 4)
1. Pathological changes of acute suppurative osteomyelitis
2. Diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation
3. Concept, classification, and associated symptoms of hematuria and its clinical significance.
4. Clinical manifestation of esophageal cancer
2005 (Surgery I)
MCQ (2pts x 15)
Q&A (70 pts)
1. Pathophysiology of shock
2. Etiology of acute renal failure (ARF)
3. Classification, clinical manifestation, and treatment of skull base fracture
4. Differentiation between direct and inguinal hernia
5. Route of breast cancer metastasis
6. Clinical manifestations of chronic pancreatitis
2006 (Basic Medicine)
MCQ ( 1pt x 40)
Term Definition
1. Cholelithiasis
2. Reducible hernia
3. Bone Fracture
4. Syndrome of upper venous cavity
5. Renal-sparing surgery
Q&A (8pts x 5)
1. Clinical pathological classification of acute appendicitis
2. Surgical treatment of breast cancer
3. Complications of early stages of bone fracture
4. Describe in detail the three physiological narrowings of the esophagus
5. Differential diagnosis of urinary tract infection of kidney/ureterand areas bladder and below

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Differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Symptoms, signs, and treatment principles of chronic pancreatitis
Clinical manifestations of strangulation obstruction
Route of breast cancer metastasis
Classification, clinical manifestation, and treatment of skull base fracture
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6. Classification and etiology of acute renal failure (ARF)
2004
Term Definition
1. Acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis (AOSC)
2. Total parental nutrition (TPN)
3. Dissociation anesthesia
4. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Long questions:
1. Differentiation between simple intestinal obstruction and strangulation obstruction
2. Route of metastasis for breast cancer
3. Clinical features and treatment principles of acute suppurative cholangitis.
4. Clinical characteristics and treatment principles of surgical infection.
2004 (Basic/Preventive Medicine)
Term Definition:
1. McBurneys point
2. Dumping syndrome
3. Open fracture
4. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
5. Non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC)
Long Questions:
1. Route of breast cancer metastasis
2. Benefits and shortcomings of Billroth I and Billroth II surgical methods in gastric resection
3. Localization diagnosis and clinical significance of hematuria
4. Clinical standards of fracture healing
5. Classification and characteristics of lung cancer
2003 (Surgery II)
Term Definition
1. Tension pneumothorax
2. Urinary tract infection
3. Spinal shock
4. Compartment syndrome
Long Questions
1. Pathophysiology and treatment principles of tension pneumothorax
2. Differentiation between benign and malignant bone tumors
3. Diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation
4. Clinical staging and treatment for bladder cancer
2003
Term Definition
1. Acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis (AOSC)
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Separation anesthesia
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
Differentiation between direct inguinal hernia and inguinal hernia
Pathological classification, features, and treatment principles of thyroid cancer
Clinical manifestation and treatment principles for left colon and right colon cancers
Clinical characteristics and treatment principles of surgical infection.
Differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis

2003
Term Definition
1. Total parental nutrition (TPN)
2. Acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis (AOSC)
3. Acute renal failure (ARF)
4. Pancoast tumor
Q&A
1. Treatment of hypokalemia
2. Pathological classification and treatment principles of thyroid cancer
3. Early postoperative complications of gastric and duodenal ulcer surgery
4. Clinical manifestations of local fracture
2002
Term Definition
1. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
2. Spinal Shock
3. Calots Triangle
4. Central Venous pressure (CVP)
5. Charcots Triad
Q&A
1. Differentiation between direct hernia and inguinal hernia
2. Treatment of infective shock
3. Clinical manifestation and diagnosis of lung cancer
Undated (5y)
Term Definition
1. Hemothorax
2. Spinal shock
3. Monteggia fracture and Galeazzi fracture
4. Urinary incontinence
Q&A
1. Differentiation of benign and malignant bone tumors
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2. Standards of bone fracture healing
3. Regions of mediastinum and tumor types of mediastinum
4. Treatment methods of (kidney/ureter) stones
Undated (8y)
Term Definition
1. Shock
2. Rovsings sign
3. Tension pneumothorax
4. Miles Surgery
Q&A
1. Etiology and clinical manifestation of metabolic acidosis
2. Differentiation between direct hernia and inguinal hernia
3. Indications and surgical methods of gastric ulcers
4. Healing features of bone fracture
Undated Compilation
1. Suture removal times for different parts of the body
2. Methods and precautions of thoracentesis
3. Pathological types and treatment of blunt renal injury
4. Urinary dysfunction after Miles Surgery Reasons and methods of determining residual urine
5. Clinical and X-ray manifestations of osteosarcoma

Undated Term Definition Compilation (~2002)

1. Three symptoms of increased ICP: headache,
vomiting, papilledema
2. Cerebral perfusion pressure
3. Thyroid crisis
4. Inflammatory breast cancer
5. Peau dorange changes
6. Radical mastectomy
7. Reducible hernia
8. Irreducible hernia
9. Incarcerated hernia
10. Strangulated hernia
11. Hernia sac
12. Direct hernia triangle
13. Bassini operation
14. Haoteled operation
15. McVay operation

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Femoral hernia
Primary peritonitis
Secondary peritonitis
Peritoneal irritation
Erosion
Ulcer
Billroth I
Billroth II
Hollande Test
Highly selective vagotomy surgery
Dumping syndrome
Hypoglycemia syndrome
Remnant gastric cancer
Early gastric cancer
Three methods of early diagnosis of gastric
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Radical surgery for gastric cancer

Mechanical intestinal stenosis
Non-mechanical intestinal stenosis
Intestinal stenosis related to blood supply
Adhesional intestinal stenosis
Volvulus
Intussusception
Pentz-Jeghers Syndrome
Gardner Syndrome
Rovsing test
Whipple Triad
Horners syndrome
Glisson sheath
Signs of portal hypertension
Budd-Chiari syndrome
TIPS
Calot triangle
PTC ERCP
Cholesterol stones
Pigment gallstones
Murphys sign
Charcots triad
Pancreaticoduodenectomy surgery
Cold shock
Warm shock

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MSOF (Multiple systemic organ failure)

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Acute renal failure (ARF)
Anesthesia
Dyspnea syndrome
Abnormal acidity of urine
Water intoxication
Shock index
Cardiac index
Dietary factors
Hypotension
Body temperature
Septicemia, Sepsis, Pus-in-blood, Toxicemia
Anorectal ring, Dentate line
Psoas muscle test
Obturator muscle test
Torn anus triad
Internal, External, Mixed hemorrhoids
Miles operation
Dixon operation
Hartmann operation
Couinaud method of liver lobes
Litter hernia
Richter hernia