List of top Surgical Questions

A 55-year-old chronic smoker presents with enlarged, painful toes and fingers with swollen joints, dyspnoea, and hemoptysis. X-ray shows elevated periosteum. What is the probable diagnosis?
Thoracic outlet syndrome clinical picture with Roos test positive. Neurogenic TOS diagnosis made. Which of the following statements is true?
A 65-year-old male patient, a known T2DM with poor glycemic control and chronic smoker, presented with fever and foul-smelling cough. Chest X-ray was taken. Which of the following statements regarding the CXR is true?
Mention the findings in the given fluoroscopy image and the conditions for which this procedure is used.
Eloesser flap is done for?
A 60-year-old man presents with dyspnoea and fever. He has a past history of RTA with right haemothorax managed conservatively. What is your diagnosis from the given chest X-ray?
Which of the following valvular heart diseases is associated with left atrial enlargement, left ventricular hypertrophy, and ECG showing ST depression?
Monad (Monod) sign is seen in?
What is the type of dissection depicted in the image?
Non-clinical question: Pulsus paradoxus is seen in which of the following conditions?
Identify the marked (X) cardiac valve.
A patient with structural heart disease suddenly wakes up at night with dyspnoea and anxiety. What is your diagnosis?
Comment on this chest X-ray.
Straightening of the left heart border with pulmonary congestion is seen on chest X-ray. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A child with a subaortic ventricular septal defect (VSD) develops progressive aortic regurgitation. Which principle best explains this phenomenon?
Which of the following statements regarding the TIPS procedure is incorrect?
Which of the following does not count as a contraindication for performing a transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct (CBD) exploration?
Which of the following statements regarding laparoscopic cholecystectomy is incorrect?
Which of the following is NOT considered a third-line therapeutic option for managing immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)?
In gallbladder carcinoma, which histologic/gross type is associated with a better prognosis?
A patient develops a pancreatic fluid collection 10 days after the onset of symptoms. Paracentesis is performed. What is the most likely diagnosis?
According to the Bismuth–Corlette classification of hilar cholangiocarcinoma, involvement of the right hepatic duct corresponds to which type?
A patient’s Child–Pugh score needs to be calculated. The lab values and clinical findings are:
Total bilirubin: 2.6 mg/dL
Ascites: mild
Serum albumin: 2.9 g/dL
Hepatic encephalopathy: markedly lethargic and drowsy (severe)
Prothrombin time: 36 sec, with control = 12 sec
What is the total Child–Pugh score?
Based on the choledochal cyst appearance in the given image, which Todani type does it most likely represent?
Which of the following findings is considered a Major diagnostic criterion for chronic pancreatitis according to the Rosemont EUS classification?