SURGERY PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS
(JUN 19 – NOV 09)
10 MARK:
PAPER 1:
SECTION –A:
1. Shock. (4)
2. Ca breast. (4)
3. Burns. (3)
4. TAO. (2)
5. Hyperthyroidism. (2)
6. GCS. (2)
7. Spleenic rupture. (2)
8. Breast abscess. (1)
9. Wound healing. (1)
10. Solitary nodule of thyroid. (1)
11. Tetanus. (1)
12. Appendicitis. (1)
13. Duodenal ulcer. (1)
14. Testicular tumour. (1)
SECTION – B:
1. Fracture neck of femur. (11)
2. Osteomyelitis. (6)
3. Fall on an outstretched hand – Supracondylar fracture. (5)
4. Osteosarcoma. (2)
5. CDH. (1)
6. Fracture of hip. (1)
PAPER 2:
SECTION-A :
1. Ca breast. (5)
2. Malignant obstructive jaundice. (4)
3. Solitary nodule of thyroid. (2)
4. Epigastric mass. (2)
5. Sigmoid volvulus. (1)
6. Appendicular mass. (1)
7. Intestinal obstruction. (1)
8. Swelling in the right hypochondrium. (1)
9. Acute pancreatitis. (1)
10. Alcoholic liver disease. (1)
11. Bleeding per rectum. (1)
12. Hyperthyroidism. (1)
13. Cholecystitis. (1)
14. Primary thyrotoxicosis. (1)
15. Bleeding duodenal ulcer. (1)
16. Acute appendicitis. (1)
17. Jaundice with pain abdomen.(1)
SECTION B:
1. Acute retension of urine. (6)
2. Renal cell carcinoma. (4)
3. Balanophostitis. (2)
4. Testicular tumours. (2)
5. Pleomorphic adenoma. (2)
6. Pneumothorax. (1)
7. Spleenic rupture. (1)
8. Pyelonephritis. (1)
9. Head injury. (1)
10. Bleeding per urethra end of micturition. (1)
11. Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. (1)
12. Ca bladder. (1)
13. Undescended testis. (1)
14. Ca breast. (1)
15. Hydronephrosis, pelvi uretheric junction obstruction. (1)
16. Painless harmaturia. (1)
SHORT NOTES:
WOUNDS:
1. Keloid. (5)
2. Hypertrophic scar. (1)
3. Keloid vs Hypertrophic scar. (1)
4. Classification of operative wounds. (1)
ULCER:
1. Trophic ulcers. (2)
2. Marjolin’s ulcer. (2)
3. Varicose ulcer. (2)
4. Pressure sores. (1)
5. Diabetic neuropathic ulcer. (1)
SINUS AND FISTULA:
1. Pilonidal sinus. (2)
2. Trachoesophageal fistula. (2)
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:
1. Tetanus. (4)
2. Gas gangrene. (4)
3. MRSA. (1)
4. Clostridium infections. (1)
5. Granuloma pyogenicum. (1)
6. Surgical site infection. (1)
7. Needle strick injury and post exposure HIV prophylaxis. (1)
8. Precautions to be taken during surgery in HIV patients. (1)
9. Disinfection. (1)
10. Common surgical manifestation of HIV infection. (1)
SWELLING:
1. Dermoid cyst. (4)
2. Sebaceous cyst. (3)
3. Glomus tumour. (1)
4. Branchial cyst. (1)
5. Pseudocyst of pancreas. (1)
6. Dentigenous cyst. (1)
7. Dental cyst. (1)
8. Hydatid cyst. (1)
9. Cock’s peculiar tumour. (1)
ELECTROLYTES AND NUTRITION:
1. Parenteral nutrition. (3)
2. Metabolic alkalosis in surgical practices. (1)
3. Metabolic acidosis. (1)
4. Refeeding syndrome. (1)
SHOCK:
1. Septic shock. (3)
2. Hypovolemic shock. (2)
3. Central venous pressure. (2)
4. Haemorrhagic shock. (1)
5. Central venous cannulation. (1)
6. Ebb phase in metabolic response to injury. (1)
HAEMORRHAGE AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION:
1. Complication of blood transfusion. (10)
2. Massive transfusion protocol. (2)
3. Complication of massive transfusion. (1)
4. Blood transfusion reaction. (1)
5. Blood substitutes. (1)
6. Cryoprecipitate. (1)
BURNS:
1. Fluid resuscitation in burns. (4)
2. Chemical burns. (2)
3. Non thermal burn injuries. (1)
4. Assessment of burn wounds. (1)
5. Electrical burns. (1)
TRAUMA:
1. Flail chest. (4)
2. GCS. (3)
3. Golden hour in trauma. (1)
4. Compartment syndrome. (1)
5. Torsion testis. (1)
6. Abdominal compartment syndrome. (1)
7. Triage. (1)
HAND AND FOOT:
1. Paranychia. (1)
2. Madura foot. (1)
ARTERIAL DISEASE:
1. TAO / Buerger’s disease. (2)
2. Intermittent claudication. (2)
3. Dry gangrene. (1)
4. Acute limb ischemia. (1)
5. Acute arterial occlution of lower limb. (1)
6. Fat embolism. (1)
7. Compartment syndrome. (1)
8. Diabetic foot. (1)
VENOUS DISEASE:
1. DVT. (2)
2. Indication and complication of venography. (1)
3. AV fistula. (1)
4. Varicose vein. (1)
5. Modified perthes test. (1)
6. Perthes test. (1)
7. Klippel trenaunay syndrome. (1)
LYMPHATICS:
1. Burkitt’s lymphoma. (1)
2. Hodgkins lymphoma. (1)
3. Lymphedema. (1)
SKIN TUMOURS:
1. Basal cell carcinoma / Rodent ulcer. (6)
2. Malignant melanoma. (4)
3. Squamous cell carcinoma. (1)
4. Epithelioma. (1)
SARCOMA :
1. Sarcoma. (1)
2. Kaposi sacoma. (1)
AMPUTATION / RECONSTRUCTION / TRANSPLANTATION AND MISCELLANEOUS:
1. Skin graft. (3)
2. Principles of transplantation. (1)
3. Tumour markers. (2)
4. Step ladder concept in pain pathway. (1)
5. Rule of lungs. (1)
FACIOMAXILLARY DISEASES:
1. Admantinoma. (4)
2. Dentigerous cyst. (4)
3. Cleft lip. (2)
4. Dental cyst. (1)
5. Fibrous epulis. (1)
6. Odontomes. (1)
THYROID:
1. Thyroglossal cyst. (8)
2. Solitary nodule of thyroid. (3)
3. Thyrotoxicosis. (2)
4. Riedel’s thyroiditis. (2)
5. Papillary carcinoma thyroid. (2)
6. Medullary carcinoma thyroid. (1)
7. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. (1)
8. Complication of thyroidectomy. (1)
9. Thyroid storm. (1)
10. Autoimmune thyroiditis. (1)
11. Thyroglossal fistula. (1)
PARATYROID AND ADRENAL :
1. Hyperparathyroidism. (2)
2. Pheochromocytoma. (1)
3. MEN syndrome. (1)
BREAST:
1. Cystosarcoma phyllodes. (5)
2. Fibroadenoma / breast mouse. (4)
3. Nipple discharge. (2)
4. Staging, risk factors- Ca breast. (2)
5. Mamography. (2)
6. Paget’s disease of nipple. (2)
7. Cystic swelling of breast. (2)
8. Antibioma. (2)
9. Breast abscess. (1)
10. Peau de orange appearance. (1)
11. FNAC. (1)
12. Hormonal treatment in Ca breast. (1)
NECK:
1. Cold abscess. (5)
2. TB cervical lymphadenitis. (3)
3. Cervical rib. (2)
4. Investigation and management of fixed secondaries neck. (1)
5. Branchial fistula. (1)
ORAL CAVITY:
1. Ranula. (3)
2. Premalignant lesion of tongue. (1)
3. Premalignant condition of oral cavity. (1)
4. Ca tongue. (1)
SALIVARY GLAND:
1. Mixed parotid tumour. (2)
2. Parotid gland tumours. (1)
3. Submandibular duct stone. (1)
4. Submandibular sailadenitis. (1)
5. Ludwigs angina. (1)
OESOPHAGUS:
1. Achlasia cardia. (2)
2. Bleeding oesophageal varices. (2)
3. Constriction of oesophagus. (1)
4. Mallory weiss syndrome. (1)
5. Barret’s oesophagus. (1)
6. GERD. (1)
7. Dysphagia. (1)
STOMACH:
1. H.pylori. (2)
2. Hypertropic pyloric stenosis. (1)
3. Nasogastric tube. (1)
4. Perforated peptic ulcer. (1)
5. Staging Ca stomach. (1)
6. Linitis plastic. (1)
SMALL INTESTINE:
1. Meckel’s diverticulum. (5)
2. Gastrointestinal stromal tumour. (4)
3. Carcinoid tumour. (2)
4. Carcinoid syndrome. (2)
5. Hyperplastic ileocaecal TB. (1)
LARGE INTESTINE:
1. Familial adenomatous polyposis. (2)
2. Colostomy. (1)
3. Premalignant condition of colon. (1)
4. Carcinoma colon. (1)
5. Difference between crohn’s and ulcerative colitis. (1)
RECTUM AND ANAL CANAL:
1. Fistula in ano. (5)
2. Pilonidal sinus. (4)
3. Fissure in ano. (3)
4. Haemorrhoids. (3)
5. Perianal abscess. (2)
6. Rectum prolapsed. (2)
LIVER:
1. Liver abscess. (6)
2. Hyadatid cyst. (4)
3. Liver injury. (1)
4. Causes of haematemesis. (1)
5. Liver function test. (1)
6. Subphrenic abscess. (1)
7. Portal hypertension. (1)
GALL BLADDER:
1. Gall stones/ Cholithiasis.(4)
2. Empyema gall bladder. (2)
3. Laproscopic cholecystectomy. (2)
4. CBD stones. (1)
5. Courvoisier law. (1)
6. Acute cholecystitis. (1)
7. Choledochal cyst. (1)
SPLEEN:
1. Spleenectomy. (2)
2. Injury to spleen. (1)
PANCREASE:
1. Pseudocyst of pancrease. (5)
2. Acute pancreatitis. (3)
3. Zollinger Ellison syndrome. (2)
4. Insulinoma. (1)
5. Periampullary carcinoma. (1)
APPENDIX:
1. Appendicular mass. (5)
2. Interval appendisectomy. (2)
3. Oschner sherren regimen. (1)
PERITONIUM AND MESENTRY :
1. Mesenteric cyst. (2)
2. Peritonitis. (2)
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION:
1. Paralytic ileus. (4)
2. Intussuception. (3)
3. Sigmoid volvulus. (1)
4. Roundworm obstruction. (1)
5. Intestinal obstruction. (1)
6. Trichobezoars. (1)
HERNIA:
1. Strangulated inguinal hernia. (3)
2. Epigastric hernia. (1)
3. Incisional hernia. (1)
4. Herniorraphy. (1)
5. Umbilical hernia. (1)
6. Sliding hernia. (1)
7. Femoral hernia. (1)
8. Differential diagnosis for inguinal swelling. (1)
RETROPERITONEAL SPACE, ABDOMINAL MASS, ABDOMINAL WALL AND UMBLICU
ABDOMINAL TB:
1. Umbilical granuloma. (1)
2. Retroperitoneal sarcoma. (1)
3. RIF mass. (1)
4. Types of abdominal TB. (1)
5. Burst abdomen. (1)
KIDNEY AND URETER:
1. Pheochromocytoma. (6)
2. Haematuria. (2)
3. Wilm’s tumour. (2)
4. Unilateral hydronephrosis. (1)
5. Uretheric calculus. (1)
URINARY BLADDER:
1. Acute retension of urine. (3)
2. Acute retension of bladder. (2)
3. Ectopia vesicae. (2)
4. Extraperitoneal bladder injury. (1)
URETHRA AND PENIS:
1. Premalignant lesions and staging of penis. (4)
2. Phimosis. (3)
3. Circumcision. (3)
4. Hypospadiasis. (2)
5. Paraphimosis. (1)
TESTIS AND SCROTUM:
1. Torsion testis. (5)
2. Varicocele. (4)
3. Hydrocele. (4)
4. Testicular tumours. (3)
5. Undecended testis. (3)
6. Fournier’s gangrene. (2)
7. Vasectomy. (1)
PROSTATE:
1. Bladder outlet obstruction. (1)
PAEDIATRIC SURGERY:
1. Congenital hypertropic pyloric stenosis. (6)
2. Undecended testis. (3)
3. Thyroglossal cyst. (3)
4. Cystic hygroma. (3)
5. Circumcision. (2)
6. Hypospadiasis. (2)
7. Microcolon in barium enema in newborn. (1)
8. Congenital hydrocele. (1)
9. Imperforate anus. (1)
NEUROSURGERY:
1. Extra dural heamatoma. (6)
2. Subdural haematoma. (3)
3. Extra dural haematoma.(2)
4. GCS. (2)
PLASTIC SURGERY:
1. Split skin graft. (7)
2. Free flap. (1)
TRAUMA, CTVS:
1. Tension pneumothorax. (7)
2. Flail chest. (2)
3. Pneumothorax. (1)
4. Cardiac tamponade. (1)
5. CPR. (1)
6. Emergency thoracostomy. (1)
7. Complication of endotracheal intubation. (1)
8. Intercostal drainage. (1)
9. Thoracic outlet syndrome. (1)
10. Stove in chest. (1)
11. Tension pneumothorax. (1)
12. Pulmonary thromboembolism. (1)
ANESTHESIOLOGY:
1. Spinal anaesthesia. (8)
2. Epidural anaesthesia. (3)
3. Nerve block. (3)
4. Muscle relaxants. (2)
5. Caudal anaesthesia. (1)
6. Complication of regional anaesthesia. (1)
7. Local anaesthesia. (1)
8. Bier’s block. (1)
9. Lignocaine. (1)
SURGICAL PROCEDURES:
1. Informed consent. (2)
2. Tracheostomy. (2)
3. FNAC. (2)
4. Diagnostic laproscopy. (1)
5. Complication of tracheostomy. (1)
6. Nasogastric tube. (1)
7. Foleys catheterization. (1)
8. Langer’s line. (1)
9. Drains in surgery. (1)
10. Antibiotic prophylaxis in elective surgery. (1)
11. Universal precaution. (1)
12. Day care surgery. (1)
ADVANCED IMAGING METHOD:
1. MRI. (2)
2. Doppler ultrasound. (1)
3. Radio nucleotide imaging. (1)
4. Imaging bone metastasis. (1)
ORTHOPAEDICS:
INTRODUCTION, ANATOMY AND TREATMENT OF FRACTURE:
1. Skeletal traction. (2)
2. Pathological fracture. (2)
3. Classification of fracture by direction of force. (1)
4. Pathophysiology of healing fracture. (1)
5. Indication of open reduction. (1)
6. Syme’s amputation. (1)
7. Bone graft. (1)
COMPLICATION OF FRACTURE:
1. Non union. (3)
2. Myositis ossificans. (2)
3. Malunion. (1)
4. Compartment syndrome. (1)
5. Fat embolism. (1)
FRACTURES OF THE UPPER LIMB:
1. Colles fracture, Diner fork deformity. (7)
2. Shoulder dislocation. (2)
3. Monteggia fracture. (2)
4. Fixed flexion deformity of elbow. (2)
5. Clavicle fracture. (1)
6. Supracondylar fracture of humerus. (1)
7. Volkman’s ischemic contracture. (1)
8. Management of radial head fractures. (1)
9. Mallet finger. (1)
10. Bannett fracture. (1)
11. Fracture of scaphoid. (1)
FRACTURES OF THE LOWER LIMB :
1. Wandering acetabulum. (1)
2. Jones fracture. (1)
3. Traumatic dislocation of hip. (1)
4. Complication of fracture pelvis. (1)
5. Ruptured tendoachilis. (1)
6. Fracture patella. (1)
7. Thomas splint. (1)
DISEASE OF SPINAL CORD:
1. Cauda equine syndrome. (2)
2. Sciatica. (2)
3. Scheuermann’s kyphosis. (1)
4. Spinal log roll. (1)
5. Scoliosis. (1)
PAEDIATRIC FRACTURE:
1. Epiphyseal fracture. (1)
DISORDERS OF JOINT:
1. Rheumatoid arthritis. (2)
2. Management of osteoarthritis. (2)
3. Arthroscopy. (2)
4. Radiological features of OA. (1)
5. Cervical spondylisthesis. (1)
6. Ankylosis. (1)
7. Haemarthrosis. (1)
AFFECTION OF SOFT TISSUE:
1. Tennis elbow. (4)
2. Frozen shoulder. (4)
3. Painful arc syndrome, Rotator cuff tears. (3)
4. Carpel tunnel syndrome. (3)
5. Dupuytren’s contracture. (1)
6. Plantar fasciitis. (1)
PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES:
1. Ulnar claw hand. (3)
2. Wrist drop. (2)
3. Foot drop. (2)
4. Neuropraxia. (2)
5. Ulnar paradox. (1)
6. Tinel’s test. (1)
7. Forment’s test. (1)
8. Tardy ulnar palsy. (1)
9. Classify peripheral nerve injuries. (1)
10. Lateral popliteal nerve injury. (1)
11. Claw hand. (1)
12. Erb’s palsy. (1)
INFECTIONS:
1. Brodie’s abscess. (6)
2. Osteomyelitis. (5)
3. Pott’s spine. (5)
4. Sequestrum. (3)
5. Chronic osteomyelitis. (3)
6. Septic arthritis. (3)
7. TB knee. (2)
8. TB osteomyelitis. (1)
BONE TUMOURS:
1. Giant cell tumour/ Osteoclastoma. (8)
2. Malignant bone tumours. (2)
3. Osteochondroma. (2)
4. Osteogenic sarcoma. (2)
5. Chondrosarcoma. (2)
6. Metastatic bone tumours. (1)
7. Ewings tumour. (1)
8. Benign bone tumour. (1)
9. Ameloblastoma. (1)
CONGENITAL CONDITIONS:
1. CTEV. (4)
2. Ortolani’s test. (1)
3. Barlow’s test. (1)
4. Clubfoot. (1)
MISCELLANEOUS BONE AND REGIONAL DISEASES, METABOLIC DISEASE:
1. Paget disease of bone. (4)
2. Dentrigenous cyst. (3)
3. Osteogenesis imperfect. (2)
4. Rickets. (2)
5. Perthes disease. (1)
6. Genu varum deformity. (1)
7. Genu valgum deformity. (1)
NOTE:
1. The number in bracket indicates number of times the question has been asked in the
university exam.
2. Refer for cases (10 mark) in the question paper.
ALL THE BEST.
