Board review Questions General Surgery
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Q ) What are the features of primary sclerosing cholangitis?
A) It is a disease of unknown etiology. It has both intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct dilatation. 70% of the patients are males. It has association with retroperitoneal fibrosis and ulcerative colitis
Q ) T/F the treatment of amoebic liver abscess is Metronidazole
A) T , It is caused by E.histolytica. the organism spreads to the liver through the oral route via the intestines. Initial treatment is metronidazole for 10 to 14 days
Q ) What type of gallstones are seen in cirrhosis
A) Black type suggesting calcium bilirubinate stones, significant for infectious pathology
Q ) What is the 5 year survival in Hepatocellular carcinoma in non cirrhotics
A) 30%
Q What is the anatomic distinction between internal and external hemorrhoids?
A Internal hemorrhoids are above the dentate line; external hemorrhoids are below it.
Q What gut hormone serves as a negative feedback for virtually all other hormones
A Somatostatin
Q) How long should you continue with the conservative therapy in bowel fistulas?
A) 6 weeks if they fistula is controlled.
Q)What are the chemopreventive drugs in Colorectal carcinoma
A) Aspirin and other NSAIDS, selenium, folate, Beta carotenes, Vitamin D and calcium