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MBBS final year · e-book

Surgery: the only book you need to pass final year

Bailey & Love and S Das, cut down to what you need to pass the MBBS final-year Surgery exam. 33 chapters, named as in Bailey & Love, each in the same three parts: the theory, how to examine the patient with a ready case sheet, and revision with exam answers and viva cards.

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Carcinoma breast was asked 99 times in 591 final-year Surgery papers from 21 universities (2005–2026). We counted every question, so each chapter tells you what examiners ask most, with a ready answer for it.

The 10 most-asked Surgery questions, and the chapter that answers each
Carcinoma breast: aetiology, clinical features, management (long answer)The Breast · 17 universities · 2009–202699×Complications of blood transfusionShock, Haemorrhage and Transfusion · 16 universities · 2008–202674×Hydatid cyst of the liver: life cycle, pathology, features, complications, treatmentThe Liver · 18 universities · 2006–202674×Solitary thyroid nodule: causes, evaluation, managementThe Thyroid Gland · 14 universities · 2008–202669×Benign prostatic hyperplasia: pathology, features, investigations, treatmentThe Urinary Bladder, Prostate and Urethra · 16 universities · 2009–202669×Basal cell carcinoma (rodent ulcer)Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue · 15 universities · 2009–202668×Acute pancreatitis: causes, pathology, clinical features, investigations, managementThe Pancreas · 16 universities · 2006–202668×Extradural haematoma and the lucid intervalTrauma · 15 universities · 2008–202667×Gallstones: types, aetiopathogenesis, clinical features, managementThe Gallbladder and Bile Ducts · 16 universities · 2009–202665×Management of a major burn (a '% burns' case)Burns · 17 universities · 2005–202664×

Famous topics: what examiners ask most

The Breast349 questions in past papers99× Carcinoma breast: aetiology, clinical features, management (long answer)38× Phyllodes tumour / cystosarcoma phyllodes31× Staging / TNM of breast cancerThe Thyroid Gland330 questions in past papers69× Solitary thyroid nodule: causes, evaluation, management60× Thyrotoxicosis / Graves' disease (primary)57× Thyroglossal cyst / fistula (Sistrunk)The Abdominal Wall, Hernia and Umbilicus269 questions in past papers58× Inguinal hernia: aetiology, clinical features, management37× Femoral hernia and femoral canal30× Strangulated / obstructed / incarcerated herniaThe Gallbladder and Bile Ducts341 questions in past papers65× Gallstones: types, aetiopathogenesis, clinical features, management39× Obstructive (surgical) jaundice: causes, features, management36× ERCPThe Vermiform Appendix and the Peritoneum201 questions in past papers57× Appendicular mass and Ochsner-Sherren regimen53× Acute appendicitis: causes, features, investigations, treatment21× Acute peritonitis: causes, features, investigations, managementThe Pancreas193 questions in past papers68× Acute pancreatitis: causes, pathology, clinical features, investigations, management63× Pancreatic pseudocyst: causes, features, investigations, management21× Aetiology / causes of acute pancreatitisBurns129 questions in past papers64× Management of a major burn (a '% burns' case)34× Burns: classification (depth and cause) and types33× Assessing the size of a burn: rule of nines, Lund and BrowderShock, Haemorrhage and Transfusion391 questions in past papers74× Complications of blood transfusion66× Shock: definition, classification, pathophysiology, stages45× Hypovolaemic / haemorrhagic shock: features and management

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General principles

  1. Preoperative and Postoperative Care44 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (44 pages)
    • Consent is a conversation, not a signature
    • Three checks: sign in, time out, sign out
    • Fever after surgery: lung, urine, wound, drip, calf, belly
    • Conversion to open is judgement, not failure
    • Audit asks "are we doing it right?" and then asks again
    • Most asked: laparoscopy (31×)
    Asked most in previous papers31× Principles of laparoscopic and minimal access surgery17× Informed consent: steps, content, forms14× Day care (day case) surgery
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Before the operation · Consent · Ethics and the law · Safety in theatre · Audit and research · Keyhole and robotic surgery · Day surgery · After the operation · Post-operative complications · Ryle's tube and drains · Transplantation
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine after surgery · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Preoperative and Postoperative Care, page 1: First page
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    Preoperative and Postoperative Care, page 2: Inside the chapter
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    Preoperative and Postoperative Care, page 13: Inside the chapter
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    Preoperative and Postoperative Care, page 26: Inside the chapter
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    Preoperative and Postoperative Care, page 36: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 36 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  2. Wound Healing and Tissue Repair47 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (47 pages)
    • Four overlapping phases
    • Close without tension
    • Keloid crosses the wound edge
    • A graft needs a bed; a flap brings its own blood
    • Most asked: phases of wound healing (62×)
    Asked most in previous papers62× Phases / stages of wound healing55× Factors affecting wound healing50× Keloid and hypertrophic scar
    Part A · TheoryThe story · The skin for the surgeon · Classifying wounds · The four phases of healing · Primary, secondary, delayed · Factors affecting healing · Scars, keloid, contracture · Chronic wounds, sinus · Wound care: debridement, dressings, NPWT · Sutures, needles, knots · Drains · Skin grafts and substitutes · Flaps · Dehiscence, incisional care
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, page 1: First page
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    Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, page 3: Inside the chapter
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    Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, page 7: Inside the chapter
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    Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, page 8: Inside the chapter
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    Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, page 39: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 39 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  3. Surgical Infection46 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (46 pages)
    • Pus needs drainage
    • Cellulitis: no edge, no pus
    • Pain out of proportion: necrotising
    • Gas and sweet smell: gas gangrene
    • Toxoid plus ATG for dirty wounds
    • Most asked: gas gangrene (42×)
    Asked most in previous papers42× Gas gangrene: aetiology, clinical features, management42× Cold abscess and collar-stud abscess (neck, chest wall, psoas)33× Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis: stages, features, treatment
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Bugs, sources, defences · Abscess · Boil, carbuncle · Cellulitis, lymphangitis · Necrotising infection, Fournier · Gas gangrene · Tetanus · Tuberculosis in surgery · Actinomycosis, mycetoma, sinus · Sepsis, SIRS · Surgical site infection · Prevention, prophylaxis · Antibiotics · HIV, hepatitis, precautions
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Surgical Infection, page 1: First page
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    Surgical Infection, page 7: Inside the chapter
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    Surgical Infection, page 9: Inside the chapter
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    Surgical Infection, page 11: Inside the chapter
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    Surgical Infection, page 38: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 38 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  4. Shock, Haemorrhage and Transfusion48 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (48 pages)
    • Low BP is a late sign
    • Bleeding: stop it first
    • Lost blood: replace with blood
    • Urine under 0.5 mL/kg/h: not enough
    • Massive transfusion: clot, calcium, potassium, cold
    • Most asked: transfusion complications (74×)
    Asked most in previous papers74× Complications of blood transfusion66× Shock: definition, classification, pathophysiology, stages45× Hypovolaemic / haemorrhagic shock: features and management
    Part A · TheoryThe story · What shock is · Kinds of shock · Haemorrhage · Resuscitation and monitoring · Septic shock · Body water, dehydration · IV fluids · Sodium and water · Potassium · Calcium, magnesium · Acid and base · Blood and its products · Transfusion risks · Clotting problems · Surgical nutrition · Response to injury
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine a shocked patient · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Shock, Haemorrhage and Transfusion, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    Shock, Haemorrhage and Transfusion, page 2: Inside the chapter
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    Shock, Haemorrhage and Transfusion, page 28: Inside the chapter
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    Shock, Haemorrhage and Transfusion, page 34: Inside the chapter
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    Shock, Haemorrhage and Transfusion, page 40: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 40 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  5. Burns46 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (46 pages)
    • Size, depth, airway, fluid
    • Above 15% (adult): drip
    • 4 × kg × % in 24 hours
    • Half in 8 hours, counted from the burn
    • Hoarse voice: secure the airway early
    • Most asked: management of a burns case (64×)
    • Then: classification (34×), rule of nines (33×), fluids (30×)
    Asked most in previous papers64× Management of a major burn (a '% burns' case)34× Burns: classification (depth and cause) and types33× Assessing the size of a burn: rule of nines, Lund and Browder
    Part A · TheoryThe story · The skin and what heat does to it · Classifying burns · What a big burn does to the body · Size and depth · First aid and the first hour · The burned airway, smoke, CO · Fluid resuscitation · Treating the burn wound · Pain, food, infection, nursing · Scars, contractures, reconstruction · Electrical, chemical, radiation, cold
    Part B · ClinicalHow to assess a burn patient · Case sheet: burns in an adult
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Burns, page 1: First page
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    Burns, page 4: Inside the chapter
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    Burns, page 9: Inside the chapter
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    Burns, page 10: Inside the chapter
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    Burns, page 37: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 37 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  6. Trauma45 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (45 pages)
    • What kills first goes first: cABCDE
    • Low BP after injury = bleeding until proved otherwise
    • GCS: three numbers, never one
    • Tension pneumothorax: treat, do not wait for an X-ray
    • Lucid interval = extradural
    • Most asked: extradural haematoma (67×)
    Asked most in previous papers67× Extradural haematoma and the lucid interval66× Pneumothorax: types and management62× Flail chest
    Part A · TheoryThe story · How injury happens · Primary survey: cABCDE · Secondary survey and tests · Polytrauma, damage control · Triage, mass casualties · The brain in its box · GCS, pupils, vital signs · Scalp, skull, skull base · Extradural, subdural, others · Managing a head injury · Chest trauma: the deadly dozen · Pneumothorax and the chest drain · Haemothorax · Ribs and flail chest · Heart, aorta, lung, diaphragm · Abdominal trauma · Spleen and liver · Gut, pancreas, retroperitoneum · Pelvic injury · Neck, face, spine · Blast, bullet, crush
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine an injured patient · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Trauma, page 1: First page
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    Trauma, page 10: Inside the chapter
    p. 10 · Inside the chapter
    Trauma, page 12: Inside the chapter
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    Trauma, page 19: Inside the chapter
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    Trauma, page 37: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 37 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  7. Anaesthesia and Pain Relief46 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (46 pages)
    • Triad: sleep, no pain, relaxed muscles
    • Airway tests: 3 · 6.5 · 12.5 cm
    • Fast 6 h solids, 2 h clear fluids
    • Bupivacaine: never IV
    • Most asked: spinal anaesthesia (63×)
    • Then: epidural (41×) and regional blocks (26×)
    Asked most in previous papers63× Spinal anaesthesia41× Epidural anaesthesia and analgesia26× Regional anaesthesia and nerve blocks
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Seeing the patient and the airway · Risk: ASA, high-risk, fitness · Tests before surgery · Getting the patient ready · General anaesthesia · Airway and intubation · Muscle relaxants, ventilation, monitoring · Local anaesthetics and nerve blocks · Spinal and epidural · Complications of anaesthesia · Pain relief · Recovery and critical care · Day-case surgery · Tracheostomy
    Part B · ClinicalHow to do a pre-anaesthetic check · Case sheet: pre-anaesthetic check
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Anaesthesia and Pain Relief, page 1: First page
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    Anaesthesia and Pain Relief, page 12: Inside the chapter
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    Anaesthesia and Pain Relief, page 16: Inside the chapter
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    Anaesthesia and Pain Relief, page 18: Inside the chapter
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    Anaesthesia and Pain Relief, page 35: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 35 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  8. Principles of Oncology46 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (46 pages)
    • Tissue is the issue: no biopsy, no cancer
    • Stage before you treat
    • Name the aim: cure, prolong or palliate
    • Four routes of spread: direct, lymph, blood, body cavity
    • Most asked: tumour markers (17×) and MRI (17×)
    • Then: PET and bone scan (16×) and brachytherapy (15×)
    Asked most in previous papers17× Tumour markers17× MRI: principle, uses, advantages and limits16× PET scan and bone scan in cancer
    Part A · TheoryThe story · What is a tumour? Benign and malignant · How a cell turns cancerous · What causes cancer · How cancer spreads · Prevention and screening · Proving it: FNAC, biopsy, stains · Tumour markers · Grading and staging (TNM) · Which scan answers which question · Planning treatment: team, aims, fitness · Surgery for cancer · Radiotherapy · Chemotherapy, hormones, targeted drugs, immunotherapy · Emergencies, paraneoplastic syndromes, palliative care · Where each cancer lives in this book
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine: lump, nodes, sites of spread · Case sheet: suspected malignancy
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Principles of Oncology, page 1: First page
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    Principles of Oncology, page 10: Inside the chapter
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    Principles of Oncology, page 14: Inside the chapter
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    Principles of Oncology, page 17: Inside the chapter
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    Principles of Oncology, page 38: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 38 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions

Skin, hand and plastics

  1. Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue49 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (49 pages)
    • Edge, floor, base: read the ulcer
    • Biopsy the edge of a chronic ulcer
    • A sinus fails to heal because something stays inside
    • Rodent ulcer: no nodes, no metastases
    • Breslow thickness rules melanoma
    • Most asked: basal cell carcinoma (68×)
    Asked most in previous papers68× Basal cell carcinoma (rodent ulcer)43× Lymphangioma and cystic hygroma35× Sebaceous (epidermal) cyst
    Part A · TheoryThe story · The skin and where things arise · The ulcer: classification · Reading an ulcer · Types of ulcer · The non-healing leg ulcer · Marjolin's ulcer · Sinus and fistula · Pressure sores · Benign skin lesions · Premalignant lesions · Naevi (moles) · Basal cell carcinoma · Squamous cell carcinoma · Malignant melanoma · Cysts and ganglion · Lipoma, fibroma, desmoid · Neurofibroma · Haemangioma, lymphangioma · Soft-tissue sarcoma · Biopsy
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue, page 6: Inside the chapter
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    Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue, page 10: Inside the chapter
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    Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue, page 17: Inside the chapter
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    Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue, page 42: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 42 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  2. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Hand45 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (45 pages)
    • Four signs of a flexor sheath infection
    • Pus in the pulp: let it out early
    • Ring finger bent, cannot straighten: Dupuytren's
    • Swell, then stiffen: raise, splint, move
    • Most asked: acute paronychia (15×)
    • Then: trigger finger (12×), de Quervain's (10×), ingrowing toenail (10×)
    Asked most in previous papers15× Acute paronychia12× Trigger finger and trigger thumb10× De Quervain's tenosynovitis
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Sheaths, spaces, nerves · Hand infections: the big picture · Paronychia · Felon · Flexor sheath infection · Palmar spaces, web space · Other hand infections · Dupuytren's contracture · Trigger finger, de Quervain's, mallet finger · Nerves: carpal tunnel, claw hand · Lumps of the hand · Injury, stiffness, replantation · Congenital anomalies · Ingrowing toenail · Plastic surgery, facial palsy
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine the hand · Case sheets: hand infection, Dupuytren's
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Hand, page 1: First page
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    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Hand, page 4: Inside the chapter
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    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Hand, page 7: Inside the chapter
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    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Hand, page 8: Inside the chapter
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    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Hand, page 38: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 38 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions

Head, neck and breast

  1. Oral Cavity Cancer and the Neck46 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (46 pages)
    • Ulcer not healing in 2 weeks: biopsy
    • Tobacco, betel quid, alcohol
    • Palpate the tongue at rest
    • Hard neck node: find the primary
    • Most asked: jaw cysts (28×)
    • Long-answer favourite: carcinoma tongue (21×)
    Asked most in previous papers28× Dentigerous and dental (radicular) cysts of the jaw21× Carcinoma of the tongue: aetiology, features, spread, treatment19× Premalignant lesions and conditions of the oral cavity
    Part A · TheoryThe story · The mouth: sites and lymph · Ulcers, stomatitis, tongue · White and red patches · Oral cancer: the big picture · Carcinoma of the tongue · Cheek, gum, floor, palate, lip · Treating oral cancer · Neck nodes, neck dissection · Oropharynx · Cervical lymphadenopathy · Neck swellings by site · Lymphomas in the neck · Jaw swellings and cysts · Jaw infection, Ludwig, trismus
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheets (two)
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Oral Cavity Cancer and the Neck, page 1: First page
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    Oral Cavity Cancer and the Neck, page 4: Inside the chapter
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    Oral Cavity Cancer and the Neck, page 7: Inside the chapter
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    Oral Cavity Cancer and the Neck, page 12: Inside the chapter
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    Oral Cavity Cancer and the Neck, page 39: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 39 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  2. Disorders of the Salivary Glands47 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (47 pages)
    • The facial nerve runs through the parotid
    • Painless, slow lump near the ear: pleomorphic adenoma
    • Pain and swelling at meals: a stone
    • Submandibular lump: node first, gland second
    • Blue translucent swelling beside the frenulum: ranula
    • Most asked: pleomorphic adenoma (55×)
    Asked most in previous papers55× Pleomorphic adenoma (mixed parotid tumour): pathology, features, treatment41× Ranula (incl. plunging ranula)40× Parotid tumour: clinical features, malignancy signs and management
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy and the facial nerve · Tests: imaging, sialography, FNAC · A lump near the ear or jaw · Inflammation: mumps, abscess, sialadenitis · Salivary stones · Ranula and mucous cysts · Sjögren's and Mikulicz's · Tumours: classification and staging · Pleomorphic adenoma · Warthin's and other benign tumours · Malignant tumours · Operations: parotid and submandibular · Complications and Frey's syndrome · Facial nerve and its paralysis · Trauma, dry mouth, drooling
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Parotid swelling sheet · Submandibular swelling sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Disorders of the Salivary Glands, page 1: First page
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    Disorders of the Salivary Glands, page 4: Inside the chapter
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    Disorders of the Salivary Glands, page 5: Inside the chapter
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    Disorders of the Salivary Glands, page 9: Inside the chapter
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    Disorders of the Salivary Glands, page 38: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 38 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  3. The Thyroid Gland36 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (36 pages)
    • Moves with swallowing
    • RLN at Berry's ligament
    • FNAC first for a nodule
    • Papillary 80%
    • Bleeding in 24 h
    • Most asked: solitary nodule (68×)
    Asked most in previous papers69× Solitary thyroid nodule: causes, evaluation, management60× Thyrotoxicosis / Graves' disease (primary)57× Thyroglossal cyst / fistula (Sistrunk)
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy · Physiology, TFT · Investigations · Classification · Simple goitre, MNG · Solitary nodule · Thyrotoxicosis · Cancers · Thyroiditis · Thyroglossal, retrosternal · Operations, complications
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Thyroid Gland, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Thyroid Gland, page 3: Inside the chapter
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    The Thyroid Gland, page 4: Inside the chapter
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    The Thyroid Gland, page 12: Inside the chapter
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    The Thyroid Gland, page 30: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 30 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  4. The Parathyroid and Adrenal Glands45 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (45 pages)
    • High calcium + PTH not suppressed: primary hyperparathyroidism
    • Headache, sweating, palpitations + hypertension: phaeochromocytoma; block α first
    • Carcinoid syndrome means liver metastases
    • MEN 1 = three Ps; MEN 2A = medullary + phaeo + parathyroid
    • Most asked: phaeochromocytoma (25×)
    Asked most in previous papers25× Phaeochromocytoma: features, investigations, management21× Carcinoid tumour and carcinoid syndrome19× MEN syndromes: types and components
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Parathyroid anatomy and calcium · Hypercalcaemia and its crisis · Primary hyperparathyroidism · Tests and localisation · Treatment of PHPT · Secondary, tertiary, recurrent, carcinoma · Adrenal anatomy and incidentaloma · Cushing's syndrome · Conn's, adrenal cancer, metastases · Adrenal failure, CAH, haemorrhage · Phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma · Adrenal operations · Carotid body tumour · Neuroendocrine tumours and carcinoid · Pancreatic endocrine tumours · MEN syndromes
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Parathyroid and Adrenal Glands, page 1: First page
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    The Parathyroid and Adrenal Glands, page 8: Inside the chapter
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    The Parathyroid and Adrenal Glands, page 19: Inside the chapter
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    The Parathyroid and Adrenal Glands, page 22: Inside the chapter
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    The Parathyroid and Adrenal Glands, page 36: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 36 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  5. The Breast46 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (46 pages)
    • Triple assessment for every lump
    • Upper outer quadrant
    • Fibroadenoma 15–25 y
    • Sentinel node first
    • ER · PR · HER2
    • Most asked: carcinoma breast (99×)
    Asked most in previous papers99× Carcinoma breast: aetiology, clinical features, management (long answer)38× Phyllodes tumour / cystosarcoma phyllodes31× Staging / TNM of breast cancer
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy, lymphatics · Development, the nipple · Investigations · ANDI, mastalgia · Fibroadenoma, phyllodes, cysts · Mastitis, abscess, duct ectasia · Nipple discharge · Paget's disease · Cancer: risk, genes · Pathology, spread · Clinical features · TNM staging · Treatment of early cancer · Advanced, recurrent · Gynaecomastia, male breast, screening
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Breast, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Breast, page 4: Inside the chapter
    p. 4 · Inside the chapter
    The Breast, page 11: Inside the chapter
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    The Breast, page 20: Inside the chapter
    p. 20 · Inside the chapter
    The Breast, page 39: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 39 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions

Vascular and chest

  1. Arterial Disorders45 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (45 pages)
    • Pain one level below the block
    • ABPI below 0.9
    • Buerger's: stop smoking
    • Embolus: heparin, then Fogarty
    • AAA repair above 55 mm
    • Most asked: Buerger's (64×)
    Asked most in previous papers64× Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)43× Gangrene: definition, types, causes, management27× Diabetic foot / diabetic gangrene
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Arteries and pulses · Atherosclerosis · Chronic limb ischaemia · Investigations · Treating chronic ischaemia · Buerger's disease · Raynaud's, arteritis · Acute limb ischaemia · Gangrene · Diabetic foot · Amputations · Aneurysms · AV fistula · Carotid, subclavian, cervical rib
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Arterial Disorders, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    Arterial Disorders, page 3: Inside the chapter
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    Arterial Disorders, page 12: Inside the chapter
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    Arterial Disorders, page 14: Inside the chapter
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    Arterial Disorders, page 38: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 38 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  2. Venous Disorders47 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (47 pages)
    • Valves fail, pressure rises
    • Trendelenburg tests the groin valve
    • Duplex before any treatment
    • Virchow's triad
    • Compression heals the ulcer
    • Most asked: varicose veins (55×)
    Asked most in previous papers55× Varicose veins: aetiology, clinical features, investigations, management40× Deep vein thrombosis: aetiology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment37× Venous ulcer (varicose ulcer): causes, features, management
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Venous anatomy · Venous hypertension, CEAP · Varicose veins · Tests and duplex · Treatment · Complications · Venous ulcer · Deep vein thrombosis · Lymphoedema, filariasis · Cellulitis, lymphangitis · The swollen limb: causes
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheets
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Venous Disorders, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    Venous Disorders, page 4: Inside the chapter
    p. 4 · Inside the chapter
    Venous Disorders, page 7: Inside the chapter
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    Venous Disorders, page 8: Inside the chapter
    p. 8 · Inside the chapter
    Venous Disorders, page 41: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 41 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  3. Cranial Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery and the Thorax48 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (48 pages)
    • Pus in the pleura: drain it, then free the lung
    • A chest swelling that moves with a cough: empyema necessitans
    • Hydrocephalus: too much CSF
    • Never a lumbar puncture in obstructive hydrocephalus
    • Most asked: empyema thoracis (14×), chest drain (14×) and hydrocephalus (14×)
    Asked most in previous papers14× Empyema thoracis: causes, features, treatment14× Intercostal drain (chest tube), water-seal, triangle of safety14× Hydrocephalus: causes, features, VP shunt
    Part A · TheoryThe story · The chest in place · Tests, scopes and the way in · Fluid in the pleura; the chest drain · Empyema thoracis · Lung abscess, bronchiectasis, lung cysts · Lung tumours · The mediastinum · Chest wall and diaphragm · Heart operations at a glance · Congenital heart disease · The head as a closed box: CSF and pressure · Hydrocephalus · Neural tube defects · Brain tumours · Infection and bleeding inside the skull
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet: chest wall swelling with chronic cough
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Cranial Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery and the Thorax, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    Cranial Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery and the Thorax, page 7: Inside the chapter
    p. 7 · Inside the chapter
    Cranial Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery and the Thorax, page 9: Inside the chapter
    p. 9 · Inside the chapter
    Cranial Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery and the Thorax, page 14: Inside the chapter
    p. 14 · Inside the chapter
    Cranial Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery and the Thorax, page 40: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 40 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions

Abdomen

  1. The Oesophagus47 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (47 pages)
    • Dysphagia in an older patient is cancer until proved otherwise
    • Solids first = blockage; liquids first = achalasia
    • Achalasia: bird's beak, HRM, myotomy or POEM
    • Barrett's: Seattle biopsies, surveillance
    • Most asked: achalasia cardia (57×)
    Asked most in previous papers57× Achalasia cardia: aetiology, features, investigations, treatment20× Barrett's oesophagus19× Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and reflux oesophagitis
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy · Investigating the oesophagus · Dysphagia: the approach · Achalasia cardia · Other motility disorders · Reflux disease (GORD) · Hiatus hernia · Barrett's oesophagus · Carcinoma: causes, features, diagnosis · Carcinoma: staging and treatment · Pouches, webs and rings · Perforation and Boerhaave's · Corrosives, strictures, foreign bodies · Other conditions
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine: dysphagia · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Oesophagus, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Oesophagus, page 3: Inside the chapter
    p. 3 · Inside the chapter
    The Oesophagus, page 10: Inside the chapter
    p. 10 · Inside the chapter
    The Oesophagus, page 16: Inside the chapter
    p. 16 · Inside the chapter
    The Oesophagus, page 39: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 39 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  2. The Stomach and Duodenum45 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (45 pages)
    • H. pylori and NSAIDs cause most ulcers
    • Gastric ulcer: biopsy it, think cancer
    • Perforation: free gas, laparotomy, omental patch
    • Vomit with food but no bile = outlet obstruction
    • Most asked: carcinoma stomach (54×)
    Asked most in previous papers54× Carcinoma stomach: aetiology, pathology, clinical features, staging, management31× Gastric outlet obstruction (pyloric stenosis in adults)27× Perforated peptic ulcer: features, investigations, management
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy of stomach and duodenum · Acid, mucus, investigations · H. pylori and gastritis · Peptic ulcer: causes and features · Treating an ulcer · Ulcer operations and their sequelae · Perforated ulcer · Haematemesis and melaena · Gastric outlet obstruction · Carcinoma of the stomach · Spread, staging, treatment · Other tumours and conditions
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Stomach and Duodenum, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Stomach and Duodenum, page 3: Inside the chapter
    p. 3 · Inside the chapter
    The Stomach and Duodenum, page 10: Inside the chapter
    p. 10 · Inside the chapter
    The Stomach and Duodenum, page 15: Inside the chapter
    p. 15 · Inside the chapter
    The Stomach and Duodenum, page 37: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 37 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  3. The Liver45 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (45 pages)
    • Anchovy-sauce pus: amoebic abscess
    • Never biopsy a hydatid cyst
    • Varices: resuscitate, drug, band, tube, TIPSS
    • Portal vein carries 80% of the flow
    • Most asked: hydatid cyst (74×)
    • Long-answer favourites: liver abscess (58×) and varices (22×)
    Asked most in previous papers74× Hydatid cyst of the liver: life cycle, pathology, features, complications, treatment58× Liver abscess: types, causes, clinical features, management47× Amoebic liver abscess: aetiology, features, investigations, treatment
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy of the liver · Function, tests, liver failure · Imaging and biopsy · Pyogenic liver abscess · Amoebic liver abscess · Hydatid disease · Portal hypertension · Bleeding varices · After the bleed: TIPSS, shunts · Ascites · Budd-Chiari, other liver diseases · Benign lumps and cysts · Liver cancer (HCC) · Liver secondaries · Liver surgery, transplant
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet: hepatomegaly
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Liver, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Liver, page 11: Inside the chapter
    p. 11 · Inside the chapter
    The Liver, page 15: Inside the chapter
    p. 15 · Inside the chapter
    The Liver, page 19: Inside the chapter
    p. 19 · Inside the chapter
    The Liver, page 37: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 37 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  4. The Spleen44 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (44 pages)
    • Notch on the front edge
    • Hand cannot get above it
    • Unstable and ruptured: laparotomy
    • Vaccinate before it comes out
    • Most asked: complications of splenectomy (25×)
    • Then: indications (21×) and hypersplenism (16×)
    Asked most in previous papers25× Complications of splenectomy21× Indications for splenectomy16× Hypersplenism
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Where it sits and what it joins · What it does; how to test it · Odd spleens: extra, missing, cysts · Splenomegaly: the causes · Hypersplenism · Blood diseases that reach the surgeon · Splenic injury · Abscess, infarct, aneurysm · Splenectomy · Life without a spleen: OPSI
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine; spleen or kidney? · Case sheet: splenomegaly
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Spleen, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Spleen, page 4: Inside the chapter
    p. 4 · Inside the chapter
    The Spleen, page 6: Inside the chapter
    p. 6 · Inside the chapter
    The Spleen, page 11: Inside the chapter
    p. 11 · Inside the chapter
    The Spleen, page 36: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 36 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  5. The Gallbladder and Bile Ducts47 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (47 pages)
    • Calot's triangle holds the cystic artery
    • Critical view of safety
    • Courvoisier's law
    • Charcot's triad
    • MRCP to see, ERCP to treat
    • Most asked: gallstones (65×)
    Asked most in previous papers65× Gallstones: types, aetiopathogenesis, clinical features, management39× Obstructive (surgical) jaundice: causes, features, management36× ERCP
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Surgical anatomy · Bile, bilirubin · Jaundice: types, approach · Investigations · Gallstones · Acute cholecystitis · Chronic cholecystitis, others · Complications of stones · Bile duct stones, cholangitis · Operations, complications · Strictures · Atresia, choledochal cyst · Tumours
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheets
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Gallbladder and Bile Ducts, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Gallbladder and Bile Ducts, page 4: Inside the chapter
    p. 4 · Inside the chapter
    The Gallbladder and Bile Ducts, page 5: Inside the chapter
    p. 5 · Inside the chapter
    The Gallbladder and Bile Ducts, page 7: Inside the chapter
    p. 7 · Inside the chapter
    The Gallbladder and Bile Ducts, page 40: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 40 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  6. The Pancreas46 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (46 pages)
    • Gallstones and alcohol cause most acute pancreatitis
    • Pain bores to the back; amylase 3× or more
    • Pseudocyst needs at least 4 weeks
    • Painless jaundice: think head of pancreas
    • Most asked: acute pancreatitis (68×)
    Asked most in previous papers68× Acute pancreatitis: causes, pathology, clinical features, investigations, management63× Pancreatic pseudocyst: causes, features, investigations, management21× Aetiology / causes of acute pancreatitis
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy and development · Enzymes and investigations · Acute pancreatitis: causes · Acute pancreatitis: features and severity · Acute pancreatitis: treatment · Complications and necrosis · Pseudocyst · Chronic pancreatitis · Carcinoma of the pancreas · Whipple, adjuvant and palliation · Ampullary and cystic tumours · Congenital anomalies, injury, fistula
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Pancreas, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Pancreas, page 3: Inside the chapter
    p. 3 · Inside the chapter
    The Pancreas, page 8: Inside the chapter
    p. 8 · Inside the chapter
    The Pancreas, page 14: Inside the chapter
    p. 14 · Inside the chapter
    The Pancreas, page 37: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 37 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  7. The Small Intestine and Intestinal Obstruction48 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (48 pages)
    • Pain, vomiting, distension, constipation
    • Look at every hernial orifice
    • Constant pain means strangulation
    • Drip and suck, then operate
    • Meckel's: 2, 2, 2
    • Most asked: intussusception (54×)
    Asked most in previous papers54× Intussusception50× Meckel's diverticulum42× Volvulus (sigmoid, caecal, small bowel)
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Small bowel anatomy · Classification, causes · What happens inside · Clinical features · X-ray, CT, tests · Treatment · Adhesions, internal hernia · Bolus: gallstone, worms · Intussusception · Volvulus · Large bowel obstruction · Paralytic ileus, pseudo-obstruction · Crohn's disease · Intestinal TB · Typhoid perforation · Meckel's diverticulum · Small bowel tumours · Mesenteric ischaemia · Mesenteric cyst · Short bowel, fistula
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Small Intestine and Intestinal Obstruction, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Small Intestine and Intestinal Obstruction, page 8: Inside the chapter
    p. 8 · Inside the chapter
    The Small Intestine and Intestinal Obstruction, page 14: Inside the chapter
    p. 14 · Inside the chapter
    The Small Intestine and Intestinal Obstruction, page 17: Inside the chapter
    p. 17 · Inside the chapter
    The Small Intestine and Intestinal Obstruction, page 40: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 40 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  8. The Vermiform Appendix and the Peritoneum46 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (46 pages)
    • Pain starts at the umbilicus, then moves to the right iliac fossa
    • Always do a rectal examination and look at the scrotum
    • Alvarado 7 or more: appendicitis
    • A mass? Ochsner-Sherren, not the knife
    • Peritonitis: drip, antibiotics, source control
    • Most asked: appendicular mass (57×)
    Asked most in previous papers57× Appendicular mass and Ochsner-Sherren regimen53× Acute appendicitis: causes, features, investigations, treatment21× Acute peritonitis: causes, features, investigations, management
    Part A · TheoryThe story · The appendix in one page · Why it happens · Clinical features · Signs and positions · Differential diagnosis · Tests and Alvarado score · Treatment and operation · Complications after operation · Children, pregnancy, elderly · Appendix mass and abscess · Lump in the right iliac fossa · Appendix tumours, mucocele, PMP · The peritoneum · Peritonitis · Kinds of peritonitis · TB peritonitis, tumours · Abdominal and pelvic abscess · Also know: ascites, mesentery, retroperitoneum, wall · The acute abdomen
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Vermiform Appendix and the Peritoneum, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Vermiform Appendix and the Peritoneum, page 4: Inside the chapter
    p. 4 · Inside the chapter
    The Vermiform Appendix and the Peritoneum, page 7: Inside the chapter
    p. 7 · Inside the chapter
    The Vermiform Appendix and the Peritoneum, page 11: Inside the chapter
    p. 11 · Inside the chapter
    The Vermiform Appendix and the Peritoneum, page 37: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 37 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  9. The Large Intestine and Rectum48 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (48 pages)
    • Change in bowel habit after 50 means look for cancer
    • Always do the rectal examination
    • Blood, mucus and an early-morning stool: rectal cancer
    • Right side rusts, left side locks
    • Ulcerative colitis always begins in the rectum
    • Most asked: carcinoma rectum (31×)
    Asked most in previous papers31× Carcinoma of the rectum: pathology, features, investigations, treatment26× Colostomy: types, indications, complications22× Carcinoma of the colon: pathology, features, investigations, treatment
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy, physiology · Looking at the bowel: scopes and tests · Bleeding per rectum · Polyps and polyposis · Cancer: causes, pathology, spread · Cancer: features, investigations · Staging · Cancer: the operations · Ulcerative colitis · Other colitis and rare tumours · Diverticular disease · Stomas
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Large Intestine and Rectum, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Large Intestine and Rectum, page 4: Inside the chapter
    p. 4 · Inside the chapter
    The Large Intestine and Rectum, page 6: Inside the chapter
    p. 6 · Inside the chapter
    The Large Intestine and Rectum, page 10: Inside the chapter
    p. 10 · Inside the chapter
    The Large Intestine and Rectum, page 40: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 40 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  10. The Anus and Anal Canal49 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (49 pages)
    • Above the dentate line: painless. Below: painful
    • Piles: bright blood, no pain, 3 · 7 · 11 o'clock
    • Fissure: pain, posterior midline, sentinel pile
    • Goodsall's rule for every fistula
    • Never call it piles without a finger and a proctoscope
    • Most asked: haemorrhoids (43×)
    Asked most in previous papers43× Haemorrhoids (piles)43× Fistula in ano32× Pilonidal sinus
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy and physiology · Haemorrhoids · Treating haemorrhoids · Anal fissure · Anorectal abscess · Fistula-in-ano · Pilonidal sinus · Rectal prolapse · Itch, pain and small conditions · Warts, AIN and anal cancer · Incontinence and strictures
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Anus and Anal Canal, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Anus and Anal Canal, page 4: Inside the chapter
    p. 4 · Inside the chapter
    The Anus and Anal Canal, page 6: Inside the chapter
    p. 6 · Inside the chapter
    The Anus and Anal Canal, page 10: Inside the chapter
    p. 10 · Inside the chapter
    The Anus and Anal Canal, page 39: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 39 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  11. The Abdominal Wall, Hernia and Umbilicus46 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (46 pages)
    • Cough impulse + reducible
    • Inferior epigastric vessels split indirect from direct
    • Femoral: always repair
    • Strangulation is an emergency
    • Most asked: inguinal hernia (58×)
    Asked most in previous papers58× Inguinal hernia: aetiology, clinical features, management37× Femoral hernia and femoral canal30× Strangulated / obstructed / incarcerated hernia
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Inguinal and femoral anatomy · What is a hernia · Inguinal hernia · Obstruction, strangulation · Femoral hernia · Umbilical, epigastric, incisional · Rare hernias · Hernia in children · Principles of repair, mesh · Operations · After repair
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Abdominal Wall, Hernia and Umbilicus, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Abdominal Wall, Hernia and Umbilicus, page 3: Inside the chapter
    p. 3 · Inside the chapter
    The Abdominal Wall, Hernia and Umbilicus, page 5: Inside the chapter
    p. 5 · Inside the chapter
    The Abdominal Wall, Hernia and Umbilicus, page 8: Inside the chapter
    p. 8 · Inside the chapter
    The Abdominal Wall, Hernia and Umbilicus, page 39: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 39 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions

Urology

  1. The Kidney and Ureter45 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (45 pages)
    • Painless haematuria: look at the whole tract
    • Ureteric colic: non-contrast CT
    • Hydronephrosis: PUJ obstruction first
    • Renal cell carcinoma: nephrectomy, CT staging
    • Kidney lump: ballottable, bimanual
    • Most asked: haematuria (49×)
    Asked most in previous papers49× Haematuria: causes and approach48× Renal cell carcinoma (hypernephroma): features, staging, treatment47× Renal stones: types, aetiology, clinical features, management
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy · Investigations · Congenital anomalies · Hydronephrosis, PUJ · Haematuria · Infection, pyonephrosis · Renal TB · Stones: causes, types · Renal, staghorn stones · Ureteric stone, colic · Treating stones · Cysts, polycystic kidney · Tumours · The loin lump · Injuries · Kidney transplant
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Kidney and Ureter, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Kidney and Ureter, page 4: Inside the chapter
    p. 4 · Inside the chapter
    The Kidney and Ureter, page 6: Inside the chapter
    p. 6 · Inside the chapter
    The Kidney and Ureter, page 8: Inside the chapter
    p. 8 · Inside the chapter
    The Kidney and Ureter, page 37: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 37 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  2. The Urinary Bladder, Prostate and Urethra45 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (45 pages)
    • Empty the bladder before you examine
    • Acute retention hurts, chronic retention does not
    • Painless haematuria: think tumour
    • Smooth with a sulcus = BPH; stony, no sulcus = cancer
    • Blood at the meatus: no blind catheter
    • Most asked: BPH (69×)
    Asked most in previous papers69× Benign prostatic hyperplasia: pathology, features, investigations, treatment25× Vesical calculus (bladder stone)22× Retention of urine: causes and management
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy, micturition · Symptoms and tests · Retention of urine · Catheters, cystostomy · Benign prostatic hyperplasia · Cancer of the prostate · Prostatitis and bladder neck · Cystitis, TB, bilharzia · Bladder stones, diverticulum · Cancer of the bladder · Bladder injuries · Urethral injuries · Urethral stricture and other urethral disease · Congenital: valves, exstrophy · Incontinence, neurogenic bladder, fistula, diversion
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Urinary Bladder, Prostate and Urethra, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Urinary Bladder, Prostate and Urethra, page 10: Inside the chapter
    p. 10 · Inside the chapter
    The Urinary Bladder, Prostate and Urethra, page 20: Inside the chapter
    p. 20 · Inside the chapter
    The Urinary Bladder, Prostate and Urethra, page 22: Inside the chapter
    p. 22 · Inside the chapter
    The Urinary Bladder, Prostate and Urethra, page 37: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 37 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  3. The Testis, Scrotum and Penis47 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (47 pages)
    • Get above the swelling
    • Torsion: operate within 6 hours
    • Hydrocele: fluctuant and translucent
    • Left varicocele 90%
    • Seminoma spreads by lymphatics
    • Most asked: hydrocele (58×)
    Asked most in previous papers58× Hydrocele: types, features, treatment53× Torsion of the testis (cause, diagnosis, treatment)43× Undescended testis (cryptorchidism): features, complications, orchidopexy
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Anatomy, descent · Scrotal swellings · Hydrocele · Haematocele, cysts · Varicocele · Epididymo-orchitis, TB · Torsion, acute scrotum · Undescended testis · Testicular tumours · Scrotal skin · Foreskin, circumcision · Penile cancer, ulcers · Peyronie, priapism, injury · Hypospadias, epispadias · Vasectomy
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    The Testis, Scrotum and Penis, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    The Testis, Scrotum and Penis, page 3: Inside the chapter
    p. 3 · Inside the chapter
    The Testis, Scrotum and Penis, page 4: Inside the chapter
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    The Testis, Scrotum and Penis, page 6: Inside the chapter
    p. 6 · Inside the chapter
    The Testis, Scrotum and Penis, page 39: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 39 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions

Paediatric surgery

  1. Paediatric and Neonatal Surgery46 pages · buy ₹99
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    What you get (46 pages)
    • Vomiting baby: bile or no bile?
    • Projectile, no bile, hungry: pyloric stenosis
    • Screaming, redcurrant jelly: intussusception
    • No meconium: Hirschsprung or anorectal
    • Drooling and cyanosis: oesophageal atresia
    • Most asked: intussusception (55×)
    Asked most in previous papers55× Intussusception: types, features, diagnosis, treatment46× Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: features, diagnosis, Ramstedt's pyloromyotomy38× Branchial cyst, fistula and sinus
    Part A · TheoryThe story · Not small adults · The vomiting newborn · Oesophageal atresia, TOF · Pyloric stenosis · Atresia, malrotation, meconium ileus · Necrotising enterocolitis · Hirschsprung's disease · Anorectal malformations · Intussusception · Exomphalos, gastroschisis · Diaphragmatic hernia · Other tummy problems · Tumours of childhood · Cleft lip and palate · Mouth and neck · Injury, foreign bodies
    Part B · ClinicalHow to examine · Case sheet
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Exam answers · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Paediatric and Neonatal Surgery, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    Paediatric and Neonatal Surgery, page 6: Inside the chapter
    p. 6 · Inside the chapter
    Paediatric and Neonatal Surgery, page 8: Inside the chapter
    p. 8 · Inside the chapter
    Paediatric and Neonatal Surgery, page 13: Inside the chapter
    p. 13 · Inside the chapter
    Paediatric and Neonatal Surgery, page 36: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 36 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions

Only with the full book

  1. Signs, Triads and Eponyms23 pages · full book only
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    What you get (23 pages)
    • Goodsall's rule (33×)
    • Charcot's triad (26×)
    • Calot's triangle (22×)
    • Courvoisier's law (20×)
    • Murphy's sign (12×)
    Asked most in previous papers51× Glasgow Coma Scale33× Goodsall's rule26× Charcot's triad
    Part A · Signs by systemThe story in 1 minute · Triads at a glance · Right iliac fossa, acute abdomen · Gall bladder, bile ducts, pancreas, liver · Gut, anus, cancer spread · Hernia, groin, testis, urine · Neck, thyroid, chest-wall · Arteries, veins, limbs · Skin, breast, lumps · Trauma, head, ICU
    Part B · Look-up tablesScores and classifications · Named diseases, operations, tubes · Asked but not in the books
    Part C · RevisionWhat examiners ask · Viva cards · Night-before recap
    Signs, Triads and Eponyms, page 1: First page
    p. 1 · First page
    Signs, Triads and Eponyms, page 2: Inside the chapter
    p. 2 · Inside the chapter
    Signs, Triads and Eponyms, page 3: Inside the chapter
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    Signs, Triads and Eponyms, page 4: Inside the chapter
    p. 4 · Inside the chapter
    Signs, Triads and Eponyms, page 18: What examiners ask: previous years' questions
    p. 18 · What examiners ask: previous years' questions
  2. Night-before Surgery315 pages · full book only
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    What you get (315 pages)
    • All 33 chapters in one PDF
    • Read it the night before the exam
    For every chapterWhat examiners ask, ranked · Ready exam answers · Viva cards · One-page recap
    Night-before Surgery, page 1: First page
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