Duodenal injury

Q . Duodenal injury management false? (# Duodenum free page )

a) Circumferential skeletonization is required

b) All duodenal repairs require some form of drainage

c) All hematomas near the pancreas requires exploration to check for serosal integrity

d) Most common location is the second portion

Malignancy in UC

Q. All are true regarding malignancy in UC except
A. Increased risk with pancolitis and increased duration
B. Screening for malignancy should start 8-10 yrs after onset of symptoms
C. Poorly differentiated
D. Surveillance should start as soon as remission occurs,  to pick up missed colon cancer

 

Disinfectants in Surgery

Q) All are true about disinfectants in surgery  except
A. Povidone iodine needs to dry up prior to its action
B. Alcohol disinfectants act against all organisms except clostridium difficile
C. Single dose of first generation cephalosporin should be givens prophylaxis for vascular
procedures and bladder catheterisation
D. Chlorhexidine is bactericidal, viricidal, fungicidal, and has rapid onset of action and persistent
duration.


Answer ci

Povidone-iodine solution is used for surgical site preparation, it must be allowed to dry for microbicidal effect. 

Chlorhexidine is  a phenol which is  used in concentrations of 0.5% to 4.0% alone or in lower concentrations in combination with an alcohol as a skin antiseptic. ....

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CEA

Q True regarding CEA is  (AIIMS 2017 , JIPMER 2016) 

a) Low specificity

b) Falls after 1 week of surgery to baseline

c) Preoperative high value is good prognostic marker

d) Follow up, first test of CEA in 8-10 days followed by weekly tests thereafter

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Answer 

Post gastrectomy complications

Q . Wrong about post gastrectomy syndromes (AIIMS MCQ 2018 GI) 
A. Early dumping syndrome occurs after 1 hour
B. Early dumping syndrome has less cardiac and more gastrointestinal symptoms
C. Anastomotic ulcer is more after billroth II
D. Post gastrectomy syndromes are common in  billroth II than roux en Y anastomosis

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Physiology of biliary obstruction

Q) Infection in obstructive jaundice all are true except

a) There is loosening of hepatic tight junctions and cholangiovenous reflux

b) IgM production from liver cells decreased

c) Reduced bacteriostatic & bactericidal action due to decreased bile salts in bowel

 

Restrictive blood transfusion

Q) Restrictive strategy of transfusion in acute GI bleed  all are true except?

A. Should be started at a hemoglobin < 7 g/dl
B. Will not alter the risk of rebleed
C. Child A and B patients had significantly lower risk of gi bleed

d) None of the above


 

Fluid and Electrolyte

Q. Which is false about crystalloid solutions?
A. NS has Sodium 154 meq/l
B. NS has Chloride 154 mEq/l
C. RL contains Lactate but doesn’t contain calcium
D. RL contains sodium potassium calcium and lactate

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Contraindication of Left lobe liver transplant

Q) Absolute contraindication for left lobe LDLT is
A. Trifurcation of the portal vein
B. Bifurcation of portal vein in the right lobe of the liver
C. Aberrant right hepatic artery
D. Right Posterior duct draining into left hepatic duct

ANSWER d

Trifurcation of portal vein is not a contraindication of  left lobe liver transplant  as we will get a single portal vein on the left side

Portal vein trifurcation
Portal vein

Bifurcation of portal vein in right lobe does not matter because we are leaving the right lobe behind

Again right aberrant artery does not matter because that segment is left behind

Right post duct draining into left duct gives rise to two ducts on the left or a single duct which is quite high.

Right posterior duct to left

CT severity score in pancreatitis

Q. CT severity score for pancreatic necrosis of more than 50%
A. 6
B. 7

C. 10
D. 5

Answer See Q 25