EXAM QUESTIONS

Question 1

PANCREAS percentage of survival before and after the surgery

Answer 1

BEFORE 1
AFTER 15

Question 2

PANCREAS percentage of people diagnosed with an operable cancer

Answer 2

20-25%

Question 3

PANCREATIC CANCER DX

Answer 3

CT and EUS with biopsy

Question 4

treatment for T2 N0 head cancer

Answer 4

WHIPPLE

Question 5

surgical treatment for k of head of pancreas

Answer 5

WHIPPLE

Question 6

PANCREATIC CANCER DIAGNOSTICS WHICH SERVES BEST

Answer 6

endoscopic ultrasound for local extension is the best), then MRCP if you want to avoid that, also CT needed for metastases.

Question 7

METASTASES PANCREAS

Answer 7

LIVER, PERITONEUM OVARIES

Question 8

PANCREATIC CANCER criteria of resectability

Answer 8

Absence of distant metastasis
No invasion of major arteries - celiac and superior mesenteric artery
If venous invasion –> there needs to be enough portal veins and SMV for vein reconstruction

T1,T2 + N0 –> RESECTABLE

Question 9

Clinical Case 30yo female RLQ pain, mild leukocytosis, elevated CRP, how do you proceed

Answer 9

APPENDICITIS

how do you treat it, complications, ddx.

Question 10

GASTRIC
which type of surgery for each

Answer 10

proximal - complete gastrectomy, roux en y;

distal- spares the proximal stomach)