Most Common Surgical Conditions

Question 1

Most common type of melanoma?

Answer 1

Superficial spreading

Question 2

Most common type of breast cancer?

Answer 2

infiltrating cancer

Question 3

Most common site of breast cancer?

Answer 3

Upper outer quadrant

Question 4

Vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer?

Answer 4

Gastroduodenal artery

Question 5

Cause of common bile duct obstruction?

Answer 5

Choledocholithiasis

Question 6

Cause of SBO in children?

Answer 6

hernias

Question 7

Cause of emergency abdominal surgery in the United States?

Answer 7

Acute appendicitis

Question 8

Electrolyte deficiency causing ileus?

Answer 8

Hypokalemia

Question 9

Site of distant metastasis of sarcoma?

Answer 9

Lungs (hematogenous spread)

Question 10

Position of anal fissure?

Answer 10

posterior

Question 11

Acute pancreatitis?

Answer 11

gallstones

Question 12

Chronic pancreatitis?

Answer 12

alcohol

Question 13

Cause of large bowel obstruction?

Answer 13

Colon cancer

Question 14

Cause of fever <48 postoperative hours?

Answer 14

Atelectasis

Question 15

Bacterial cause of urinary tract infection (UTI)?

Answer 15

Escherichia coli

Question 16

Abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?

Answer 16

Liver (not the spleen, as noted in recent studies!)

Question 17

Benign tumor of the liver?

Answer 17

hemangioma

Question 18

Malignancy of the liver?

Answer 18

metastasis

Question 19

Pneumonia in the ICU?

Answer 19

Gram-negative bacteria

Question 20

Cause of epidural hematoma?

Answer 20

Middle meningeal artery injury

Question 21

Cause of lower GI bleeding?

Answer 21

Upper GI bleeding

Question 22

Cancer in females?

Answer 22

breast cancer

Question 23

Cancer in males?

Answer 23

prostate cancer

Question 24

Type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females?

Answer 24

lung cancer

Question 25

Cause of free peritoneal air?

Answer 25

Perforated peptic ulcer disease

Question 26

Cause of death ages 1 to 44?

Answer 26

trauma