Most commons

Question 1

Indication for surgery with Crohn’s disease?

Answer 1

SBO

Question 2

Type of melanom

Answer 2

Superficial spreading

Question 3

Type of breast cancer

Answer 3

infiltrating ductal

Question 4

Site of breast cancer

Answer 4

upper outer quadrant

Question 5

Vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer?

Answer 5

Gastroduodenal artery

Question 6

Cause of common bile duct obstruction?

Answer 6

Choledocholithiasis

Question 7

Cause of cholangitis?

Answer 7

Bile duct obstruction resulting from choledocholithiasis

Question 8

Bacteria in stool?

Answer 8

B. fragilis

Question 9

Cause of SBO in adults in the United States?

Answer 9

Post op peritoneal adhesions

Question 10

Cause of SBO in children in the United States?

Answer 10

hernias

Question 11

Site of GI carcinoids?

Answer 11

appendix

Question 12

Abdominal x-ray (AXR) finding with SBO?

Answer 12

air fluid levels

Question 13

Electrolyte defciency causing ileus?

Answer 13

Hypokalemia

Question 14

Cause of transfusion hemolysis?

Answer 14

Clerical error

Question 15

Site of distant mets of sarcoma?

Answer 15

Lungs

Question 16

Position of anal fissure?

Answer 16

Posterior

Question 17

Acute pancreatitis?

Answer 17

Gallstones

Question 18

Chronic pancreatitis?

Answer 18

EtOH

Question 19

Cause of large bowel obstruction?

Answer 19

Colon cancer

Question 20

Type of colonic volvulus?

Answer 20

Sigmoid volvulus

Question 21

Cause of fever <48 hr post-op?

Answer 21

Atelectasis

Question 22

Chest x-ray (CXR) finding with traumatic thoracic aortic injury?

Answer 22

Widened mediastinum

Question 23

Abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Abdominal organ injured in penetrating abdominal trauma?

Answer 24

Small bowel

Question 25

Benign tumor of the liver?

Answer 25

Hemangioma

Question 26

Malignancy of the liver?

Answer 26

Metastasis

Question 27

Pneumonia in the ICU?

Answer 27

Gram-negative bacteria

Question 28

Cause of epidural hematoma?

Answer 28

Middle meningeal artery injury

Question 29

Cause of lower GI bleeding?

Answer 29

Upper GI bleeding

Question 30

Hernia?

Answer 30

Inguinal hernia (right more than left)

Question 31

Cause of esophageal perforation?

Answer 31

Iatrogenic instrumentation (e.g.,EGD)

Question 32

Cranial nerve injured in blunt trauma?

Answer 32

CNI (olfactory)

Question 33

Cause of free peritoneal air?

Answer 33

Perforated PUD

Question 34

Symptom with gastric cancer?

Answer 34

Weight loss

Question 35

Site of colon cancer hematogenous metastasis?

Answer 35

Liver

Question 36

Cause of death ages 1–44?

Answer 36

Trauma