Surgical Most Commons

Question 1

Most common indication for surgery with Crohn’s disease

Answer 1

Small bowel obstruction (SBO)

Question 2

Most common type of melanoma?

Answer 2

Superficial spreading

Question 3

Most common type of breast cancer?

Answer 3

infiltrating ductal

Question 4

Most common site of breast cancer?

Answer 4

upper outer quadrant

Question 5

Most common vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer?

Answer 5

gastroduodenal artery

Question 6

Most common cause of common bile duct obstruction?

Answer 6

choledocholithiasis

Question 7

Most common cause of cholangitis?

Answer 7

bile duct obstruction resulting from choledocholithiasis

Question 8

Most common cause of pancreatitis?

Answer 8

EtOH

Question 9

Most common bacteria in the stool?

Answer 9

Bacteroides fragilis

Question 10

Most common cause of SBO in adults in the US?

Answer 10

Adhesions

Question 11

Most common cause of SBO in children?

Answer 11

Hernias

Question 12

Most common cause of emergency abdo surgery in the US?

Answer 12

Accute appendicitis

Question 13

Most common site of GI carcinoids?

Answer 13

appendix

Question 14

Most common abdo x-ray finding with SBO

Answer 14

air-fluid levels

Question 15

Most common electrolyte deficiency causing ileus?

Answer 15

Hypokalemia

Question 16

Most common cause of transfusion hemolysis?

Answer 16

clerical error

Question 17

Most common cause of blood transfusion resulting in death?

Answer 17

clerical error (wrong blood types)

Question 18

Most common site of distant metastasis of sarcoma?

Answer 18

Lungs

Question 19

Most common cause of shock in a surgical patient?

Answer 19

Hypovolemia

Question 20

Most common cause of esophageal perforation>

Answer 20

Iatrogenic

Question 21

Most common position of anal fissure?

Answer 21

Posterior

Question 22

Most common cause of large bowel obstruction?

Answer 22

colon cancer

Question 23

Most common type of colonic volvulus?

Answer 23

sigmoid volvulus

Question 24

Most common cause of fever < 48 post-op hrs?

Answer 24

atelectasis

Question 25

Most common bacterial cause of urinary tract infection? (UTI?)

Answer 25

E. coli

Question 26

Most common CXR finding with traumatic thoracic aortic injury?

Answer 26

widened mediastinum

Question 27

Most common abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?

Answer 27

Liver (not the spleen!)

Question 28

Most common abdominal organ injured in penetrating abdominal trauma?

Answer 28

small bowel

Question 29

Most common benign tumor of the liver?

Answer 29

hemangioma

Question 30

Most common malingnancy of the liver?

Answer 30

Mets

Question 31

Most common pneumonia in the ICU?

Answer 31

gram-negative bacteria

Question 32

Most common cause of epidural hematoma?

Answer 32

middle meningeal artery injury

Question 33

Most common cause of lower GI bleeding?

Answer 33

Upper GI bleeding

Question 34

Most common hernia?

Answer 34

Inguinal hernia (right > left)

Question 35

Most common cause of esophgeal laceration?

Answer 35

Iatrogenic instrumentation

Question 36

Most common cancer in females?

Answer 36

lung cancer

Question 37

Most common cancer in males?

Answer 37

Prostate cancer

Question 38

Most common type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females?

Answer 38

Lung

Question 39

Most common cause of free peritoneal air?

Answer 39

perforated PUD

Question 40

Most common symptom with gastric cancer?

Answer 40

weight loss

Question 41

Most common site of colon cancer hematogenous mets?

Answer 41

Liver