Surgical most commons

Question 1

Indication for surgery with Crohn’s disease?

Answer 1

Small bowel obstruction (SBO)

Question 2

Type of Melanoma?

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

Cause of pancreatitis?

Answer 8

EtOH

Question 9

Bacteria in stool?

Answer 9

Bacteroides fragilis (“B. frag”)

Question 10

Cause of SBO in adults in the United States?

Answer 10

Postop peritoneal adhesions

Question 11

Cause of SBO in children?

Answer 11

Hernias

Question 12

Cause of emergency abdominal surgery in the United States?

Answer 12

Acute appendicitis

Question 13

Site of GI carcinoids?

Answer 13

Appendix

Question 14

Abdominal x-ray (AXR) finding with SBO?

Answer 14

Air-fluid levels

Question 15

Electrolyte deficiency causing ileus?

Answer 15

Hypokalemia

Question 16

Cause of transfusion hemolysis?

Answer 16

Clerical error

Question 17

Cause of blood transfusion resulting in death?

Answer 17

Clerical error (wrong blood types)

Question 18

Site of distant metastasis of sarcoma?

Answer 18

Lungs

Question 19

Cause of shock in a surgical patient?

Answer 19

Hypovolemia

Question 20

Position of anal fissure?

Answer 20

Posterior

Question 21

Cause of large bowel obstruction?

Answer 21

Cause of large bowel obstruction?

Question 22

Type of colonic volvulus?

Answer 22

Sigmoid volvulus

Question 23

Cause of fever 48 post- operative hours?

Answer 23

Atelectasis

Question 24

Bacterial cause of urinary tract infection (UTI)?

Answer 24

Escherichia coli

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Widened mediastinum

Question 26

Abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Abdominal organ injured in penetrating abdominal trauma?

Answer 27

Small bowel

Question 28

Benign tumor of the liver?

Answer 28

Hemangioma

Question 29

Malignancy of the liver?

Answer 29

Metastasis

Question 30

Pneumonia in the ICU?

Answer 30

Gram-negative bacteria

Question 31

Cause of epidural hematoma?

Answer 31

Middle-meningeal artery injury

Question 32

Cause of lower GI bleeding?

Answer 32

Lower GI bleeding

Question 33

Hernia?

Answer 33

Inguinal hernia (right more than left)

Question 34

Cause of esophageal perforation?

Answer 34

Iatrogenic instrumentation (e.g., EGD)

Question 35

Cause of esophageal perforation?

Answer 35

Iatrogenic instrumentation (e.g., EGD)

Question 36

Cancer in females?

Answer 36

Lung cancer

Question 37

Cancer in males?

Answer 37

Prostate cancer

Question 38

Type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females?

Answer 38

Lung cancer

Question 39

Cause of free peritoneal air?

Answer 39

Perforated PUD

Question 40

Symptom with gastric cancer?

Answer 40

Weight loss

Question 41

Site of colon cancer hematogenous metastasis?

Answer 41

Liver

Question 42

Cause of death ages 1-44?

Answer 42

Trauma