GENERAL SURGERY IMPORTANT EXAM QUESTIONS

This post contains almost all the topics of 3rd BHMS General Surgery along with their most important and frequently asked questions from different Indian university examinations.

This post is prepared for the benefit of the Surgery students who are going to appear in university examinations.

Number of papers – 02

Marks: Paper 1-100 marks; Paper 2-100 marks.

Paper-1

  • Section A: General Surgery – 50 marks
  • Section B: Homoeopathic Therapeutics related to General Surgery – 50 marks

Paper- 2

  • Section A: Systemic Surgery (Including ENT, Ophthalmology, Dentistry)- 50 marks
  • Section B: Homoeopathic Therapeutics (Including ENT, Ophthalmology, Dentistry) – 50 marks

The Paper 1 and Paper 2 divisions are prepared on the basis of syllabus of B.H.M.S. (Degree course) applicable from the academic session 2015-2016, as per the guidelines of Central Council of Homoeopathy.

All the questions are given under their related chapters.

  • FQ: Full Question
  • SFQ: Semi Full Question
  • SN: Short Note

This post contains only the topics of Paper 1 (GENERAL SURGERY AND HOMOEOPATHIC THERAPEUTICS). Topics of Paper 2 are given in a separate post, 3rd BHMS SYSTEMIC SURGERY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

Examination shall be conducted in Third B.H.M.S (not in Second B.H.M.S).

SECTION A (GENERAL SURGERY)

SHOCK

  1. FQ: Define shock, its classification, clinical features, management, and complications.
  2. SFQ: Classification and management of shock.
  3. SN: Stages of shock
  4. SN: Traumatic shock

HAEMORRHAGE

  1. FQ: Haemorrhage- types, management, clinical features of primary, secondary and reactionary haemorrhage.
  2. SFQ: Haemorrhage-types and management.
  3. SN: Classification of haemorrhage according to time appearance.
  4. SN: Reactionary haemorrhage

FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES

  1. SFQ: Acid-base balance
  2. SN: Hyperkalaemia
  3. SN: Metabolic acidosis
  4. SN: Respiratory acidosis

BLOOD TRANSFUSION

  1. SN: Complications and risks of blood transfusion.
  2. SN: Indications for blood transfusion.

TRAUMA

  1. FQ: Burn- Types, degrees, management, complications, and treatment in detail.
  2. FQ: Head injury
  3. SFQ: Burn-Rule of nine, pre-hospital and post-hospital care.
  4. SFQ: Cerebral concussion, Cerebral contusion and Cerebral laceration.
  5. SFQ: Effects of Extra Dural Haemorrhage.
  6. SFQ: Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
  7. SFQ: Indirect traumatic gangrene.
  8. SFQ: Median nerve injury of wrist and elbow.
  9. SN: Cerebral swelling (Brain oedema)
  10. SN: Complications of muscle injury
  11. SN: Fire arm injuries
  12. SN: Internal Haemorrhage
  13. SN: Keloid
  14. SN: Neurotmesis
  15. SN: Road traffic accidents (RTA)
  16. SN: Scalds
  17. SN: Systemic effects of burns.
  18. SN: Trophic ulcer

WOUND, WOUND HEALING AND REPAIR

  1. FQ: Define wound. What are the phases of wound healing? Describe Management and complications of it.
  2. FQ: Write down types of wound. Describe in brief about wound excision and wound closure.
  3. SFQ: Wound infection and discuss the factors spreading it with septicaemia.
  4. SN: Complications of wound healing.
  5. SN: Lacerated wound
  6. SN: Management of untidy wound.
  7. SN: Punctured wound
  8. SN: Wound excision.
  9. SN: Wound healing
  10. SN: Wound toilet.

ASEPTIC AND ANTI-SEPTIC TECHNIQUES

  1. FQ: Utility of antiseptic and aseptic techniques.
  2. SN: How will you care for a patient who comes to emergency room with a contaminated wound?

SUTURE MATERIALS AND SUTURING

  1. FQ: Define suture, write down the types of suture materials and techniques of suturing.
  2. SN: Nerve suture.

PRE-OPERATIVE AND POST-OPERATIVE CARE

  1. FQ: Describe in detail post-operative care, complications and their treatments.
  2. SFQ/SN: Cardiac complications after surgery.
  3. SFQ/SN: Pulmonary complications after surgery.
  4. SFQ: Post-operative immediate complications and delayed complications.
  5. SN: Deep vein thrombosis
  6. SN: Thrombophlebitis
  7. SN: Why Diabetes mellitus is considered to be a pre-operative risk?

ANAESTHESIA

  1. FQ: Describe in detail, pre-anaesthetic patient evaluation and preparations.
  2. FQ: Systemic anaesthesia-advantages and steps.
  3. FQ: What is regional anaesthesia, write down spinal anaesthesia in detail.
  4. SFQ/SN: Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  5. SN: Ketamine anaesthesia

SURGICAL INFECTIONS

  1. FQ/SFQ: Gangrene-Types, causes, clinical features and management.
  2. FQ/SN: Clostridial infections/ Tetanus
  3. SFQ: Diabetic gangrene/ Ulcers
  4. SFQ: Pyaemia/ Septicaemia
  5. SFQ: Surgical infections
  6. SN: Abscess
  7. SN: Cold abscess
  8. SN: Madura foot
  9. SN: Necrotizing fasciitis
  10. SN: Pyomyositis
  11. SN: Surgical abscess

SECTION B (HOMOEOPATHIC THERAPEUTICS)

The word Therapeutic means treatment of the disease by application of medicinal substance.

Homoeopathic therapeutics means application of remedial agents on the basis of symptoms similarity.

  • The answer of homoeopathic management (therapeutics) includes the homoeopathic medicines with their indications related to that particular disease condition.
  • In this post model questions are given with a list of their most important MEDICINES written in CAPITAL LETTERS.
  • For exam if you are attending FULL QUESTION, generally 3 to 5 remedies shall be asked to write (may be asked as any 5 or name of the remedies already given to write).
  • Same applies on Semi Full Questions and Short Notes.
  • While attending the Full questions and Semi full questions read carefully that what is being asked to write in detail along with the homoeopathic therapeutics.

FULL QUESTIONS

  1. Wound infection– Management of Acute and Chronic case of wound infection.
  • Indications of: LACHESIS, LEDUM PAL, CALCAREA PHOS, NITRIC ACID, CARBO VEG, SILICES, CALENDULA, STAPHYSAGRIA, HAMAMELIS, HYPERICUM.
  1. What is Burn? Write down the types, complications, and management of burn patient.
  • Indications of: CANTHARIS, ACONITE, ARSENIC ALB, CARBOLIC ACID, CALENDULA, CAUSTICUM, FERRUM PHOS, KALI MUR.
  1. Gangrene: Define and classify.
  • Indications of: SECALE COR, ARSENIC ALB, SILICEA, LACHESIS, CARBO VEG, HEPAR SULPH, CROTALUS HORRIDUS, SULPHURIC ACID.
  1. Shock-Classification and clinical features.
  • Indications of: VERATRUM ALB, CAMPHORA, CHINA, ACONITE (Neurogenic shock), DIGITALIS (Cardiogenic shock), PYROGENUM (Septic shock).
  1. Scope and Limitations of homoeopathy in surgery.
  2. Wound– Define and classify.
  • Indications of: ARNICA (Contused wound), LEDUM PAL (Punctured wound), CALENDULLA (Incised wound).
  1. Haemorrhage- Define, types and classify.
  • Indications of: CARBO VEG, HAMMAMELIS, CHINA, ARNICA, IPECAC, PHOSPHORUS, FERRUM PHOS, KALI PHOS, NATRUM MUR.
  1. Abscess– Signs and symptoms and management.
  • Indications of: HEPAR SULPH, CALC SULPH, SILICEA, MERCURIUS, ANTHRACINUM, BELLADONNA, ARSENIC ALB, FERRUM PHOS, KALI PHOS, CALC FLOUR.

SEMI FULL QUESTIONS

  1. Causes of Cardiogenic shock with indications of CACTUS and DIGITALIS.
  2. Define Haemorrhage with medicines for bright red haemorrhage.
  3. Homoeopathic management of Burn Write down indications of any three homoeopathic medicines.
  4. Homoeopathic management of Hypovolaemic shock.
  5. Homoeopathic management of Inflammation with any 5 homoeopathic medicines.
  6. Injuries– ARNICA, CALENDULLA, RHUS TOX.
  7. Nerve injury of HYPERICUM and BELLIS PERENNIS.
  8. Pott’s disease with indications of SILICEA, TUBERCULOSIS, BARYTA CARB.
  9. What is Septicaemia? Write down indications of any 3 homoeopathic remedies.

SHORT NOTES

  1. Burns- CANTHARIS, ARSENIC ALB
  2. Dark clotted haemorrhage- CHINA, CARBO VEG
  3. Head injury- ARNICA, NATRUM SULPH
  4. Inflammation- BELLADONNA, FERRUMPHOS
  5. Injury- BELLIS PERENNIS
  6. Keloid- ARNICA
  7. Myositis- BRYONIA, RHUS TOX, MEZERIUM
  8. Necrosis with any two homoeopathic medicines.
  9. Nerve injury- RUTA, BELLIS PERENNIS
  10. Shock- OPIUM
  11. Surgical importance of SILICEA.
  12. Tendon Rupture- RUTA
  13. Tetanus- HYPERICUM, STRAMONIUM
  14. Thrombophlebitis- VIPERA, LACHESIS
  15. Tumour- CONIUM
  16. Venous haemorrhage- CARBO VEG, LACHESIS
  17. Wet Gangrene- SECALE COR, CARBO VEG
  18. Wound healing- CALENDULLA, ARNICA

Hope you find this post helpful for the thorough preparation of examination.

Questions for SURGERY PAPER 2 are written in an another separate post, you just need to click on the hyperlinked text here, 3rd BHMS SYSTEMIC SURGERY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. 

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