✓ 5- Dr. High Yield: Surgery (New 2026/
2027 Update) Questions & Answers {Grade
A} 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)
when to drain pancreatic pseudocyst? - correct answer >6cm
pancreatic pseudocyst= common 6 weeks s/p pancreatitis
Greatest risk factor for breast CA - correct answer Age
Breast CA= Mamogram every year >50 y/o
Pap smear= every 3 years >21; every 5 >30 if with hpv screen
MC breast CA= Infiltrative Ductal Carcinoma
Greatest risk factor osteoporosis - correct answer Age
Osteoporosis screen= DEXA scan 65 y/o
Greatest risk factor stroke - correct answer HTN
,(both ischemic + hemorrhagic)
Pheochromocytoma - correct answer Adrenal Medulla
Dx= urine Metanephrines (urine is best)
then CT adrenals to r/o mass
sx= paroxysmal HTN, nervousness, Headaches
Tx= Phenoxybenzamine (alpha-blocker) before B-blocker
Pheochromocytoma vs Panic attack - correct answer Pheochromocytoma= ↑↑↑ BP, last
longer;
Tx= phenoxybenzamine (alpha-blocker)
(Adrenal medulla)
Panic attack= ↑BP, only last few mins
when to do bowel rest regimen? - correct answer Bowel rest=
NPO, IVF, NGT suction
,Diverticulitis
SBO
Volvulus
Pancreatitis (only if intractable vomiting-- usually just lots of IVF, pain + nausea
control)
direct v indirect inguinal hernia-- where? - correct answer Direct= medial to inferior
epigastric a.
"old man hernia"
Indirect= lateral to inferior epigastric a.
from patent processus vaginalis (congenital defect)
"MC in kids"
Femoral= in Empty space = Med. to vein (NAVEL)
Lat. --> Med.= NAVEL (Nerve, Artery, Vein, Empty space, Lymphatics)
Most common in women
, Most likely to incarcerate
Umbilical hernia-- tx (age) - correct answer normally resolves by 5 y/o
hernia most likely to incarcerate - correct answer Femoral hernia:
Lat. --> Med. (NAVEL)
MC in women
when to repair umbilical hernia - correct answer >5 y/o
Acalculous cholecystitis first line tx - correct answer "cholecystits w/o gallstones"
MC in critical ICU pt
Tx= percutaneous cholecystostomy tube (drains GB through skin)
who is likely to get Acalculous cholecystitis? - correct answer ICU pts-- Cholecystitis
w NO STONES
2027 Update) Questions & Answers {Grade
A} 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)
when to drain pancreatic pseudocyst? - correct answer >6cm
pancreatic pseudocyst= common 6 weeks s/p pancreatitis
Greatest risk factor for breast CA - correct answer Age
Breast CA= Mamogram every year >50 y/o
Pap smear= every 3 years >21; every 5 >30 if with hpv screen
MC breast CA= Infiltrative Ductal Carcinoma
Greatest risk factor osteoporosis - correct answer Age
Osteoporosis screen= DEXA scan 65 y/o
Greatest risk factor stroke - correct answer HTN
,(both ischemic + hemorrhagic)
Pheochromocytoma - correct answer Adrenal Medulla
Dx= urine Metanephrines (urine is best)
then CT adrenals to r/o mass
sx= paroxysmal HTN, nervousness, Headaches
Tx= Phenoxybenzamine (alpha-blocker) before B-blocker
Pheochromocytoma vs Panic attack - correct answer Pheochromocytoma= ↑↑↑ BP, last
longer;
Tx= phenoxybenzamine (alpha-blocker)
(Adrenal medulla)
Panic attack= ↑BP, only last few mins
when to do bowel rest regimen? - correct answer Bowel rest=
NPO, IVF, NGT suction
,Diverticulitis
SBO
Volvulus
Pancreatitis (only if intractable vomiting-- usually just lots of IVF, pain + nausea
control)
direct v indirect inguinal hernia-- where? - correct answer Direct= medial to inferior
epigastric a.
"old man hernia"
Indirect= lateral to inferior epigastric a.
from patent processus vaginalis (congenital defect)
"MC in kids"
Femoral= in Empty space = Med. to vein (NAVEL)
Lat. --> Med.= NAVEL (Nerve, Artery, Vein, Empty space, Lymphatics)
Most common in women
, Most likely to incarcerate
Umbilical hernia-- tx (age) - correct answer normally resolves by 5 y/o
hernia most likely to incarcerate - correct answer Femoral hernia:
Lat. --> Med. (NAVEL)
MC in women
when to repair umbilical hernia - correct answer >5 y/o
Acalculous cholecystitis first line tx - correct answer "cholecystits w/o gallstones"
MC in critical ICU pt
Tx= percutaneous cholecystostomy tube (drains GB through skin)
who is likely to get Acalculous cholecystitis? - correct answer ICU pts-- Cholecystitis
w NO STONES
