MCQs and
EMQs in
Surgery
Pradip K Datta MBE, MS, FRCS (Ed, Eng, Irel, Glasg), Honorary
Consultant Surgeon, Caithness General Hospital, Wick, Member of
Council and College Tutor, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Christopher J K Bulstrode MCh, FRCS (Orth), Professor and
Honorary Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, University of
Oxford, Member of Council, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
B V Praveen MS, FRCS (Ed, Eng, Glasg, Irel, Gen), Consultant
Surgeon and Associate Director of Medical Education, Southend
University Hospital, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary, University
of London
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, Contents
Foreword ix
Contributors x
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xii
List of Abbreviations Used xiii
Introduction xvi
PART 1: PRINCIPLES 1
1 The metabolic response to injury 3
■ Pradip Datta
2 Shock and blood transfusion 8
■ Bandipalyam Praveen
3 Wounds, tissue repair and scars 16
■ Bandipalyam Praveen
4 Surgical infection 22
■ Bandipalyam Praveen
5 Tropical surgery 31
■ Pawanindra Lal, Sanjay De Bakshi
6 Paediatric surgery 75
■ Pradip Datta
7 Oncology 84
■ Bandipalyam Praveen
8 Surgical audit and research 90
■ Bandipalyam Praveen
9 Surgical ethics 94
■ Pradip Datta
10 Diagnostic imaging 96
■ Pradip Datta
PART 2: INVESTIGATION AND DIAGNOSIS 101
11 Gastrointestinal endoscopy 103
■ Bandipalyam Praveen
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