General Surgery Made Easy Series Mind Maps for Medical Students

In this document, we study different vascular surgical diseases including arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases. We start off with arterial diseases with acute and chronic ischemia; their causes, clinical picture, investigations and treatment. We then move to vascular anomalies including aneurysms and A-V fistulas. Then we study the diabetic foot with all of its complications and the proper management for such a very common critical condition. We don't forget the harms of smoking so we study B...

In this document, we deal with different testicular and scrotal pathologies from a surgical point of view. We start with different testicular benign and malignant neoplasms such as seminomas and teratomas. We study their pathologies, clinical picture, investigations and treatment. Then we study different testicular swellings including hydrocele, hematocele and pyocele and other testicular cysts including epididymal cyst and spermatocele. Then we study the painful testicular conditions including ...

In this document, we study together different thyroid gland pathologies from a surgical point of view. We study simple goiter and toxic goiter. We also study the different swellings of the thyroid gland including the benign ones and the different thyroid malignancies as regards to their pathologies, staging, clinical picture and treatment. We are also introduced to the different inflammatory conditions of the thyroid such as Hashimoto, De Quervain and others. Finally we move to some miscellaneou...

In this document, we are introduced to different surgical breast pathologies including different breast swellings, benign breast tumors and breast cancer. We also study the inflammatory conditions of the breast such as lactational mastitis and breast abscess and finally we study some very common benign conditions of the breast including fibroadenosis (fibrocystic disease of the breast) and mammary duct ectasia

Detailed mind maps for studying the basics of surgery required by medical students. Here we discuss different topics in basic surgery including polytrauma, complications of blood transfusion and shock, different surgical and hand infections, salivary gland surgery. We also get to know the different swellings and how to differentiate clinically between each of them and the main characteristics of each whether anatomically, histologically or clinically. We are also introduced to different lymph no...