Self-assessment Questions

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• 1 Surgical Strategy
• 2 Fluid and electrolyte management
• 4 Postoperative complications
• 5 Acute infections
• 6 Tumours
• 7 Shock
• 8 Burns
• 9 The skin and its adnexae
• 10 The chest and lungs
• 11 The heart and thoracic aorta
• 12 Arterial disease
• 13 Venous disorders of the lower limb
• 14 The brain and meninges
• 15 Head injury
• 16 The spine
• 17 Peripheral nerve injuries
• 18 The oral cavity
• 19 The salivary glands
• 20 The oesophagus
• 21 The stomach and duodenum
• 22 Mechanical intestinal obstruction
• 23 Paralytic ileus
• 24 The small intestine
• 25 Acute appendicitis
• 26 The colon
• 27 The rectum and anal canal
• 28 Peritonitis
• 29 Hernia
• 30 The liver
• 31 The gallbladder and bile ducts
• 32 The pancreas
• 33 The spleen
• 34 The lymph nodes and lymphatics
• 35 The breast
• 36 The neck
• 37 The thyroid
• 38 The parathyroids
• 39 The thymus
• 40 The adrenal glands
• 41 The kidney and the ureter
• 42 The bladder
• 43 The prostate
• 44 The male urethra
• 45 The penis
• 46 The testis and scrotum
• 47 Transplantation surgery