FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2017
POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
THORACIC SURGERY
PAPER I
TH.SURG/J/17/51/I
Time 3 hours
Max. Marks 100
Important instructions:
• Attempt all questions in order.
• Each question carries 10 marks.
• Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
• Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
• Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
• Answer all the parts of a single question together.
• Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
• Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. Anatomy of right versus left pulmonary artery 10
2. What is sequestration of lung?
Classify sequestration of lung.
Diagnostic modality.
Management.

3. Diagnosis of tracheo bronchial tears in blunt trauma to
chest wall.
Management of traumatic bronchial ruptures.
4+6
4. Mention the various chest wall deformities.
Surgical correction of pectus excavatum.
4+6
5. Indications, pros and cons of various incisions used in thoracic
surgery.
10
6. What are the common foreign bodies in tracheo bronchial
tree?
Diagnostic modalities.
Management.

7. What is flail chest?
Management of flail chest.
2+8
8. Relevant anatomy, indications and technique of Scalene fat
pad biopsy.

9. History of bronchoscopy.
Technique of rigid bronchoscopy.
Technique of fiber optic bronchoscopy.

10. What is congenital lobar emphysema?
Clinical features management of lobar emphysema.