FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017
SURGICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY
PAPER III

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.
Time 3 hours SURG. GASTRO/D/17/46/III
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. Role of MRI in carcinoma rectum.
Short course neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer.
5+5
2. Current status of robotic pancreatic surgery.
10
3. STAAR- Indications and outcome.
Colonic Transit Time its role in chronic
constipation
5+5
4. Peutz Jeghar Syndrome.
Microsatellite instability and colorectal cancer.
5+5
5. Role of complete mesocolic excision in colon cancer
management
Pouch Vaginal fistula surgical options and its indication.
5+5
6. POEM
Capsule Endoscopy.
5+5
7. Impact factor.
Certification of Brain stem death as per the
Transplantation of Human Organs Tissues Act.
5+5
8. Inflammatory mediators of acute inflammation.
Hyperbaric oxygenation.
5+5
9. Null Hypothesis
Chi Square Test
Randomized control trials- Define and give examples in
GI surgery

10. Describe in details surgical indications and type of surgery
with its outcome in chronic ulcerative colitis.
10