FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2016

POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
GENERAL SURGERY
PAPER III
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• Answers to questions of Part and Part are to be strictly attempted in separate answer
sheet(s) and the main supplementary answer sheet(s) used for each part must be tagged
separately.
• Answers to questions of Part attempted in answer sheet(s) of Part or vice versa shall
not be evaluated.
PART B
6. Regarding morbid obesity:
Indications and types of weight-loss surgeries.
Expected benefits of weight loss surgery to the patient.

7. Regarding colorectal cancer:
Etiological risk factors.
Diagnostic and imaging investigations.
Surgery for carcinoma caecum
Surgical options for obstructed carcinoma sigmoid colon

8. Clinical features, grading and complications of
hemorrhoids.
Options for treatment of hemorrhoids.

9. Regarding chronic lower limb ischemia:
Role of imaging investigations.
Differential diagnosis of intermittent claudication.
Principles of treatment of critical limb ischemia.

10. Pathophysiology and clinical features of lower limb
lymphedema.
Principles of diagnosis and management of lower limb
lymphedema.