General Surgery Topics
DNB ENT Theory Questions from General Surgery Topics
- May- 2020 -3 MayCovid 19 and ENT
Surgical PRIORITIZATION Due To Covid
Due to high chances of aerosol generation certain procedures in ent can be differed, Below is a list of Surgical Prioritization for ENT. Surgical Prioritization for ENT.Surgical Prioritization – Priority 1aEmergency procedures to be performed in <24 hours.Airway obstruction – Cancer / Foreign body / SepsisNeck trauma with vascular /…
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Pain Management in Surgery
Pain is a sensory and an emotional experience that is brought about by actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of tissue damage. Pain management is very important in ENT surgery especially because we mostly do Day Care surgery, Lets see the management protocol. PAIN MANAGEMENTAcute painPain duration…
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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology or FNAC
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is a technique whereby cells are obtained from a lesion using a thin bore needle and smears are made for cytopathological diagnosis. This technique is based on the fact that tumor cells are less cohesive and are easily aspirated. Used in the diagnosis of breast…
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Bio Medical Waste Management
Bio medical waste is defined as any waste which is generated during diagnoses, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research or production or testing of biologicals.The act was passed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 1986 & notified the Bio Medical Waste (Management and…
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What is Thyroid Storm
Thyroid Storm is a rare, life-threatening condition of thyrotoxicosis, often precipitated by an acute event such as thyroid or nonthyroidal surgery, trauma, infection, an acute iodine load, or parturition. The advent of appropriate preoperative preparation of patients undergoing thyroidectomy for hyperthyroidism has led to a dramatic reduction in the prevalence…
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Surgical Needles
Surgical Needles – There are a variety of needles for wound closure. Curved needles have two basic configurations; tapered and cutting. For wound and laceration care, the reverse cutting needle is used almost exclusively. It is made in such a way that the outer edge is sharp so as to…
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Types of Surgical Sutures
Surgical suture materials are used in the closure of most wound types. Lets start with Types of Surgical sutures.The ideal suture should allow the healing tissue to recover sufficiently to keep the wound closed together once they are removed or absorbed. A closure is a mean of primary closure to promote wound healing. TYPES OF SURGICAL SUTURESThe main…
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Universal Precautions
Due to Coronavirus or Covid 19 spread, the chances of question on universal precautions is very high. Especially in DNB ENT OSCE Viva station or as Short question in DNB ENT Theory. Prepare this question throughly. DefinitionCenter for disease control in Atlanta gave the universal precautions in 1987 to minimize…
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Revolutionary Liquid Biopsy
Definition of Liquid BiopsyA liquid biopsy, additionally known as fluid biopsy or fluid phase biopsy, is the sampling and evaluation of non-solid biological tissue, mostly blood. Like traditional biopsy this type of strategy is mostly utilized as a diagnostic as well as monitoring device for diseases such as cancer, with…
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Consent
Consent1Consent is an act of voluntary agreement between two parties; in medical care, it is the patient and the doctor. The consent is of two types.CONSENTImplied consentThe consent is not written, when a patient submits to health care agencies for medical examination or treatment. Patient attending the OPD of the…
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