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General Surgery Exam Instructions and Questions

This document contains instructions and questions for Part B of a final exam on general surgery for the National Board of Examinations in June 2016. It lists 10 multiple choice and short answer questions covering topics like gases used for pneumoperitoneum, classification and qualities of suture materials, the role of stem cell therapy, abdominal incisions, types of research studies, calculating sample sizes, and peer review. Examinees are instructed to answer questions from Parts A and B separately and tag the answer sheets accordingly.

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General Surgery Exam Instructions and Questions

This document contains instructions and questions for Part B of a final exam on general surgery for the National Board of Examinations in June 2016. It lists 10 multiple choice and short answer questions covering topics like gases used for pneumoperitoneum, classification and qualities of suture materials, the role of stem cell therapy, abdominal incisions, types of research studies, calculating sample sizes, and peer review. Examinees are instructed to answer questions from Parts A and B separately and tag the answer sheets accordingly.

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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS

JUNE 2016
GENERAL SURGERY

PAPER – I

Please read carefully the important instructions mentioned on Page ‘1’

• Answers to questions of Part ‘A’ and Part ‘B’ 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 ‘A’ attempted in answer sheet(s) of Part ‘B’ or vice versa shall
not be evaluated.

PART B

6. a) What are the gases used for creating pneumoperitoneum? 2+8


b) Pathophysiological changes that occur due to
pneumoperitoneum.

7. a) Classify suture materials. 4+6


b) Qualities of a good suture material.

8. Role of Stem Cell Therapy in surgical practice. 10

9. Name the various abdominal incisions with their advantages 10


and disadvantages.

10. a) Enumerate the types of Research studies. 2+4+4


b) How would you calculate the sample size for a proper
statistical analysis?
c) What is Peer review?

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POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.

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