SURGICAL SPECIALTY EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What major artery supplies the descending colon - ANS Left colic artery
Commonly implicated in SAH, the vessels of the Circle of Willis include - ANS Posterior
communicating artery
Which of the following is the treatment for a patient that has a postoperative empyema? -
ANS Rib resection
Pamela Morris is a 62-year-old woman with a 4-year history of Graves' disease that has not
responded to medical therapy. She is scheduled for a subtotal thyroidectomy. What condition,
a complication of Graves' disease, is her probable indication for a subtotal thyroidectomy? -
ANS Tracheal obstruction
During a surgical procedure to excise a malignant thyroid gland, the surgeon asks you why she
is not removing the posterior part of the patient's thyroid gland. Your correct response is -
ANS so that the patient does not develop hypocalcemia
Which of the following is a risk factor associated with unplanned hypothermia? - ANS open
cavity surgery
Drugs used during surgery can cause potential adverse reactions. which drug is associated with
an increased rate of cardiotoxicity - ANS Bupivicaine
When elevations in serum calcitonin are found in the patient's blood work, what diagnosis
would you suspect - ANS Medullary thyroid cancer
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What major artery supplies the descending colon - ANS Left colic artery
Commonly implicated in SAH, the vessels of the Circle of Willis include - ANS Posterior
communicating artery
Which of the following is the treatment for a patient that has a postoperative empyema? -
ANS Rib resection
Pamela Morris is a 62-year-old woman with a 4-year history of Graves' disease that has not
responded to medical therapy. She is scheduled for a subtotal thyroidectomy. What condition,
a complication of Graves' disease, is her probable indication for a subtotal thyroidectomy? -
ANS Tracheal obstruction
During a surgical procedure to excise a malignant thyroid gland, the surgeon asks you why she
is not removing the posterior part of the patient's thyroid gland. Your correct response is -
ANS so that the patient does not develop hypocalcemia
Which of the following is a risk factor associated with unplanned hypothermia? - ANS open
cavity surgery
Drugs used during surgery can cause potential adverse reactions. which drug is associated with
an increased rate of cardiotoxicity - ANS Bupivicaine
When elevations in serum calcitonin are found in the patient's blood work, what diagnosis
would you suspect - ANS Medullary thyroid cancer
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