THIRD PROFESSIONAL (GENERAL SURGERY-Syllabus)

General Surgery

Total Lecture: 100 Hrs

Exam Time: 3 Hrs.                                                                       Total marks: 150

Written: 100

                                                                                                  Oral / Practical: 30

                                                                                                        Sessional: 20

1.      Introduction to principles of surgery and its procedure.

2.      Shock - definition, types, clinical feature, pathology & management.

3.      Hemorrhage – common sites, complication, clinical features & management.

4.      Blood Transfusion – Blood group matching, indication & complication.

5.      Anesthesia – Principles of anesthesia, types & procedure.

6.      Wounds, Tissue repair, Classification – Acute Wounds, Chronic wounds, Scars & their management.

7.      Wound infections: - Physiology and manifestation, Types of infections & their management.

8.       Tumors and Ulcers: -

a) Tumors – Types & management.

b) Ulcers – Types & management.

9.      Burn – Causes, Classification, Clinical features & management

10.  Skin Grafting – Indications, Types & management.

11.  Hand Infections – Types & Procedures.

12.  General Injuries – Types & management.

13.  Complications of Surgery.

14.  Abdominal Surgery – Types of Incisions & common surgical procedures.

15.  Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery – Types of incisions & common surgical procedures.

16.  Common Neuro-Surgery- Types of incisions & common surgical procedures, complications and their possible management.

Obstetrics & Gynecology

1.      Pregnancy, stages of labour & its complications, indications & Types of surgical procedures.

2.      Gynecological disorders – Salpingities, parametritis, retro – uterus, prolapse of uterus, pelvic inflammatory diseases, urinary incontinence.

Ophthalmology

1.      Common inflammations and other infections of eye.

2.      Ptosis

3.      Blindness – common causes & management.

4.      Refractions – Testing, errors & remedies

5.      Strabismus – Types, features & corrective measures.

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)

1.      Introduction – Outline mechanism of audition, olfaction & speech.

2.      Classify causes of hearing impairment, assessment techniques, conservative & surgical management.

3.      Hearing Aids – Types & indications.

4.      Outline common ENT infections & which affect hearing, breathing, speech & their management.

5.      Outline the function of vestibular organ, its common disorders & their management.

Books Recommended:

1.      Baily and Love – Short Practice of Surgery – Mann and Rains – H.k. Levis Publications, London.

2.      Undergraduate Surgery – Nan – Academic Publishers, Calcutta.

3.      Textbook of Surgery – Gita R.L. – Jaypee.

4.      Principles and Practices of trauma care – Kocher – Jaypee.

5.      Clinical Methods – S. Das – Calcutta.