Operative Surgery Vivas for the MRCS

Ali Abbassian is a Specialist Registrar in trauma and orthopaedics on the North Thames training programme. Sarah Krishnandan is a Specialist Registrar in Accident and Emergency Medicine, working at St George's Hospital Medical School, London. Christopher James works in the Orthopaedics Department at Guy's Hospital, London.

• Preface; 1. The elective repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm; 2. Adrenalectomy; 3. Amputation (below knee); 4. Anorectal sepsis; 5. Appendicectomy; 6. Principles of bowel anastomosis; 7. Breast surgery; 8. Carotid endarterectomy; 9. Carpal tunnel decompression; 10. Central venous cannulation; 11. Cholescystectomy (laparascopic); 12. Circumcision; 13. Colles fracture reduction; 14. Compound fractures; 15. Dupuytren's contracture release; 16. Dynamic hip screw; 17. Fasciotomy; 18. Femoral embolectomy; 19. Femoral hernia repair; 20. Haemorrhoidectomy; 21. Hip surgery; 22. Hydrocele repair; 23. Inguinal hernia repair; 24. Laparatomy and abdominal incisions; 25. Oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy; 26. Orchidectomy; 27. Parotidectomy; 28. Perforated peptic ulcer; 29. Pyloric stenosis and Ramstedt's pyloromyotomy; 30. Right hemicolectomy; 31. Skin cover (reconstructive ladder); 32. Spinal surgery; 33. Splenectomy; 34. Stomas; 35. Submandibular gland excision; 36. Tendon repair; 37. Thoracostomy (chest drain); 38. Thoracotomy; 39. Thyroidectomy; 40. Tracheostomy; 41. Urinary retention and related surgical procedures; 42. Varicose vein surgery; 43. Vasectomy; 44. Zadik's procedure.

'This publication,. written by recent graduates of the MRCS system, is broad, concise and well-structured. … This book should be used as a source of questions to assess the candidate's readiness for the exam' British Journal of Surgery