Head and Neck Surgery Indian Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
Master Head and Neck Surgery with OnCourse flashcards. These spaced repetition flashcards are designed for medical students preparing for NEET PG, USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2, MBBS exams, and other medical licensing examinations.
Head and Neck Surgery Flashcard Deck - 76 Cards
Flashcard 1: _____ system of tooth charting:
Answer: Universal
Flashcard 2: Name the following forceps: _____
Answer: Citelli's forceps
Flashcard 3: Fenestrations in the tracheostomy tube are important for _____
Answer: phonation
Flashcard 4: Name the following forceps: _____
Answer: Tilley's forceps
Flashcard 5: _____ system of tooth charting: (with plus and minus sign)
Answer: Haderup
Flashcard 6: _____ is an invasive procedure where tiny electrodes are implanted in the brain and are connected via a subcutaneous wire to a neurostimulator (maximum two), which is placed under the skin of the clavicle.
Answer: Deep brain stimulation
Flashcard 7: The _____ and jugulodigastric nodes are the most commonly involved in maxillary sinus carcinoma.
Answer: submandibular
Flashcard 8: Le Fort _____ is also called as Guerin's fracture
Answer: I
Flashcard 9: Pleomorphic adenoma is associated with a high rate of recurrence due to _____ or intraoperative rupture
Answer: incomplete resection
Flashcard 10: Apart from lymph nodes, other structures removed in radical neck dissection are _____ muscle, internal jugular vein, spinal acessory nerve and submandibular salivary gland
Answer: SCM
Flashcard 11: Incision should always be _____ in Parapharyngeal abscess and Ludwig's angina
Answer: external
Flashcard 12: _____ haemorrhage - occurs between a period of 5th to 10th day after tonsillar surgery
Answer: Secondary
Flashcard 13: In case of _____, Tracheostomy is done at the level of 1st ring(s)
Answer: CA Larynx
Flashcard 14: _____ classification is used for fractures of the mandible.
Answer: Dingmas
Flashcard 15: _____ surgery involves removal of the bone adjacent to the nasolacrimal sac and suturing the lacrimal sac with the lateral nasal mucosa
Answer: Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)
Flashcard 16: Pott puffy tumor is an osteomyelitis of the _____ bone, usually seen as a complication of frontal sinusitis
Answer: frontal
Flashcard 17: _____ classification which includes 3 types is used for fractures of maxilla.
Answer: Le Forte
Flashcard 18: _____ system of tooth charting:
Answer: Palmer's
Flashcard 19: The treatment of choice for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is _____.
Answer: surgical clipping
Flashcard 20: I&D of Ludwig's angina shows a _____ appearance
Answer: salted pork
Flashcard 21: In subtype 2 of modified radical neck dissection, what structures are preserved?_____
Answer: SAN and IJV
Flashcard 22: Treatment of hemifacial spasm is _____ or removal of any other inciting cause
Answer: microvascular decompression (specific)
Flashcard 23: Growths situated above this Ohngren's line (suprastructural) have a _____ prognosis than those below it (infrastructural).
Answer: poorer
Flashcard 24: Laser used for lymphangioma is _____
Answer: CO2
Flashcard 25: Thyroid isthumus is divided in _____ tracheostomy
Answer: Mid (level)
Flashcard 26: Ethmoidal vessels are exposed in the medial wall of the orbit by an external ethmoid (_____) incision.
Answer: Lynch
Flashcard 27: In subtype 3 of modified radical neck dissection, what structures are preserved?_____
Answer: SAN, SCM and IJV
Flashcard 28: Which muscle flaps are used for prevention of Frey's syndrome?_____
Answer: SCM and Temporalis fascia
Flashcard 29: Growing skull fracture is associated with a _____ tear which may fail to heal properly after a skull fracture
Answer: dural
Flashcard 30: What levels of lymph nodes are dissected in radical neck dissection?_____
Answer: Level 1-5
Flashcard 31: Laser used for premalignant oral lesions is _____
Answer: CO2
Flashcard 32: Surgical management of a thyroglossal cyst is via a _____
Answer: Sistrunk procedure.
Flashcard 33: The following instrument is: _____
Answer: Jansen's self retaining mastoid retractor
Flashcard 34: In CSF rhinorrhea, the fluid which had collected in the sinuses, particularly sphenoid, empties into the nose, also known as _____ sign*also seen in?
Answer: reservoir
Flashcard 35: _____ is the treatment of choice for acoustic neuroma
Answer: Surgical removal
Flashcard 36: _____ is the treatment of choice for stage 1 and 2 angiofibroma
Answer: Surgery
Flashcard 37: Treatment for external laryngocele is _____
Answer: excision (external incision)
Flashcard 38: Tightly suturing the skin in tracheostomy can lead to the development of _____
Answer: subcutaneous emphysema
Flashcard 39: Is fusterberg sign positive in a nasal meningocele?_____
Answer: Yes
Flashcard 40: In case of upper airway blockage (eg. laryngotrachel stenosis), Tracheostomy is done at the level of _____ ring(s)
Answer: 4th-5th
Flashcard 41: _____ is done in cases of TTD where a reservoir of infection in middle ear is suspected.
Answer: Cortical mastoidectomy (Surgery)
Flashcard 42: When is sistrunk operation with total thyroidectomy indicated?_____
Answer: only if a papillary carcinoma is found to arise from the cyst
Flashcard 43: Endaural approach in modified radical mastoidectomy is made through _____ incision
Answer: Lempert's
Flashcard 44: _____ is contraindicated in inverted papilloma because it can lead to malignancy
Answer: Radiotherapy
Flashcard 45: Le Fort III is a _____ # of the maxilla
Answer: craniofacial dysjunction
Flashcard 46: What is the consistency of Ludwig's angina swelling?_____
Answer: Woody, hard
Flashcard 47: Most commonly, Tracheostomy is done at the level of _____ ring(s)
Answer: 2nd-3rd
Flashcard 48: Laser used for carcinomatous oral lesions (leukoplakia) is _____
Answer: CO2
Flashcard 49: Le Fort _____ can lead to hanging maxilla
Answer: II
Flashcard 50: Incision can be intraoral or external in _____ abscess
Answer: Retropharyngeal
Flashcard 51: In Underlay technique the graft is placed _____ to annulus
Answer: medial
Flashcard 52: Le Fort _____ leads to floating teeth or palate
Answer: I
Flashcard 53: What is the ideal treatment for an avulsed pinna?_____
Answer: Immediate reconstruction
Flashcard 54: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma presents with rhinolalia _____
Answer: clausa
Flashcard 55: What is the most common cause for bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis?_____
Answer: Surgical Trauma
Flashcard 56: Early complaint of a patient with supraglottic CA is often _____
Answer: lymph node enlargement
Flashcard 57: The following instrument is: _____
Answer: Mollison's mastoid retractor
Flashcard 58: Sublingual gland is _____ removed in radical neck dissection (RND)
Answer: not
Flashcard 59: Name the following forceps: _____
Answer: Luc's forceps
Flashcard 60: Cases of laryngeal CA _____ mobility impairment of vocal cord and superficial exophytic lesions do well with radiotherapy
Answer: without (with/without)
Flashcard 61: The most common cause of Ludwig's angina is _____.
Answer: dental infections
Flashcard 62: What is the most common flap used for reconstruction of radical neck dissection sx?_____
Answer: Pec. major flap
Flashcard 63: In strangulation, hanging, and any condition where the larynx might be damaged, _____ incision is to be preferred
Answer: modified Y shaped
Flashcard 64: What is the surgical management of a high risk differentiated thyroid cancer with LN (other than level VI) involvement?_____
Answer: Total thyroidectomy +modified radical neck dissection
Flashcard 65: The commonest complication of Caldwell Luc operation is _____
Answer: infra orbital nerve injury
Flashcard 66: First vessel to be ligated in thyroidectomy is the _____
Answer: middle thyroid vein
Flashcard 67: _____ haemorrhage - Occurs at the time of tonsillectomy.
Answer: Primary
Flashcard 68: What is the indication for a high tracheostomy?_____
Answer: CA larynx
Flashcard 69: _____, due to depression of zygoma on the underlying coronoid process may occur with zygoma #
Answer: Trismus
Flashcard 70: In subtype 1 of modified radical neck dissection, what structures are preserved?_____
Answer: spinal accessory nerve
Flashcard 71: Plunging ranula is _____- shaped swelling that is soft, fluctuant and painless in the submandibular or submental region of the neck
Answer: dumbbell
Flashcard 72: _____ system of tooth charting: Number is assigned to each quadrant and that number is placed before tooth's number.
Answer: Modified FDI
Flashcard 73: _____ thalamic nucleus is the stereotaxic target for the neurosurgeons to alleviate symptoms in parkinson disease refractory to levo dopa.
Answer: Ventrolateral
Flashcard 74: _____ position is used in tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy and tracheostomy
Answer: Rose's
Flashcard 75: The best nerve for grafting in total radical parotidectomy is the _____ nerve.
Answer: sural
Flashcard 76: _____ operation is used for squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity
Answer: Commando
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