Surgical Principles in Otolaryngology — MCQs

During preanaesthetic evaluation, an anaesthetist wrote a Mallampati grade 3. What does this signify?

Which document has highest medicolegal significance in suspected medical negligence?

Incision used in the endomeatal approach to the ear?

Heat-labile instruments for use in surgical procedures can be best sterilized by what method?

Treatment of resectable T4N0M0 stage of head and neck carcinoma is?

A patient scheduled for elective inguinal hernia surgery has a history of myocardial infarction (MI) and underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). What should be included in the preoperative assessment?

On the 4th postoperative day of laparotomy a patient presents with bleeding & oozing from the wound. Management is :

End tracheostomy is performed in patients undergoing surgery for which of the following conditions?

Mild hoarseness with stridor is seen in:

Which muscle arises from the 4th pharyngeal arch?