19/04/2026
📘 EXPANDED SURGERY – BROAD SYLLABUS COVERAGE
🔴 1. PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY
Asepsis & antisepsis
Sterilisation & disinfection methods
Wound healing (phases, factors affecting)
Acute & chronic inflammation
Surgical infections (cellulitis, abscess, necrotising infections)
Sinus, fistula, ulcer (classification & principles)
Shock (types, pathophysiology, management)
Fluid, electrolyte & acid-base balance
Blood transfusion (indications, reactions, complications)
Nutrition in surgery (enteral, parenteral, malnutrition, refeeding)
🔵 2. PERIOPERATIVE CARE & ANAESTHESIA
Preoperative assessment & optimisation
Risk stratification (ASA grading)
Preoperative investigations (routine vs selective)
Postoperative complications (early & late)
Pain management
DVT prophylaxis
Basics of anaesthesia (GA, regional, local)
🟢 3. GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
Upper GI
Dysphagia (approach & causes)
Dyspepsia & alarm symptoms
Peptic ulcer disease
Gastric outlet obstruction
Gastric carcinoma
Lower GI
Acute abdomen
Intestinal obstruction
Appendicitis
Colorectal carcinoma
Inflammatory bowel disease
GI Bleeding
Upper vs lower GI bleed
Causes, evaluation, initial management
🟡 4. HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS
Jaundice (types & evaluation)
Obstructive jaundice
Gallstone disease
Cholecystitis
Pancreatitis (acute & chronic)
Hepatobiliary imaging (USG, CT, MRCP, ERCP)
🟣 5. BREAST SURGERY
Breast lump (benign vs malignant)
Carcinoma breast (risk factors, staging, management)
Infections (mastitis, abscess)
Screening principles
🟠 6. ENDOCRINE SURGERY
Thyroid disorders (goitre, nodules, malignancy)
Thyroid investigations (TFT, FNAC, imaging)
Thyroid surgery (types & complications)
Adrenal tumours (including functional tumours)
⚫ 7. VASCULAR SURGERY
Peripheral arterial disease
Venous diseases (varicose veins, DVT)
Ischaemic ulcers vs venous ulcers
Amputation principles
🔶 8. UROLOGY
Urinary retention
Urolithiasis
Prostate enlargement
Haematuria
Basic urological investigations
🔷 9. PAEDIATRIC SURGERY
Congenital anomalies (cleft lip/palate, pyloric stenosis)
Undescended te**is
Intestinal obstruction in children
Paediatric surgical infections
🟥 10. ORTHOPAEDICS & TRAUMA
Fractures
General principles (classification, healing)
Common fractures (hip, wrist, long bones)
Joint Disorders
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Spine
Low back pain
Disc prolapse
Bone Infection
Osteomyelitis
🟫 11. TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY
Primary survey (ABCDE approach)
Head injury (concussion, extradural haemorrhage)
Chest trauma (including tamponade)
Abdominal trauma
Burns (classification & management)
⚪ 12. RADIOLOGY & DIAGNOSTICS (BASICS)
X-ray interpretation basics
Ultrasound indications
CT scan role
Endoscopy basics
Interventional procedures (e.g., ERCP)
