General Surgery

• Pre-operative assessment
• Preparation of the patient for surgery
• Post-operative complications
  • Fever
  • Chest pain
  • Urinary
  • Abdominal distension
  • Wound
  • Confusion and coma
• Neck masses
  • Thyroglossal duct cyst
  • Branchial cleft cyst
  • Cystic hygroma
  • Thyroid cancer
• The acute abdomen: differentials, diagnosis and management
• Acute appendicitis
• Acute cholecystitis
• Intestinal obstruction
  • Small bowel
  • Large bowel
• Hernias
• Anorectal disorders
  • Haemorrhoids (piles)
  • Anal fissure
  • Fistula-in-ano
  • Anorectal abscesses
• Urology
  • Urological emergencies
  • Nephrolithiasis
• Vascular surgery
  • Subclavian steal syndrome
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
  • Acute limb ischaemia
  • Chronic limb ischaemia (peripheral arterial disease)