TOPICS OF THE FINAL EXAMINATION OF SURGERY
2014
Arranged by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tibor NÉMETH, DVM, PhD, DipECVS
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QUESTIONS OF RADIOLOGY
1. Construction of diagnostic radiographic apparatus. Formation of X-ray
2. Features and effects of X-ray
3. Formation of X-ray picture; The X-ray cassette; intensifying screens; grid
4. Effect of ionisation radiation on organism. Protection from radiation
5. Radiography of the joints and bones. Bone tumours
6. Radiography of bone fractures
7. Metabolic bone diseases I. (hypertrophic osteodistrophy, renal osteodistrophy, Ahypervitaminosis)
8. Metabolic bone diseases II. (panosteitis, secondary hyperparathyroidism,
craniomandibular osteopathy, hypertrophic osteoarthropathy)
9. Radiography of osteochondritis dissecans
10. Radiography of elbow dysplasia
11. Radiography of hip dysplasia and aseptic femoral head and neck necrosis in small animals
12. Plain radiography of the vertebral column
13. Myelography
14. Radiography of the head and the nasal cavity
15. Radiological anatomy of the thoracic cavity in dogs and cats
16. Radiography of the lungs and heart
17. Radiography of the oesophagus and trachea
18. Radiological anatomy of the abdominal cavity in dogs and cats
19. Radiography of the gastrointestinal tract
20. Excretory urography.
21. Plain and contrast radiography of the urinary bladder and urethra
22. Features and application of contrast media
23. Radiology of the navicular region in horses
24. Radiography of the fetlock in horses
25. Radiography of the hoof and 2nd phalanx in horses
26. Radiographic changes in horses with laminitis
27. Radiography of the hock in horses
28. Radiography of the carpus in horses
29. Diagnostic imaging in the veterinary surgical diagnostics
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QUESTIONS OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY
1. Patient examination and preparation before anaesthesia; ASA and CEPOD classifications
2. General anaesthesia; premedication, induction, maintenance, recovery; stages of narcosis
3. Anticholinergic drugs, phenothiazines, benzodiazepines
4. Alfa2-agonists, dissociative anaesthetics
5. Propofol, steroid anaesthetics, barbiturates
6. Opioids, neuroleptanalgesia, ataranalgesia
7. Halothane, isoflurane, sevoflurane
8. NSAID’s, local anaesthetics, muscle relaxants
9. Construction and classification of anaesthetic machines
10. Peri-operative monitoring ; types and forms
11. Pulseoxymetry, capnometry
12. Characterisation of pain, significance of pain relief
13. Peri-operative analgesia protocols
14. Anaesthesia of low-risk-group small animal patients
15. Anaesthesia of high-risk-group small animal patients: young and elderly age
16. Anaesthesia of high-risk-group small animal patients: pregnancy
17. Anaesthesia of high-risk-group small animal patients: cardiovascular disorders
18. Anaesthesia of high-risk-group small animal patients: respiratory disorders
19. Anaesthesia of high-risk-group small animal patients: hepatic and renal disorders
20. Anaesthesia of high-risk-group small animal patients: GI and hormonal disorders
21. Anaesthesia of high-risk-group small animal patients: septic state and trauma patients
22. Prevention of emergency, emergency drugs, antidotes, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
23. Sedation and local anaesthesia of horses for procedures in standing position
24. Agents for premedication and induction of horses; intravenous anaesthesia
25. Inhalational anaesthesia of horses
26. Balance-anaesthesia in equine practice
27. Anaesthesia of swine
28. Anaesthesia of ruminants (for surgery of the head, extremities and abdomen)
29. Anaesthesia of high-risk-group equine patients: newborn and young foals, old horses
30. Anaesthesia of high-risk-group equine patients: cases with obstruction or trauma
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QUESTIONS OF SURGICAL DIAGNOSTICS
1. Anamnesis and general examination of the surgical patient. Supplementary clinical
examinations.
2. Regular and irregular conformation of the equine forelimb
3. Regular and irregular conformation of the equine hindlimb
4. Fundamentals of motion of the horse; character of the stride; arch of the foot flight;
hoof mechanism; joint overextension
5. Classification (types, features) and degree of lameness in horses
6. Procedure of clinical examination of the lame horse
7. Examination of the thorax in small animals
8. Examination of the abdomen in small animals
9. Examination of the pelvis in small animals
10. Procedure of lameness diagnostics in small animals
11. Fundamentals of neurological examination in small animals
12. Intraarticular anaesthesia of the equine forelimb
13. Intraarticular anaesthesia of the equine hindlimb
14. Basic principles of diagnostic anaesthesia of the horse
15. Perineural anaesthesia of the equine forelimb
16. Examination of the fetlock, pastern and hoof in horses
17. Perineural anaesthesia of the equine hindlimb
18. Examination of the equine metacarpal region, ultrasonographic anatomy
19. Examination of the forelimb in small animals
20. Examination of the hindlimb in small animals
21. Supplementary examination methods in lameness diagnostics
22. Provocation tests in equine lameness diagnostics
23. Examination of the circulatory system in colic horses
24. Examination of the alimentary system in colic horses
25. Diagnostic and therapeutic principals in colic horses
26. Diagnosis of shock
27. Emergency patient examination in small animals
28. Physical examination of the equine vertebral column
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QUESTIONS OF GENERAL SURGERY
1. Symptoms of fresh, acquired wounds
2. Classification of wounds and their symptoms
3. Process of wound healing. Clinical types of wound healing
4. Clinical appearance of first- and second-intention wound healing
5. Fundamentals of wound management. Clinical aspects of wounds of different origin
6. Abnormalities in wound healing
7. Types, local and systemic consequences of wound infection
8. Bite wound and its types
9. Punctured/stab and gunshot wound Diagnostics of penetrating/perforating wounds
10. Types and application of drainage
11. Surgical aspects of inflammation and the anti-inflammatory strategy
12. Closed mechanical injuries. Contusion, concussion
13. Necrosis. Fistulae
14. Surgical aspects of anti-inflammatory therapy
15. Phlegmone, abscess, edema, emphysema
16. Surgical aspects of antibiotic therapy
17. Opened joint injuries
18. Osteochondritis dissecans
19. Inflammation of the tendon sheath
20. Types, symptomes and healing process of bone fractures
21. Definition and classification of surgical operations. Preparation for surgery. Conditions of
surgical intervention
22. Asepsis, antisepsis. Sterilisation. Disinfection
23. Definition, classification and symptoms of hernias
24. Conditions of bone and joint surgery
25. Basic considerations of bone and joint surgery
26. Evaluation of the equine body conformation
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QUESTIONS OF DETAILED SURGERY
1. Clinical examination of the oral cavity in horses, tooth eruption, replacement of temporary
teeth
2. Dental diseases in horses
3. Diseases of tooth-pulp in small animals
4. Dental alveolar diseases in small animals
5. Developmental abnormalities of the tooth and denture in small animals
6. Diseases of the paranasal sinuses in horses
7. Surgery of the oral cavity in small animals
8. Surgery of the pinna in small animals
9. Surgery of the external ear canal in small animals
10. Surgery of the pharyngeal region and salivary glands in small animals
11. Surgery of the upper airways in small animals
12. Fundamentals of thoracic surgery
13. Major diseases in thoracic surgery in small animals
14. Surgery of the esophagus in small animals
15. Equine umbilical hernia.
16. Equine abdominal wall herniation
17. Differential diagnosis of inguinal and scrotal hernias in stallions
18. Umbilical and inguinal hernia in small animals.
19. Traumatical abdominal hernia in small animals.
20. Perineal hernia
21. Surgery of the diaphragmatic hernia in small animals
22. Intestinal obstruction in the horse
23. Surgical diseases of the alimentary system of the cattle
24. General aspects of laparotomy in small animals
25. Surgery of the stomach in small animals
26. Ethiology, pathogenesis, signs and therapy of small intestinal obstruction in small animals
27. Types and differential diagnostics of small intestinal obstruction in small animals
28. Surgery of the small intestine in small animals
29. Surgery of the anorectum in small animals
30. Surgery of the liver and the spleen in small animals
31. Castration and its surgical complications in horses
32. Cryptorchidism in horses
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33. Diseases of the penis in stallions (phimosis, paraphimosis, paralysis of the penis)
34. Surgery of the kidney and ureter in small animals
35. Surgery of the urinary bladder in small animals
36. Surgery of the urethra in small animals
37. Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD)
38. Surgery of the prostate gland in small animals.
39. Cryptorchidism; castration in small animals
40. Surgical aspects of acute abdomen
41. Fundamentals and steps of lameness diagnostics in horses
42. Treatment possibilities of acute and chronic tendonitis in horses
43. Pathogenesis of tendonitis in horses
44. Rupture of the suspensory ligament, DDFT, SDFT and peroneus tertius
45. Congenital flexure deformities in the newborn foal
46. Acquired flexure deformities in horses
47. Fracture of the proximal, middle and distal phalanx in horses
48. Injuries of the coronary region, basic therapeutic principles
49. Cellulitis; elephantiasis
50. Injuries of the hoof wall, hoof cracks
51. Bruise, corns, gravel, trush, cancer.
52. Penetrating wounds of the hoof. Septic laminitis.
53. Laminitis in horses
54. Navicular disease
55. Irregular clows in the cattle. Clows management in the cattle
56. Specific traumatic ulceration of the bovine claws
57. Indications and surgical procedure of claw amputation in the cattle
58. Disease of the claws in swine
59. Diseases of the claws in sheep. Panaritium in sheep
60. Therapeutic considerations of open fractures in small animals
61. Therapeutic considerations of open fractures in horses
62. Crib biting, wind sucking in the horse; therapeutic principles
63. Amputation of the horn in cattle
64. Most frequent diseases of the upper airways and their surgical treatment in horses
65. Diseases of bursae in horses
66. Degenerative joint disease in the horse.
67. Diseases of the elbow in small animals
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68. Diseases of the shoulder joint in small animals
69. Diseases of the hip joint in small animals
70. Diseases of the stifle joint in small animals
71. Diseases of the carpus and tarsus in small animals
72. Methods of operative fixation of bone fractures
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