ABSITE Final Prerequisite pretest Exam training Questions with Rated A + Marking Scheme Latest update 2024/2025
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ABSITE Final Prerequisite pretest Exam training Questions with Rated A + Marking Scheme Latest update 2024/2025
What incision would you use to gain access to a left subclavian injury to get proximal control? - correct answer high 3rd interspace anterior thoracotomy
What incision would you use...
ABSITE Prerequisite pretest Exam training
Questions with Rated A + Marking Scheme
Latest update 2024/2025
What incision would you use to gain access to a left subclavian
injury to get proximal control? - correct answer high 3rd
interspace anterior thoracotomy
What incision would you use to gain control of a descending
aortic injury? - correct answer posterolateral thoracotomy
How do you manage serous cystic neoplasms of pancreas?
Malignant risk? - correct answer -low risk of malignancy
-resected only if clearly symptomatic or cannot be distinguished
from malignancy
How do you manage mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas?
Malignant risk? - correct answer -high risk of malignancy
-resect regardless of size
How do you manage ipmns of the pancreas?
Malignant risk? - correct answer -Main duct and mixed: main
pancreatic duct involved, resect all, high risk of malignancy
-branched duct: resect if 3cm or larger, symptomatic, if
associated with mural nodes on imaging or cytologic findings
concerning for malignancy. Otherwise, can be followed with
serial cross-sectional imaging
,What is the most common benign tumor of the lungs?
-men/women more often?
-solitary or multiple?
-fast or slow growth?
-findings on xray?
-how do you diagnose it?
-when to resect? - correct answer hamartoma
-more often men
-usually solitary
-slow growth
-xray: well-circumscribed nodule that may contain popcorn
calcification
-dx with needle aspiration
-resect only if proximal location and symptoms of endobronchial
obstruction, or if carcinoma can't be r/o
Symptoms of vitamin E deficiency - correct answer (patients
with prolonged steatorrhea)
-neuronal degeneration
-neuropathy
-spinocerebellar ataxia
Symptoms of B12 deficiency - correct answer -peripheral
neuropathy
-myelopathy
,-beefy tongue
-megaloblastic anemia
What margins are required for resection of melanoma? -
correct answer -in situ: 0.5-1cm margin
-<1mm thick: 1cm margin
-1-2mm thick: 2cm margin (1cm acceptable in areas with
functional limitations, like face)
->2mm: 2cm thick
Describe a Dor fundoplication - correct answer -anterior 180-
220 degree fundoplication with division of short gastric vessels
-often used with Heller myotomy for achalasia
Describe a modified Nissen fundoplication - correct answer -
complete 360 fundoplication with division of short gastric vessels
-original Nissen didn't divide vessels
-preferred surgical treatement of GERD
Describe a Toupet fundoplication - correct answer -270
degree posterior partial fundoplication with division of short
gastric vessels
-common alternative to Nissen for GERD treatment
Describe the types of gastric ulcers - correct answer type 1:
on the lesser curvature by the incisura
, Type 2: at the incisura or body of stomach and associated with
simultaneous acute/chronic duodenal ulcer
Type 3: prepyloric area
Type 4: lesser curvature by the GE junction
Type 5: caused by meds (mostly nsaids) and can be anywhere
Which types of gastric ulcers are associated with high acid
states? - correct answer types 2 and 3
What are the most common masses/tumors of the anterior,
middle, and posterior mediastinum? - correct answer -
anterior: thymoma, lymphoma, teratoma, goiter
-middle: cysts and lung cancer
-posterior: neurogenic tumors
Common side effects of mycofenilate mofetil (MMF) - correct
answer -leukopenia
-diarrhea
Common side effects of cyclosporine - correct answer -renal
toxicity
-neurotoxicity
-excess hair growth
-gingival hyperplasia
Common side effects of azathioprine - correct answer bone
marrow suppression
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