FCPS Part 2 Plastic Surgery — Breast Surgery MCQs
Practice 184 Breast Surgery past-paper MCQs for FCPS Part 2 Plastic Surgery, each with a detailed explanation and reference. Try free samples below, then start a full quiz.
Part of the full FCPS Part 2 Plastic Surgery QBank — 1,808 questions across all subjects.
Breast Surgery is a core part of the FCPS Part 2 Plastic Surgery syllabus. HighYield's Breast Surgery question bank collects 184 MCQs modelled on real past papers, so you practise the exact style and difficulty you'll face on exam day. Every question comes with a worked explanation and a subject reference, so you learn why an answer is right — not just which option to pick.
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Sample Breast Surgery Questions
A 42-year-old woman underwent breast augmentation with silicone implants 2 years ago. She now presents with breast firmness, pain, and distortion of the implant shape. On examination, the breast is hard, tender, and displaced superiorly. She is diagnosed with capsular contracture (Baker grade III–IV). What is the best management option?
- A.Capsulectomy with immediate implant exchange
- B.Capsulectomy with implant exchange after 3 months
- C.Observation only
- D.Implant removal without replacement
A 27-year-old woman underwent augmentation mammoplasty with a 325 mL silicone implant one year ago. She now presents with asymmetry of breasts and feels that one side is harder. On examination, there is breast asymmetry with a palpable capsule, but no pain, erythema, hematoma, or seroma. Hypertrophic scars are seen at both inframammary folds. Which of the following is the most likely cause of capsular contracture in this patient?
- A.Implant size
- B.Patient history of hypertrophic scar
- C.Subclinical infection with biofilm formation
- D.Submuscular positioning of implant
A 42-year-old woman, BRCA2-positive, underwent bilateral prophylactic mastectomy and implant reconstruction 3 months ago. She now undergoes delayed bilateral breast reconstruction using DIEP flaps. After closure of the rectus sheath, the surgeon identifies the triangle bounded by the latissimus dorsi, external oblique, and iliac crest on each side (Petit's triangle). Infiltration of bupivacaine into which anatomical plane provides optimal postoperative analgesia of the abdominal donor site?
- A.Between the external oblique and internal oblique
- B.Between the internal oblique and transversus abdominis muscle
- C.Between the transversalis fascia and peritoneum
- D.Between the transversus abdominis and transversalis fascia
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