SMLE — Surgery MCQs
Practice 5 Surgery past-paper MCQs for SMLE, each with a detailed explanation and reference. Try free samples below, then start a full quiz.
Surgery is a core part of the SMLE syllabus. HighYield's Surgery question bank collects 5MCQs 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 Surgery Questions
A trauma patient has hypotension, distended jugular veins, and good, equal bilateral air entry on chest exam. What is the most likely diagnosis, given that good bilateral air entry argues against pneumothorax or hemothorax?
- A.Flail chest
- B.Cardiac tamponade
- C.Hemothorax
- D.Tension pneumothorax
In a motor vehicle accident patient with suspected intra-abdominal injury, when is diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) indicated?
- A.In hemodynamically unstable (hypotensive) patients
- B.Only in awake, conscious patients with abdominal pain
- C.In all MVA patients regardless of stability
- D.Never, since CT has fully replaced DPL
A 21-year-old woman has periumbilical pain migrating to the right lower quadrant, nausea, vomiting, fever, and tenderness maximal at McBurney's point, with a negative pregnancy test and no cervical motion tenderness. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A.Request another diagnostic test
- B.Acute appendicitis
- C.Ectopic pregnancy
- D.Ovarian torsion
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