PLE Category: Surgery

PLE-8147

A 22-year-old male was brought to the ER due to epistaxis. What is the most common site of anterior epistaxis?

PLE-8148

Where is the fossa of Rosenmuller located in relation to the pharyngeal ostia of the eustachian tube?

PLE-8143

Which of the following maxillary fractures refers to a fracture line that passes through the nasal and lacrimal bones, in addition to the maxilla, forming the medial orbital floor?

PLE-8144

Which of the following diaphragmatic hernias refers to the herniation of an additional organ, such as the colon?

PLE-8140

What is the single most important test in the evaluation of thyroid masses, and according to the Bethesda criteria, what is the first diagnostic step for a solitary thyroid nodule?

PLE-8141

Which of the following techniques for breast surgery will leave most of the breast skin, creating a pocket to be filled with implants or with the patient’s own tissue from another part of her body?

PLE-8142

Which of the following refers to corneal transplantation, wherein the endothelial cells and Descemet’s membrane are left in place, and the anterior layers of the cornea are removed and replaced with donor tissue?

PLE-8138

What is the preferred treatment for morpheaform, poorly delineated, recurrent, and infiltrative BCC, especially for facial lesions?

PLE-8139

What is another term for herniation involving a Meckel’s diverticulum?