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Skin Cancer - BCC, SCC and Melanoma · Melanoma - AJCC T-staging ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 34-year-old man, presents to the Korle Bu general surgical outpatient clinic with a 3-month history of a changing pigmented lesion on his right sole. He first noticed it as a dark flat mark th…

Skin Cancer - BCC, SCC and Melanoma · Cutaneous SCC with regional nodal metastasis ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Yaw, a 38-year-old fisherman from the Volta region, presents to a district hospital in Ho with a 4-month history of a rapidly enlarging, fungating mass on the right pinna. He reports the lesion began …

Skin Cancer - BCC, SCC and Melanoma · Basal cell carcinoma - biology and management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Kwame, a 62-year-old cocoa farmer from Brong-Ahafo, is referred to the regional hospital surgical outpatient clinic with a 14-month history of a slowly enlarging lesion on his right cheek. He spends a…

Skin Cancer - BCC, SCC and Melanoma · Keloid vs hypertrophic scar - diagnosis and management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Ama, a 55-year-old market trader from Kumasi, is seen in the Komfo Anokye plastic surgery clinic with a 3-year history of a painless, slowly enlarging lesion on the right ear lobe. She had a previous …

Skin Cancer - BCC, SCC and Melanoma · Cutaneous SCC — nodal metastasis and lymphadenectomy ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Akua, a 55-year-old seamstress, is referred from a district hospital in the Western Region to the Korle Bu general surgical unit with a 9-month history of a non-healing ulcer on the dorsum of her righ…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Strangulated femoral hernia ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency department by relatives with a 6-hour history of sudden-onset, severe periumbilical pain that has become generalised. He has vomited four t…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Strangulated femoral hernia ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Yaw, a 28-year-old farmer from the Brong-Ahafo region, is brought to a district hospital by relatives with a 12-hour history of sudden-onset severe periumbilical pain, vomiting, and inability to pass …

Small Bowel Obstruction · Femoral hernia causing SBO — operative approach ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 45-year-old woman, Adwoa, is admitted to the regional hospital surgical ward with a 48-hour history of colicky abdominal pain, bilious vomiting, and failure to pass flatus. She has no previous abdom…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Early post-operative SBO after typhoid perforation repair ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 28-year-old man, Yaw, is on the surgical ward of a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo following an emergency laparotomy 5 days ago for typhoid perforation; a primary closure of a single terminal ileal…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Strangulating SBO — operative management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 44-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the emergency department at a district hospital in the Northern Region with a 4-day history of progressive abdominal distension, vomiting, and inability to pass …

Small Bowel Obstruction · SBO in sickle-cell disease — peri-operative haematological management ★ HY difficulty 5/5

A 19-year-old woman, Akua, with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS) is admitted to the UGMC surgical firm with a 2-day history of severe colicky periumbilical pain, nausea, vomiting, and inability to pas…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Aetiology of SBO — adhesions ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 38-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the emergency department at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 3-day history of colicky central abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and absolute constipation…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Strangulated femoral hernia — operative decision-making ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Adwoa, a 52-year-old market trader, is admitted to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre with a 12-hour history of severe, constant central abdominal pain, vomiting, and inability to pass flatus. She has…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Radiological diagnosis of SBO ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 38-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the Komfo Anokye emergency department with a 3-day history of colicky central abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, and absolute constipation. He underw…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Typhoid perforation — operative management ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 19-year-old student, Kofi, is referred from a district hospital to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 5-day history of fever, diffuse abdominal pain, and now absolute constipation. He was treated…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Sickle-cell peri-op management in small bowel obstruction ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 45-year-old woman, Ama, with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS) is admitted to the Komfo Anokye surgical unit with a 2-day history of colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and abdominal distension. She ha…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Adhesive small bowel obstruction — gastrografin challenge ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 52-year-old woman, Akua, is admitted to the surgical ward of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region with a 2-day history of colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and failure to pass flatus. She had a…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Typhoid intestinal perforation — operative management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 29-year-old student, is admitted to a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region with a 5-day history of fever, headache, and diffuse abdominal pain that has worsened acutely over the past 6 hour…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Aetiology of SBO — adhesions ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 38-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the district hospital surgical ward in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-day history of colicky central abdominal pain, absolute constipation, abdominal distension, and biliou…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Intra-operative bowel viability assessment and resection decision ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A surgical registrar at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is performing an emergency laparotomy through a midline incision for a 45-year-old woman, Esi, with a 48-hour history of small bowel obstruct…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Electrolyte disturbance in SBO ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 45-year-old woman, Akua, is reviewed on the Korle Bu general surgical ward. She was admitted 48 hours ago with adhesive small bowel obstruction following a previous Caesarean section and is being ma…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Adhesional small bowel obstruction — aetiology ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the emergency department of a regional hospital in Ashanti by his relatives with a 3-day history of colicky central abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and ab…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Strangulated femoral hernia causing SBO ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 52-year-old woman, Adwoa, is admitted to the surgical ward at a regional hospital in the Bono Region with a 24-hour history of central colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and failure to pass stool or …

Small Bowel Obstruction · Typhoid perforation — pathophysiology and site ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 19-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the district hospital in Brong-Ahafo by relatives with a 5-day history of high-grade fever, headache, and generalised abdominal pain. On day 3 of illness he deve…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Adhesive small bowel obstruction ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 38-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the surgical ward at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 3-day history of colicky central abdominal pain, absolute constipation, and bilious vomiting. He underw…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Sickle-cell peri-operative preparation for SBO surgery ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Ama, a 45-year-old woman with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS), is admitted to the UGMC surgical firm with a 2-day history of colicky central abdominal pain, vomiting, and abdominal distension. She ha…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Aetiology of SBO — adhesions ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 38-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the Komfo Anokye emergency department with a 3-day history of colicky central abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, and absolute constipation. He had an…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Radiological diagnosis of small bowel obstruction ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 38-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the Komfo Anokye emergency department with a 3-day history of colicky central abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and absolute constipation. He had an open appe…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Femoral hernia causing SBO — anatomy ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 52-year-old woman, Akua, is admitted to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital surgical unit with a 2-day history of central abdominal colicky pain, bilious vomiting, and failure to pass flatus. She has…

Small Bowel Obstruction · Strangulation — clinical recognition and operative trigger ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 32-year-old man, Yaw, is admitted to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 2-day history of central colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and absolute constipation. He underwent an open right hemico…