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Higher FRCS Higher FRCS: SBAs for Section 1 of the General Surgery FRCS Examination is designed to help prepare for the first part of the Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) general surgery exam. Due to a lack of preparatory resources for the exam, this book intends to bridge the gap, offering updated guidelines and information which will help candidates succeed in their exam. It acts as a sup- portive revision guide that will enrich other FRCS exam resources. This book aims to provide an updated approach to the FRCS exam. Using questions written by practicing surgeons, the book will offer more contemporary revision materials, touching on topics not widely covered in other FRCS revi- sion materials. Readers will gain familiarity with the style of the FRCS exam as Higher FRCS uses a style reflective of the exam to enhance the candidate’s knowledge, confidence, and preparation. The audience for this book includes general surgery trainees who are prepar- ing for their higher exams (including FRCS), alongside surgical trainees taking the MRCS. It is also a beneficial resource for students in other medical courses studying for surgical exams. Higher FRCS SBAs for Section 1 of the General Surgery FRCS Examination Edited by Muhammad Rafay Sameem Siddiqui Associate Editors Mohamed Baguneid Arnab Bhowmick Jemma Bhoday First edition published 2023 by CRC Press 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 and by CRC Press 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC © 2023 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. 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Title: Higher FRCS : SBAs for section 1 of the general surgery FRCS examination / edited by Muhammad Rafay Sameem Siddiqui ; associate editors M. Baguneid, A. Bhowmick, J. Bhoday. Description: First edition. | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2022036246 (print) | LCCN 2022036247 (ebook) | ISBN 9781032117263 (hbk) | ISBN 9781032076126 (pbk) | ISBN 9781003221234 (ebk) Subjects: LCSH: Surgery–Examinations, questions, etc. | Surgery–Examinations–Study guides. Classification: LCC RD37.2 .H54 2023 (print) | LCC RD37.2 (ebook) | DDC 617.0076–dc23/eng/20220929 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022036246 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022036247 ISBN: 9781032117263 (hbk) ISBN: 9781032076126 (pbk) ISBN: 9781003221234 (ebk) DOI: 10.1201/9781003221234 Typeset in Times by codeMantra To The One, Habib, Bushra, Aaliyah-Noor, Huda, my parents and sisters. Contents Preface..................................................................................................................ix Editors .................................................................................................................xii Contributors .......................................................................................................xiii Introduction ........................................................................................................xvi Chapter 1 Bariatric Surgery .............................................................................1 Kumaran Ratnasingham and Osama Moussa Chapter 2 Breast Surgery .................................................................................9 Hamed Noor Khan, Carol Norman, and Rachel O’Connell Chapter 3 Colorectal Surgery ........................................................................20 Arnab Bhowmick, Aya Musbahi, Muhammad Rafay Sameem Siddiqui, Stephen Holtham, and John Corson Chapter 4 Critical Care and Emergency Surgery ..........................................36 Michael Courtney, Mitesh Sharma, Arnab Bhowmick, Christophe Thomas, Hazim Eltyeb, Ioannis Gerogiannis, and Mohamed Baguneid Chapter 5 Endocrine Surgery .........................................................................62 Paul C. Dent and Simon Chang-Hao Tsao Chapter 6 Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery .............................................70 Ajay Belgaumkar, Irena Stefanova, Nabeel Merali, and Muhammad Fahim Chapter 7 Oesophagogastric Surgery............................................................110 Yuen Soon and Tanvir Hossain Chapter 8 Paediatric Surgery .......................................................................132 Mike Kipling and Jigna Sheth vii viii Contents Chapter 9 Peritoneal Malignancy ................................................................142 Alexios Tzivanakis and Brendan J. Moran Chapter 10 Robotic Surgery ...........................................................................149 James Royle, Peter Vaughan-Shaw, Nicholas T. Ventham, Golam Farook, and Stephen Holtham Chapter 11 Statistics ......................................................................................156 Muhammad Rafay Sameem Siddiqui and Sarah Abdelbar Chapter 12 Transplant Surgery ......................................................................162 Kiran Sran, Petrut Gogalniceanu, and Kaushal Kundalia Chapter 13 Trauma Surgery ...........................................................................182 Tanvir Hossain Chapter 14 Vascular Surgery ..........................................................................191 Mohamed Baguneid, Hussien Rabee, and Sulaiman Saif Salim Alshamsi Index .................................................................................................................203 Preface Hope and fear are 2 wings of the same bird (Proverb) The proverb above so eloquently describes the extremities of human emotion dur- ing the final period of our training. A culmination of years of hard work which could result in futility is real, and the fear is fuelled by stories of those rarities (thankfully only rarities) that do not make it and end up somewhere else – often lost and unable to pick themselves up from this glorious defeat, that is, the surgi- cal training pathway. The bells of ‘imposter syndrome’ toll exacerbating a some- what irrational fear of being ‘found out’. Also, there is a fear of looking into the eyes of our loved ones to tell them that we have failed. It is a nauseating effect, something that I have personally experienced after finding out that I needed to take the part 1 exam for a second time. Nothing prepares you for that moment. However, there is hope: a hope that the revision has been worthwhile, that the 2 weeks, 3 months or 12 months have been enough to get you through one of the final hurdles before becoming a consultant, that you can finally be settled with a single permanent job and that you never have to do another exam again! It is upon these emotions that this book was conceptualised and ultimately delivered. It is a concern that the lives of excellent trainees like ourselves are placed on hold. We hope that through our collective experience, no one will need to sit the exam twice. The purpose of any book or question bank is to facilitate our revision. No single resource is going to be exhaustive. We have, however, looked at the syllabus for general surgery and have covered as much of it as possible. One of the biggest challenges many of us found before the exam was that the questions in the exam were not truly reflected in any of the revision resources. This led to a lot of frustration, and a group of us wanted to make sure that after we finished, we would create a resource that would seem more similar to the exam. This book is the result of these efforts, and I hope that it will lead you to suc- cess in your first or subsequent attempts. Section 1 of the FRCS is one of the hardest exams you will take. Sometimes it is too overwhelming, and you just does not know where to start or whom to ask. Higher FRCS offers a wide range of resources from starter courses to viva practice. ix
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