Year 3 · Dental Medicine · Medical University of Sofia

General Surgery: notes and exam prep for MU Sofia

General Surgery for Year 3 Dental Medicine at the Medical University of Sofia: all 65 syllabus topics, with exam-focused notes, figures, flashcards and SuperPrep recall sets.

What General Surgery has on SuperMed

  • A free preview, open here: one topic's full notes, no account needed. Start with Antiseptic and aseptic - historical data and methods
  • Notes on every topic, written to answer the syllabus question as it is asked, with 2 figures and diagrams.
  • 1,501 flashcards for the facts you have to recall, with spaced review.
  • SuperPrep : 260 recall sets. A short piece of material, then questions on all of it from memory, at the grade you are aiming for.

The General Surgery syllabus

Every topic, numbered as the department numbers it. The underlined topic opens its free notes.

Topics65 topics

  1. 1Antiseptic and aseptic - historical data and methodsfree
  2. 2Sources of infection of operative wounds - prevention by air and structure of an operationfree
  3. 3Methods of sterilisation of operating clothing, bandages, instruments and othersfree
  4. 4Preparation of a surgical team for operation and of the operative fieldfree
  5. 5General anaesthesia - definitions, types and inhalation anaesthesiafree
  6. 6Local anaesthesia - definitions, types, anaesthetic agents and application techniques
  7. 7Congenital anomalies - definition, causes, cleft skull and cerebral hernia
  8. 8Cleft face and congenital cysts and fistulas of the neck
  9. 9Traumatism - types of trauma, severity and open injuries
  10. 10Closed mechanical injury - definition, types and contusion
  11. 11Concussion, contusion and compression of the brain
  12. 12Fracture of the skull roof
  13. 13Fractures of the skull base
  14. 14Inflammatory diseases of the brain and brain abscesses
  15. 15Diseases of the neck - congenital, inflammatory, neoplasms and trauma
  16. 16Sprains and dislocations of joints
  17. 17Breaking of bones - types, local symptoms, diagnosis, first aid and treatment
  18. 18Open mechanical injuries (wounds) - definitions and types
  19. 19Treatment of wounds, sutures and healing
  20. 20Burns - degrees, severity and treatment
  21. 21Frost injury (frostbite) - pathogenesis, degrees and treatment
  22. 22Electric shock and lightning injuries
  23. 23Bleeding - types, body reaction and blood loss
  24. 24Spontaneous haemostasis and the haemostasis mechanism
  25. 25Artificial haemostasis - temporary and permanent
  26. 26Blood transfusion, blood groups, Rhesus factor and compatibility tests
  27. 27Blood products and blood replacement fluids
  28. 28Shock - definition, classification, clinical features and treatment
  29. 29Clinical death - definition, causes and therapeutic procedures
  30. 30Acute purulent infection - agents, abscess and phlegmon
  31. 31Furuncle, carbuncle and hidradenitis suppurativa
  32. 32Lymphangitis and lymphadenitis
  33. 33Tendinitis - pathological types, symptoms and treatment
  34. 34Purulent arthritis - routes, clinical picture and treatment
  35. 35Osteomyelitis - agents, purulent process, acute and chronic
  36. 36Panaritium - types, pathology, clinical features and treatment
  37. 37Acute appendicitis - causes, pathology, symptoms and treatment
  38. 38Acute cholecystitis - causes, pathology, symptoms and treatment
  39. 39Acute pancreatitis
  40. 40Acute purulent peritonitis - ways of penetration into the peritoneal cavity, clinical picture, principles of treatment
  41. 41Common yeast infection - sepsis, septikopiemiya - etiology, pathology, clinical symptoms, treatment
  42. 42Anaerobic gas infection - agents, tissues and processes, local and general symptoms, treatment
  43. 43Tetanus - etiology, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, development, treatment
  44. 44Tuberculosis - etiology, pathogenesis, general clinical symptoms, bone and joint TB
  45. 45Tuberculosis of the kidney - clinical picture and treatment
  46. 46Actinomycosis - etiology, pathogenesis, most common locations, local and general symptoms
  47. 47Echinococcosis - biology of the parasites, infection, most common locations, structure of the cysts
  48. 48Neoplasms - definition, theories of etiology and pathogenesis, classification
  49. 49Benign neoplasm of epithelial origin
  50. 50Benign neoplasm of mesenchymal origin
  51. 51Malignant neoplasms of pavement epithelium - abnormal forms, most frequent localisation, oral cancer and cancer of the tongue
  52. 52Malignant neoplasms of glandular epithelium - types and clinical features
  53. 53Malignant neoplasm of mesenchymal origin - sarcoma
  54. 54Lymphoreticular tumours
  55. 55Hernias of the abdominal wall - pathogenesis, sites, clinical features and treatment
  56. 56Bowel obstruction - definition, classification, mechanical ileus and treatment
  57. 57Gallstone disease - pathogenesis, types of stones, clinical features and treatment
  58. 58Urinary stone disease - composition, clinical picture and treatment
  59. 59Acute arterial insufficiency - causes, clinical picture and treatment
  60. 60Chronic arterial insufficiency - obliterating diseases, clinical picture, stages and treatment
  61. 61Venous insufficiency - causes, phlebothrombosis and thrombophlebitis
  62. 62Varicose extensions of the lower limbs - causes, pathology, clinical picture and treatment
  63. 63Haemorrhoids - definition, aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical symptoms
  64. 64Ulcers - definition, aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical symptoms
  65. 65Ulcers of the stomach and duodenum - complications and surgical treatment

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