How to Prepare Surgery for FMGE

Most Important Topics of Surgery for FMGE

Surgery can be broadly classified into:

• General Surgery
• Abdominal Surgery
• Urology
• Miscellaneous Surgery

I. Abdominal Surgery

i. Important Topics & Tips

• Thoroughly prepare Different Types of Cancers
• Do not spend too much time on Treatment of Cancers since it does not carry much significance
• Concentrate on Prognostic Factors for the Different Cancers since they are very important
• For Ca Colon, Prepare the Stages, Treatment for every stage, Prognostic Factors and Relevant Anatomy for Colon Cancer.

• Thoroughly prepare Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis
• Focus on Strictures and the Operative Management of Strictures
• Concentrate on Complications which occur during Gall Bladder surgery

• You must concentrate on Anatomy of Liver since a lot of questions are framed in FMGE from this topic.
• Portal Hypertension : This is a highly significant topic and must be interlinked with Medicine and Pediatrics.

II. Urology

Important Topics under Urology

• Focus on preparing Ca Prostate and the Upcoming Treatments for Ca Prostate
• Cover Congenital Anomalies with Pediatric Surgery
• You must not omit Pediatric Surgery. Minimum 1 question is framed from Pediatric Surgery. It is a short, however a high yield topic.

III. Miscellaneous Surgery

i. BreastImportant Topics

• Ca Breast – Prepare Ca Breast in great depth since it is very important
• Triple Assessment
• Focus on Benign lesions of the breast and their Classification
• Approach to a Patient with Ca Breast
• Thoroughly prepare Stages and Symptoms of Ca Breast and Treatment for each Stage

• Approach to solitary thyroid nodule
• Focus on all 4 types of Thyroid Cancers– Can be covered from either Pathology or Surgery

• Focus on Varicose veins and its Treatment
• Thoroughly prepare Graphs for Arterial Anastomosis

IV. General Surgery

Important Topics

• Burns and Wound Contamination
• Surgical Site Infection and Nutrition