Arab Board Neurosurgery Final Clinical & Oral case studies
Arab Board Neurosurgery Final Clinical & Oral · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Arab Board of Health Specializations awards a specialty certification in neurosurgery that is widely recognised across the region. The final stage is a clinical and oral examination taken after the candidate has completed accredited training and passed the earlier written components. The Arab Board Neurosurgery Final Clinical & Oral case studies are 5 cases and about 2,923 words.
1The Deteriorating Head-Injured Patient on Antiplatelets
A 74-year-old man on aspirin 81 mg and clopidogrel (last dose 30 hours ago, for a drug-eluting coronary stent placed 4 months ago) is brought in after a fall down six stairs. GCS is 14 (E4 V4 M6), pupils 3 mm and reactive, no focal deficit.
685 words, about 3 min2Incidental Unruptured Aneurysm in a Young Smoker with a Family History
A 41-year-old woman is referred after a screening MRI (done for migraine) shows a 6 mm saccular aneurysm at the right middle cerebral artery bifurcation. She has no history of subarachnoid haemorrhage.
604 words, about 3 min3The Collapsing Child with a Posterior Fossa Tumour
A 6-year-old boy presents with 3 weeks of morning vomiting, ataxia and lethargy. He is drowsy but rousable, GCS 13 (E3 V4 M5).
542 words, about 3 min4The Elderly Patient with a Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression
A 68-year-old woman with known metastatic breast cancer (bone and liver) presents with 5 days of progressive leg weakness, now unable to walk unaided, and new urinary hesitancy. MRI shows a T7 vertebral body metastasis with epidural extension causing moderate cord compression, plus a pathological fracture with kyphosis.
544 words, about 3 min5The Child with Hydrocephalus and a Shunt Infection
A 3-year-old with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (inserted for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus as a neonate) presents with 2 days of fever, vomiting and lethargy. There is erythema and tenderness along the shunt tract over the chest wall.
548 words, about 3 min