Iraqi Board General Surgery case studies
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The Iraqi Board in General Surgery (often called Al-Board Al-Iraqi – Jaraha Ama) is a national postgraduate certification awarded by the Iraqi Board of Medical Specialties. It is designed for physicians who have completed a primary surgical residency and wish to demonstrate the knowledge, judgment and technical competence required for independent practice as a general surgeon in Iraq. The Iraqi Board General Surgery case studies are 5 cases and about 4,462 words.
1A 68-year-old man with 5 hours of acute right leg ischaemia and no interventional radiology until morning
A 68-year-old man with atrial fibrillation (not anticoagulated for 5 days, having run out of apixaban) presents at 02:00 with 5 hours of severe right leg pain that began while watching television. The leg is pale to mid-thigh, the foot is mottled, and he cannot feel light touch over the first dorsal web space.
862 words, about 4 min2A 34-year-old smoker with compressive Graves' goiter, active orbitopathy and a request for radioiodine
A 34-year-old woman with Graves' disease is referred for a surgical opinion. She has a diffusely enlarged goiter that has grown over 8 months; she describes positional dyspnoea at night, hoarseness after long conversations, and a choking sensation when lying flat.
902 words, about 5 min3A 32-year-old motorcyclist with an unstable pelvis, positive FAST and the lethal triad at 4 units of blood
A 32-year-old man is brought in 25 minutes after a high-speed motorcycle collision. He is confused, groaning, and localises pain; the airway is patent and breath sounds are equal.
902 words, about 5 min4A 5-day-old with bilious vomiting, 9% weight loss and parents who think it is milk intolerance
A 5-day-old term boy is brought to the emergency department at 03:00 with bilious vomiting that started 6 hours ago and has occurred four times. He was born at term, weighed 3.4 kg, and passed meconium on day 1.
887 words, about 4 min5A 71-year-old with a threatened mesorectal margin, a 0.9 L FEV1 and an absolute refusal of a stoma
A 71-year-old woman presents with 3 months of rectal bleeding and tenesmus. Rigid sigmoidoscopy shows a circumferential, ulcerated tumour 5 cm from the anal verge; biopsy confirms moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.
909 words, about 5 min