General Surgery for NEET PG

Surgery questions test diagnosis, the best investigation and the right operation or first step. It is a large subject spanning gastrointestinal, endocrine, vascular and trauma surgery.

What General Surgery covers

  • Gastrointestinal surgery
  • Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery
  • Breast and endocrine surgery
  • Vascular surgery
  • Urology
  • Trauma and burns
  • Hernia and abdominal wall
  • Paediatric surgery
  • Perioperative care

A study map from the standard curriculum. Check the official bulletin for the authoritative topic list.

How to study it

  1. 1

    Learn classic signs and eponyms alongside what they diagnose.

  2. 2

    Memorise trauma and burns protocols as steps in order.

  3. 3

    Know staging and the standard operation for common cancers.

Where students slip

  • Mixing up eponymous signs.
  • Picking an investigation when the question wants an immediate intervention.

Where the General Surgery practice questions concentrate

Our 985 worked General Surgery questions fall into these areas, largest first. This shows what our practice set emphasises. It is not a prediction of the exam's weightage.

  • Urology 91
  • Vascular surgery 83
  • Gastrointestinal surgery 65
  • Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery 52
  • Paediatric surgery 51
  • Perioperative care 51
  • Breast and endocrine surgery 40
  • Trauma 40
  • Trauma and burns 36
  • Hernia and abdominal wall 26
  • Breast 20
  • Thyroid 19

Browse all General Surgery worked questions

Four quick-revision cards

  • Charcot's triad vs Reynolds' pentad?

    Charcot: fever, jaundice, RUQ pain. Reynolds adds hypotension and altered mental status.

  • Commonest thyroid cancer and its microscopic clues?

    Papillary carcinoma: Orphan Annie-eye nuclei, psammoma bodies; spreads via lymphatics.

  • Parkland formula?

    4 mL × kg × %TBSA of Ringer's lactate over 24 h; half in the first 8 h.

  • What are Virchow's node and Sister Mary Joseph nodule?

    Virchow's: left supraclavicular node. Sister Mary Joseph: umbilical metastasis. Both suggest abdominal malignancy.

All General Surgery flashcards · 20 General Surgery mnemonics

Try a General Surgery question

A sample item with the reasoning behind every option. Nothing here is recorded.

General Surgery · Hernia

Sample item

A groin hernia that passes medial to the inferior epigastric vessels through Hesselbach's triangle is a:

Common questions

What are high-yield surgery topics?

Hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease, hernias, thyroid, breast, trauma and burns, but check recent papers.

How do I remember surgical signs?

Use flashcards that pair every sign with its diagnosis and a one-line mechanism.