MBBS subject guide
General Surgery
General Surgery covers the assessment and operative management of surgical disease, from the metabolic response to injury through trauma, oncology,...
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General Surgery covers the assessment and operative management of surgical disease, from the metabolic response to injury through trauma, oncology, endocrine and gastrointestinal surgery. The NMC framework codes each teachable point, for example SU2.2 for the clinical features and treatment of shock or SU22.4 for the management of thyroid swellings. MedNext maps all 29 surgery chapters to those codes, so you can see which competencies are covered and which still need work. The foundation chapters carry the heaviest early exam weight, because the metabolic response, fluid balance, shock, blood transfusion, wound healing and trauma resuscitation reappear in every operative topic. The organ-based chapters then supply most long cases and viva questions, and clinical examination of a swelling, a breast lump or a hernia is tested directly in the practical stations. Applied surgery is built in: the classification of a burn, the approach to peritonitis, and the investigation of urinary calculi are all tagged to their codes. Each chapter pairs a detailed reading with practice questions and a one-page cheat sheet under the same NMC tags. Learn the surgical reasoning once and revision becomes a checklist rather than a re-read.
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SU1: Metabolic Response to Injury and Fluid Balance
MBBS surgery notes on the metabolic response to injury and fluid balance: ebb and flow phases, stress hormones,...
Read moreSU2: Shock
MBBS surgery notes on shock: hypovolaemic, cardiogenic, obstructive and distributive types, haemorrhage grading and...
Read moreSU3: Blood Transfusion
MBBS surgery notes on blood transfusion: blood groups, components, massive transfusion and transfusion reactions,...
Read moreSU4: Burns
MBBS surgery notes on burns: depth classification, rule of nines, Parkland fluid resuscitation, airway and...
Read moreSU5: Wound Healing and Management
MBBS surgery notes on wound healing: phases of repair, primary and secondary intention, keloids and wound...
Read moreSU6: Surgical Infections, Asepsis and Operation Theatre
MBBS surgery notes on surgical infections, asepsis, sterilisation and operation theatre discipline, including...
Read moreSU7: Surgical Audit and Ethics
MBBS surgery notes on clinical audit and ethics: the audit cycle, four pillars of ethics and informed consent, mapped...
Read moreSU9: Surgical Investigations and Minimal Access Surgery
MBBS surgery notes on investigations and minimal access surgery: imaging choice, biopsy, endoscopy and laparoscopy...
Read moreSU10: Perioperative Care and Anaesthesia
MBBS surgery notes on perioperative care and anaesthesia: ASA grading, fasting, thromboprophylaxis and postoperative...
Read moreSU12: Surgical Nutrition
MBBS surgery notes on surgical nutrition: nutritional assessment, enteral and parenteral feeding and refeeding...
Read moreSU13: Transplantation
MBBS surgery notes on transplantation: graft types, matching, rejection, immunosuppression and organ donation, mapped...
Read moreSU17A: Trauma: First Aid and Resuscitation
MBBS surgery notes on trauma resuscitation: the ABCDE primary survey, haemorrhage control and damage control...
Read moreSU17B: Thoracic, Soft Tissue and Airway Trauma
MBBS surgery notes on thoracic, soft tissue and airway trauma: life-threatening chest injuries, chest drains and...
Read moreSU18: Skin, Soft Tissue and Swellings
MBBS surgery notes on skin and soft tissue swellings: examination of a lump, benign cysts and skin cancers including...
Read moreSU19: Cleft Lip and Palate
MBBS surgery notes on cleft lip and palate: embryology, types, feeding and speech problems and timing of repair,...
Read moreSU20: Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer
MBBS surgery notes on oral and oropharyngeal cancer: tobacco and areca nut risk, premalignant lesions and treatment,...
Read moreSU21: Salivary Glands
MBBS surgery notes on salivary glands: anatomy, sialadenitis, stones and benign and malignant tumours, mapped to NMC...
Read moreSU22: Thyroid and Parathyroid
MBBS surgery notes on thyroid and parathyroid: goitre, thyroid cancers, recurrent laryngeal nerve and...
Read moreSU23: Adrenal Glands
MBBS surgery notes on the adrenal glands: phaeochromocytoma, Conn and Cushing syndromes and adrenal insufficiency,...
Read moreSU24: Pancreas
MBBS surgery notes on the pancreas: acute and chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer including Courvoisier law,...
Read moreSU25: Breast
MBBS surgery notes on breast disease: triple assessment, benign lumps and breast cancer staging and treatment, mapped...
Read moreSU26: Cardiothoracic Surgery
MBBS surgery notes on cardiothoracic surgery: coronary bypass, heart valves, lung cancer and pleural disease, mapped...
Read moreSU27: Vascular Surgery
MBBS surgery notes on vascular disease: peripheral arterial disease, acute limb ischaemia, aortic aneurysm and...
Read moreSU28A: Abdominal Wall, Hernia and Oesophagus
MBBS surgery notes on abdominal wall hernias and the oesophagus: inguinal and femoral hernias, reflux, achalasia and...
Read moreSU28B: Stomach, Liver, Spleen and Biliary Tract
MBBS surgery notes on stomach, liver, spleen and biliary tract: peptic ulcer, gastric cancer, gallstones and...
Read moreSU28C: Intestine, Colon and Anorectal Disease
MBBS surgery notes on bowel and anorectal disease: appendicitis, obstruction, colorectal cancer and haemorrhoids,...
Read moreSU29A: Kidney and Ureter
MBBS surgery notes on the kidney and ureter: urinary stones, obstruction, hydronephrosis and renal tumours, mapped to...
Read moreSU29B: Bladder, Prostate and Lower Urinary Tract
MBBS surgery notes on bladder and prostate: benign prostatic hyperplasia, urinary retention, prostate cancer and...
Read moreSU30: Penis, Testis and Scrotum
MBBS surgery notes on the penis, testis and scrotum: testicular torsion, scrotal swellings and testicular cancer,...
Read moreGeneral Surgery questions
How many surgery chapters does MedNext cover?
The general surgery subject hub covers 29 chapters, spanning the surgical foundations, trauma, oncology, endocrine, breast, vascular and gastrointestinal surgery. Each chapter is mapped to its NMC competency codes, so coverage is visible rather than assumed.
Is surgery content mapped to the NMC competency framework?
Yes. Every surgery chapter, practice question and cheat sheet is tagged to an official NMC competency code, for example SU22.4 for the management of thyroid swellings. This is the same framework that MBBS university exams, NEET PG and NExT draw from.
Which surgery topics carry the most exam weight?
The foundation chapters recur everywhere, so the metabolic response, shock, blood transfusion, wound healing and trauma resuscitation repay early mastery. The organ-based chapters then supply most long cases, and clinical examination of a swelling or lump is tested in the practical stations.
Does MedNext include surgery MCQs and revision material?
Each surgery chapter is paired with practice questions and a one-page cheat sheet, all tagged to the same NMC codes as the reading. That lets you move from learning a competency to testing and revising it without leaving the topic.
Can I preview surgery before paying?
Yes. You can preview the platform and read a free sample chapter after registering, then view plans when you are ready to decide.
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