Download DNB 2019 June NEUROSURGERY NEUROSURGERY PAPER 3 Question Paper

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FINAL EXAM
JUNE 2019
Time: 3 hours
Max. Marksz100
Important Instructions:
Attempt all questions in order.
Each question carries 10 marks.
NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
NEUROSURGERY
PAPER-III
NS 2/J/19/21/lll
Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legib/y.
Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
Answer all the parts of a single question together.
Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
Draw table/diagrams/f/owcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1 .
Refractory epilepsy:
a) Definition.
b) Pre-surgical evaluation.
3+3+4
c) Surgically remediable lesional epilepsy syndromes.
Intra-operative imaging:
a) Neuro-navigation.
b) Intra-operative ultrasound.
c) Intra-operative MRI.
Lymphocytic hypophysitis:
a) Diagnosis.
b) Differential diagnosis.
0) Histopathology.
d) Management.
3+3+4
2+2+3+3
Dural arteriovenous malformations: 3+3+4
a) Pathophysiology.
b) Natural history.
0) Management.
Regarding stereotaxy:
a) Principles and techniques.
b) Stereotactic Biopsy.
c) Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.
Regarding chronic pain:
4+3+3
a) Gate control and neuromatrix theories of pain. 4+3+3
b) Diagnostic criteria.
0) Grading of pain.
P.T.O.
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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2019
NEUROSURGERY
PAPER-III
7. Recent advances in:
a) Mapping of eloquent cortex. 4+3+3
b) Fluorescence guided resection.
c) Awake craniotomy.
8. In the diagnosis of intracranial aneurysms, discuss the 3+3+4
role of:
a) Computed Tomography angiography (CTA).
b) Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).
c) Intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography (IADSA).
9. a) Management of fungal infections of the brain. 3+3+4
b) Sources of brain abscess.
0) Pathology of TBM.
10. Osteoporotic wedge compression fractures: 3+3+4
a) Differential diagnosis.
b) Radiological diagnosis.
0) Recent advances in medical management.
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