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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017
NEURO SURGERY
PAPER ? |||
NS/D/17/21/III
Time :3 hours
Max. Marks : 100
Important instructions:
Attempt all questions in order.
Each question carries 10 marks.
Flead the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and Iegibly.
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.
0 Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. Dorsal root entry zone lesioning in neuropathic pain: 3+4+3
a) Indications
b) Procedure
0) Outcome
2. Trigeminal neuralgia: 1+1+2+2+2+2
) Pathogenesis
) Diagnosis
) Medicalmanagement
) Percutaneous procedures
) Surgicalmanagement
Gamma knife radiosurgery
a
b
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3. Extended endonasal endoscopic approach for skull 2+2+4+2
base lesions:
a Indications
Instrumentation
Surgical procedure
b
c
d Outcome and complications
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4. Fungal infections of central nervous system: 2+2+3+3
a) Classification
b) Diagnostic procedures
0) Medicalmanagement
d) Surgical considerations
5. Recent advances in the management of CSF fistulas in 6+4
endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery:
a) Surgical techniques
b) Synthetic materials
P.T.O.
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FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017
NEURO SURGERY
PAPER?III
6. Pallidotomy: 3+4+3
a) Indications
b) Procedure
0) Outcome
7. Stereotactic radiosurgery in metastatic brain tumours: 3+4+2+1
a) Patientselection
b) Comparison with other adjuvant therapies
0) Radiation dose delivery
d) Outcome
8. Recent advances in intraoperative glioma resection 10
maximization and its long term outcome.
9. Tuberculosis of spine: 2+3+2+3
a) Pathogenesis
b) Clinical presentation
0) Diagnosis
d) Management
10. Vagal nerve stimulation: 2+4+4
a) Indications
b) Surgicalprocedure
0) Outcome and current status
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POSSESSION / USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.