Download DNB 2017 Dec ENT ENT PAPER III B Question Paper

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OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY(ENT)

PAPER — II

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NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS

DECEMBER 2017

Please read carefully the important instructions mentioned on Page ‘1’

• Answers to questions of Part ‘A’ and Part ‘B’ are to be strictly attempted in separate answer sheet(s) and the main + supplementary answer sheet(s) used for each part must be tagged separately.
• Answers to questions of Part ‘A’ attempted in answer sheet(s) of Part ‘B’ or vice versa shall not be evaluated.

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PART B

1. What is functional head and neck surgery? What are the advantages of transoral endoscopic removal over open surgery and radiotherapy in early vocal cord carcinoma?

   3+7

2. What is robotic surgery? What are its characteristics in design and technology? Enumerate its disadvantages.

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   2+6+2

3. 1. Translaryngeal tracheostomy.
   2. What are the different types of tracheostomy tubes?

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4. Fibre-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES): Indications, contraindications and methods.

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5. Cricopharyngeal myotomy: Indications, procedure, advantages & its complications.

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   3+3+2+2

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