"Study Smart, Crack UPSC CMS with M3 Premium Strategy!"

Introduction UPSC CMS 2025 demands precision-focused preparation, especially for a vast subject like Surgery. With the M3 Premium Package, your revision becomes efficient, structured, and clinically oriented. This guide outlines the most high-yield topics in Surgery, presented  for faster memory retention and smarter revision.

High-Yield Surgery Topics 

1. Shock, Hemorrhage & Transfusion
⚡ Types of shock
❤️ Cardiovascular/metabolic changes
🩸 Hemorrhagic shock classification
💉 Blood transfusion components & reactions
🧬 Blood grouping compatibility 

2. Wound Healing & Surgical Infections
🧩 Healing phases
📋 Factors influencing healing
🛡️ Surgical Site Infections
☣️ Tetanus, gas gangrene
✅ Wound classification and closure types 

3. Preoperative, Anesthesia & Postoperative Care
🧠 Airway assessment and surgical risk scoring
💊 Anesthetic agents and complications
🧾 DVT, AKI, and infection in the post-op phase
⚖️ ASA grading
🫀 GCS scoring and trauma protocol basics

  4. Trauma & Emergency Management

🚨 Damage control vs early total care
🧠 Head injury: CT criteria, ICP, EDH, SDH
🩻 eFAST application
🩼 Chest trauma (pneumothorax, tamponade)
🦴 Pelvic trauma and compartment syndrome
🦷 LeFort facial fractures

  5. Gastrointestinal Surgery

🍽️ GERD, Barrett, Ca esophagus
🍔 Peptic ulcer, gastric outlet obstruction
🧫 H. pylori, GIST, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
🧻 Appendicitis, polyps, diverticulosis
🧬 Colorectal cancer staging and histopathology
🔄 Obstruction (adults and children)
🚽 Hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, fistula 

6. Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Topics
🧠 Liver segmental anatomy
🧬 Acute & chronic liver disease grading
🧪 Gallstones, GB carcinoma, ERCP utility
🔥 Acute pancreatitis causes and scoring
🧫 Pancreatic carcinoma, pseudocysts 

7. Endocrine & Breast Surgery
🦋 Thyroid anatomy, goiter, malignancy
🧠 Hyper/hypocalcemia and crises
🧬 Adrenal tumors, MEN syndromes
🧷 Breast lumps (benign vs malignant)
🎯 Breast cancer staging, Paget’s disease 

8. Urology & Genital System
⚠️ Ureteral narrowing points
🪨 Stones, PUJ obstruction, VUR
🧬 RCC, Wilms tumor, BPH
🧪 UTI, urethral stricture, phimosis
🧬 Testicular torsion, tumors, hydrocele 

9. Pediatric Surgery Essentials
🧸 Hernias and hydroceles
⚖️ Undescended testis
💩 Hirschsprung’s disease, imperforate anus
🧫 NEC, intussusception
⚠️ Pediatric trauma, PUV

  10. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

🔥 Burn classification and fluid therapy
🧬 Skin graft types (SSG, full thickness)
🧠 Cleft lip and palate management
☠️ Pressure sores, electrical burns 

11. Oncology & Biopsy-Related Concepts
🧬 Common tumor markers
🔬 IHC stains and false positives
⚠️ Red flag features of bone/soft tissue tumors
🧠 Biopsy methods: FNAC, frozen section

12. Diagnostic Imaging & Endoscopy
🖼️ USG, CT, MRI, nuclear scan utility
📸 Key X-ray signs
🔬 Endoscopy indications and complications

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Why M3 Premium Package is the Smart Choice

• Focused video lectures on CMS-relevant Surgery topics
• 24-year MCQ coverage with concept-tagged solutions
• Tables, contrasts, and classifications emphasized
• Visual memory aids 
• Integrated learning with overlapping medicine topics like trauma & infection