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American Board of Surgical Assistants TEST REVIEW - Sutures and Wound Repair/ General Surgery
Who discovered that the body absorbs sutures made from animal tissues? - answerPhilip Syng Physick
Which suture material is NOT absorbed but remains as a living tissue in the body? - answerFascia lata
Space caused by separation of wound edges which have not been closely approximated by sutures is called - answerDead Space
An interrupted suture, which is placed through tissue from one side of the wound to the other and then back through tissue again is called - answerMatress
Suture material which, during healing process, becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue is called - answerNon absorbable suture
In the presence of infection, the absorption rate of surgical gut is: - answerIncreased
Which suture can be used in presence of infection? - answerPolypropylene
Suture in which short lateral stitches are taken beneath - answerSubcuticular
Healing process in which a wound is purposely left open and allowed to heal from bottom upward is called - answerSecondary intention
Surgical gut is made from the - answerSubmucosa layer of sheep's intestines
Which is most inert in tissue - answerWire
Stay suture does not pass through
-Subq
-Rectus muscle
-Mesentery
-Fascia - answerMesentery
Spitting open or gaping of wound is called - answerDehiscence Which of the following is used to stop bleeding and oozing on surfaced of severed BONES - answerMixture of waxes (chiefly beeswax)
Protrusion of bowel through separated edges of abdominal wound closure is - answerEvisceration
Silk is not recommended for use in gallbladder kidney or bladder because - answerIt may become nucleus for stone formation
Most braided or twisted non absorbable sutures should not be used in presence of active infection because - answerThe sutures become breeding place for infection
Halsted Technique consists mainly of - answerInterrupted silk sutures
Another name for a stick tie or transfixation suture is - answerSuture ligature
Bumpers or guards are used on tension sutures to - answerPrevent heavy suture from cutting into skin
Tissue trauma will be kept to minimum by using - answerSutured swaged to a needle
Amount of weight or pull necessary to break suture or ligature material is called - answerTensile strength
Which would have ea weakening effect on suture?
Soaking in saline
Testing tensile strength
Straightening it - answerALL OF THE ABOVE
Which of following synthetic non absorb suture material is least reactive in tissue?
Polypropylene Polyester fiber
Nylon
teflon impregnanted polyester - answerPolypropylene
What type of suture would be used when closing the anus for perineal stage of an and perineal resection - answerPurse string suture
Ampulla of water is dilated for - answerCommon duct stones
Select procedure that require isolation of instruments from rest of operative field:
1. Open intest anastomosis
2. Common duct exploration
3. Exteriorization of coostomy

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