CST Exam General Surgery
"Bowel technique" refers to steps used by the surgical team to prevent postoperative:
a. adhesion formation
b. hemorrhage
c. incisional hernia formation
d. surgical site infection - ANS-
A gastrostomy can be created by all of the following methods EXCEPT:
a. open
b. endovascular
c. laparoscopic
d. percutaneous - ANS-endovascular
A hernia that forms due to a defect in the internal inguinal ring is referred to as a
____hernia
A. indirect inguinal
B. direct inguinal
C. Spigelian
D. ventral - ANS-indirect
A hernia whose contents cannot be "pushed back" into the abdominal cavity is referred
to as a ____hernia
A. direct
B. indirect
C. incarcerated
D. ventral - ANS-incarcerated
A Maloney bougie diator is used in which anatomical structure?
a. common bile duct
b. esophagus
c. urethra
d. cervix - ANS-b. esophagus
A Meckels diverticulum is found n the
A. jejunum
B. ileum
C. ascending colon
D. descending colon - ANS-ileum
,A needle-localization procedure may be performed in radiology for assistance in
locating discrete masses in the:
a. breast
b. groin
c. liver
d. pancreas - ANS-a. breast
A sentinel node biopsy is performed to
A. remove breast tissue in a female patient that
is suspected of being cancerous
B. remove enlargened breast tissue in the male
patient
C. remove all inguinal lymph nodes
D. remove the first lymph node that drains an
area of suspected cancer - ANS-remove the first lymph node that drains an area of
suspected cancer
A T-tube or wound drain left in place following laparoscopic cholecystectomy would
MOST likely exit through:
a. a left subcostal stab wound
b. the umbilical port site incision
c. one of the 5 mm right port site incisions
d. the subxiphoid 10 mm port site incision - ANS-c. one of the 5 mm right port site
incisions
A twisting of the bowel causing obstruction is called
A. intussusception
B. volvulus
C. dehiscence
D. adhesion - ANS-volvulus
A typical end-to-end bowel anastomosis is accomplished with which of the following
suture techniques?a. one-layer, continuous technique for seromuscular approximation
with absorbable suture
b. one-layer, interrupted technique for mucosal approximation only with silk suture
c. two-layer, continuous technique for seromuscular approximation with absorbable,
interrupted for mucosa with silk suture
, d. two-layer, interrupted technique for seromuscular approximation with silk; continuous
for mucosa with absorbable suture - ANS-d. two-layer, interrupted technique for
seromuscular approximation with silk; continuous for mucosa with absorbable suture
A vagotomy is a surgical treatment option for:
a. appendicitis
b. ductal carcinoma
c. gastric ulcers
d. pancreatitis - ANS-c. gastric ulcers
A vertical incison 4cm lateral to the midline of the abdomen is a/an________incision
A. McBurney
B. paramedian
C. subcostal
D. inguinal lower oblique - ANS-paramedian
A Whipple procedure is done for treatment of a tumor in which abdominal organ?a. liver
b. pancreas
c. rectum
d. spleen - ANS-b. pancreas
All of the following are parts of the stormach except
A. body
B. antrum
C. fundus
D. calyx - ANS-calyx
All of the following statements refer to pilonidal cyst surgery except
A. performed with a paramedian incision
B. the wound frequently heals by granulation
C. probes are required on the setup
D. methylene blue may be used to outline the
walls of the cyst - ANS-performed with a paramedian incison
An anastamosis made between the gall bladder and the duodenum is called
A. cholecystoduodenostomy
B. cholecystoduodenectomy
C. choledochoduodenostomy
D. choledochoduodenotomy - ANS-cholecystoduodenostomy
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