SURGICAL FIRST ASSIST BOOK EXAM STUDY GUIDE: General Surgery (Q + A) 100% CORRECT

SURGICAL FIRST ASSIST BOOK EXAM STUDY GUIDE: General Surgery (Q + A) 100% CORRECT 299. During a Whipple procedure, which of the following surgical maneuvers is performed to dissect the lateral peritoneal attachments of the duodenum? - Correct Answer-Kocher Which site is used for autotransplanting one ormore of the parathyroid glands? - Correct Answer- Forearm A major concern in draining a gangrenous gallbladder is: - Correct Answer-Contamination 302. Which nerve is at the greatest risk for injury during a thyroidectomy? - Correct Answer- Recurrent laryngeal Which of the following anastomoses is accomplished during a Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy)? - Correct Answer-Hepaticojejunostomy A hernia through which bowel or omentum extends and cannot be returned to its normal position through manipulation is referred to as a/an: - Correct Answer-Incarcerated hernia Which of the following types of hernias occur in Hesselbach's triangle? - Correct Answer-Direct Which of the followingis the most common type of hernia that occurs in females? - Correct Answer-Femoral hernia Which of the following is the anastomosis of choice when performing a total abdominal colectomy for ulcerative colitis? - Correct Answer-Ileoanal The flexure at the junction of the duodenum and jejunum is the: - Correct Answer-Ligament of Treitz 309. Intercostal nerves and vessels are located: - Correct Answer-Inferior to the rib The section of the gastrointestinal tract that is least affected by Crohn's disease is the: - Correct Answer-Retum Hernia: - Correct Answer-Rupture Which of the following nerves must be identified and protected from injury during a thyroidectomy? - Correct Answer-Recurrent laryngeal Which of the following types of incisions is used for a laparoscopy? - Correct Answer- Infraumbilical Both direct and indirect hernias are the result of tears in the: - Correct Answer-Transversalis fascia Which nerves must be identified during an inguinal hernia repair? - Correct Answer- Iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal Which hernia involves the peritoneum and the abdominal viscera forms part of the hernia sac? - Correct Answer-SLiding 317. During a laparoscopic hernia repair, stapling is avoided in the triangular area inferior to the internal inguinal ring, called: - Correct Answer-Triangle of doom During a laparoscopic hernia repair, staples should not be placed below the lateral iliopubic tract in order to avoid injuring the: - Correct Answer-Genitofemoral and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves Which of the following nerves is dissected from the lesser urvature of the stomach when performing a highly selective vagotomy (parietal cell vagatomy) - Correct Answer-Nerves of Latarjet The invagination of the proximal intestine into the lumen of the distal intestine is called: - Correct Answer-Intussusception Failure of the intestines to encapsulate within the peritoneal cavity of a newborn is: - Correct Answer-Omphalocele Newborn vomiting, free of bile and projectile in nature, is indicative of: - Correct Answer- Pyloric stenosis Hirschsprung's disease is synonymous with: - Correct Answer-Congenital aganglionosis 324. The most common intraabdominaal childhood tumor is: - Correct Answer-Nephroblastoma Pathologic enlargement of the male breast is called: - Correct Answer-Gynecomastia Surgical enlargement of the passage between the prepylorus of the stomach and the duodenum is a: - Correct Answer-Pyloromyoto