A 3-way Foley catheter with a 30 cc balloon should be inserted following a transurethral prostate
resection (TURP) to:
A. minimize postoperative hypertrophy.
B. keep accurate input and output records.
C. irrigate and facilitate hemostasis.
D. prevent the patient from getting out of bed. correct answers irrigate and facilitate hemostasis
When entering the skull during a craniotomy, it is important to prevent excess heat to the skull
and to avoid floating bone dust by:
A. using a moist sponge to dab at the drill site.
B. keeping suction close to the drill site.
C. irrigating at the drill site with saline.
D. using Raney clips to prevent the drill from getting hot. correct answers irrigating at the drill
site with saline
Which of the following procedures is usually performed in conjuction with a Nissen or Toupet
Fundoplication?
A. sleeve gastrectomy
B. gastric bypass (Roux-N-Y)
C. Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF)
D. Hiatal Hernia Repair correct answers Hiatal Hernia Repair ( is done in conjunction with a
Nissen (fundus of the stomach is wrapped around the esphogus an is attached to create stopper
for a hiatal hernia.)
A patient with both anterior and posterior knee joint instability and buckling during downhill
ambulation is BEST treated by which of the following surgical interventions?
A. ACL reconstruction
B. total joint arthroplasty
, C. MCL reconstruction
D. femoral chondroplasty correct answers ACL reconstruction
Unused culture swabs are placed on the back table prior to incision. An hour after incision, the
surgeon is ready to take cultures. Which of the following should the surgical first assistant do
NEXT?
A. swab the affected area.
B. obtain new culture swabs.
C. pass the culture swabs to the surgeon.
D. remove tops of tubes in preparation for culture. correct answers obtain new culture swabs.
(when in doubt, throw it out)
The primary purpose of a robotic device designed to hold an maneuver a laparoscope is to:
A. eliminate tremor associated with operating an endoscope
B. replace the surgeon
C. decrease set up time for an endoscope
D. reduce the incidence of fogging correct answers eliminate tremor associated with operating an
endoscope
Which of the following muscles is used to re-implant a section of the parathyroid if it is
inadvertently removed during a thyroidectomy?
Sternohyoid
Platysma
Sternocleidomastoid
Sternothyroid correct answers Sternocleidomastoid (parathyroids control Calcium. cut up into
pieces. reimplanted in either sternocleidomastoid or brachioradialis) Normal PTH levels: 10-65
pg/mL. ( fun fact: TSH- .4- 4.0 mIU/L)
When opening an aneurysmal sac during resection of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA),
which of the following arteries is ligated?