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When performing a coronary artery by-pass graft procedure, what vessel is placed between the
coronary artery and the ascending aorta? ✔Correct Answer-segmented saphenous vein
Why is intraoperative cholangiography performed? ✔Correct Answer-to evaluate biliary
anatomy
What is the most common cause of large bowel obstruction? ✔Correct Answer-colon cancer
Claudication is a common symptom of what disease? ✔Correct Answer-peripherial arterial
occlusive
What is the percentage of finding gallstones in the common bile duct? ✔Correct Answer-5%
,What is the most common cause of primary hyperparathyroidism? ✔Correct Answer-single
parathyroid adenoma
This form of breast cancer is highly aggressive and presents with a tender, inflamed,
erythematous painful breast, which can be mistaken for a breast abscess. ✔Correct Answer-
inflammatory
What medical problem in the surgical patient can lead to post operative viral infections?
✔Correct Answer-upper respiratory tract infection
Asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm should be repaired when the diameter exceeds what
value? ✔Correct Answer-5.5 cm
What takes precedence in a trauma patient with uncontrolled hemorrhagic injuries and an
intracranial hematoma? ✔Correct Answer-gaining control of bleeding
How is diaphragmatic rupture repaired? ✔Correct Answer-thoracotomy
What is the major cause of cerebrovascular accidents? ✔Correct Answer-occlusion
Which of the following is the most common primary CNS tumor and infiltrates the brain early
on? ✔Correct Answer-glioma
According to the text, surgical repair of what aortic aneurysm requires use of cardiopulmonary
bypass to sustain body perfusion? ✔Correct Answer-ascending
What type of injury is characteristic of a human or animal bite? ✔Correct Answer-avulsion
Which terms involves transplantation from a non-identical donor to a recipient of the same
species? ✔Correct Answer-allograft
What is not removed when performing a pancreaticoduodenectomy? ✔Correct Answer-tail of
the pancreas
What is the most common site for peptic ulcer formation? ✔Correct Answer-duodenum
What surgical procedure is performed for cancer of the left colon? ✔Correct Answer-left
hemicolectomy
In patients with deep venous insufficiency, what is the least common symptom? ✔Correct
Answer-venous claudication
,Vesicle inflammation, dysuria, and frequency, sometimes with fever is a symptom of:
✔Correct Answer-acute bacterial cystitis
In which nodal stage does testicular cancer in situ become extra-lymphatic? ✔Correct
Answer-IV
Incomplete occlusion of what artery causes chronic small bowel ischemia? ✔Correct Answer-
superior mesenteric
When performing lower limb salvage surgery, a bypass will be performed from the femoral
artery to what artery? ✔Correct Answer-posterior tibial
An extradural hematoma forms when what artery is torn? ✔Correct Answer-dural
What surgical procedure is performed to reduce spasms of the anal sphincter? ✔Correct
Answer-lateral sphincterotomy
When treating burn patients, what should be avoided if at all possible during the first 24 hours
of treatment? ✔Correct Answer-transfusion
Abdominae wound dehiscence occurs within how many days postop? ✔Correct Answer-7 - 10
What is the tumor that accounts for 10% of childhood renal obstructive malignancies?
✔Correct Answer-Wilms
What is the most frequently injured organ in abdominal trauma? ✔Correct Answer-liver
Cushing's syndrome is caused by excessive secretion of what steriod hormone? ✔Correct
Answer-cortisone
When surgically treating a vascular trauma patient, what should the first assistant do?
✔Correct Answer-control above and below bleeding
What diagnostic test is mandatory if any form of therapeutic intervention is being considered in
patients with lower limb arterial disease? ✔Correct Answer-arteriography
Which type of clinical melanoma is the most common? ✔Correct Answer-superficial
spreading
What does incarceration of a paraesophageal hernia cause? ✔Correct Answer-gastric outlet
obstruction
What is one major preventative measure instituted in the operating room to prevent
thrombosis in the surgical patient? ✔Correct Answer-applying compression stockings
, What is the most common form of shock encountered by the surgical team? ✔Correct
Answer-hypovolemic
What are the consequences of post-op splenectomy? ✔Correct Answer-increase in circulating
platelet levels
Critical lab ischemia can be defined as a limb in which the ankle systolic pressure is less than
what? ✔Correct Answer-50 mmHg
What is the cause of parietal peritoneum pain in the acute abdomen? ✔Correct Answer-pus
What document must be completed and in the patients chart prior to the beginning of the
surgical procedure? ✔Correct Answer-consent for surgery
Which of the following thyroid carcinomas is the most common and has the best prognosis?
✔Correct Answer-papillary
What is the most common idiopathic transmural inflammatory disease of the small intestine?
✔Correct Answer-Chron's disease
When does hyper-acute rejection in the transplant patient take place? ✔Correct Answer-
minutes to hours
What type of cerebral injury results in the formation of a pathway for endogenous pathogens to
enter the brain and cause infection? ✔Correct Answer-skull base fractures
Which type of hernia is congenital and develops when the peritoneal sac through which the
testicle decends into the scrotum remains patent? ✔Correct Answer-indirect
What form of shock could the surgeon encounter involving major gastrointestinal blood loss?
✔Correct Answer-hemorrhagic
What type of peripheral aneurysm is most frequent? ✔Correct Answer-popliteal
What is the most common cause of intraluminal upper urinary tract obstruction? ✔Correct
Answer-calculus
What should the surgical assistant immediately assess concerning the unconscious trauma
patient? ✔Correct Answer-airway
Cell culture is a term referring to the use of cell monolayer for cultivation of obligate
intracellular pathogens such as? ✔Correct Answer-chlamydias.
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When performing a coronary artery by-pass graft procedure, what vessel is placed between the
coronary artery and the ascending aorta? ✔Correct Answer-segmented saphenous vein
Why is intraoperative cholangiography performed? ✔Correct Answer-to evaluate biliary
anatomy
What is the most common cause of large bowel obstruction? ✔Correct Answer-colon cancer
Claudication is a common symptom of what disease? ✔Correct Answer-peripherial arterial
occlusive
What is the percentage of finding gallstones in the common bile duct? ✔Correct Answer-5%
,What is the most common cause of primary hyperparathyroidism? ✔Correct Answer-single
parathyroid adenoma
This form of breast cancer is highly aggressive and presents with a tender, inflamed,
erythematous painful breast, which can be mistaken for a breast abscess. ✔Correct Answer-
inflammatory
What medical problem in the surgical patient can lead to post operative viral infections?
✔Correct Answer-upper respiratory tract infection
Asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm should be repaired when the diameter exceeds what
value? ✔Correct Answer-5.5 cm
What takes precedence in a trauma patient with uncontrolled hemorrhagic injuries and an
intracranial hematoma? ✔Correct Answer-gaining control of bleeding
How is diaphragmatic rupture repaired? ✔Correct Answer-thoracotomy
What is the major cause of cerebrovascular accidents? ✔Correct Answer-occlusion
Which of the following is the most common primary CNS tumor and infiltrates the brain early
on? ✔Correct Answer-glioma
According to the text, surgical repair of what aortic aneurysm requires use of cardiopulmonary
bypass to sustain body perfusion? ✔Correct Answer-ascending
What type of injury is characteristic of a human or animal bite? ✔Correct Answer-avulsion
Which terms involves transplantation from a non-identical donor to a recipient of the same
species? ✔Correct Answer-allograft
What is not removed when performing a pancreaticoduodenectomy? ✔Correct Answer-tail of
the pancreas
What is the most common site for peptic ulcer formation? ✔Correct Answer-duodenum
What surgical procedure is performed for cancer of the left colon? ✔Correct Answer-left
hemicolectomy
In patients with deep venous insufficiency, what is the least common symptom? ✔Correct
Answer-venous claudication
,Vesicle inflammation, dysuria, and frequency, sometimes with fever is a symptom of:
✔Correct Answer-acute bacterial cystitis
In which nodal stage does testicular cancer in situ become extra-lymphatic? ✔Correct
Answer-IV
Incomplete occlusion of what artery causes chronic small bowel ischemia? ✔Correct Answer-
superior mesenteric
When performing lower limb salvage surgery, a bypass will be performed from the femoral
artery to what artery? ✔Correct Answer-posterior tibial
An extradural hematoma forms when what artery is torn? ✔Correct Answer-dural
What surgical procedure is performed to reduce spasms of the anal sphincter? ✔Correct
Answer-lateral sphincterotomy
When treating burn patients, what should be avoided if at all possible during the first 24 hours
of treatment? ✔Correct Answer-transfusion
Abdominae wound dehiscence occurs within how many days postop? ✔Correct Answer-7 - 10
What is the tumor that accounts for 10% of childhood renal obstructive malignancies?
✔Correct Answer-Wilms
What is the most frequently injured organ in abdominal trauma? ✔Correct Answer-liver
Cushing's syndrome is caused by excessive secretion of what steriod hormone? ✔Correct
Answer-cortisone
When surgically treating a vascular trauma patient, what should the first assistant do?
✔Correct Answer-control above and below bleeding
What diagnostic test is mandatory if any form of therapeutic intervention is being considered in
patients with lower limb arterial disease? ✔Correct Answer-arteriography
Which type of clinical melanoma is the most common? ✔Correct Answer-superficial
spreading
What does incarceration of a paraesophageal hernia cause? ✔Correct Answer-gastric outlet
obstruction
What is one major preventative measure instituted in the operating room to prevent
thrombosis in the surgical patient? ✔Correct Answer-applying compression stockings
, What is the most common form of shock encountered by the surgical team? ✔Correct
Answer-hypovolemic
What are the consequences of post-op splenectomy? ✔Correct Answer-increase in circulating
platelet levels
Critical lab ischemia can be defined as a limb in which the ankle systolic pressure is less than
what? ✔Correct Answer-50 mmHg
What is the cause of parietal peritoneum pain in the acute abdomen? ✔Correct Answer-pus
What document must be completed and in the patients chart prior to the beginning of the
surgical procedure? ✔Correct Answer-consent for surgery
Which of the following thyroid carcinomas is the most common and has the best prognosis?
✔Correct Answer-papillary
What is the most common idiopathic transmural inflammatory disease of the small intestine?
✔Correct Answer-Chron's disease
When does hyper-acute rejection in the transplant patient take place? ✔Correct Answer-
minutes to hours
What type of cerebral injury results in the formation of a pathway for endogenous pathogens to
enter the brain and cause infection? ✔Correct Answer-skull base fractures
Which type of hernia is congenital and develops when the peritoneal sac through which the
testicle decends into the scrotum remains patent? ✔Correct Answer-indirect
What form of shock could the surgeon encounter involving major gastrointestinal blood loss?
✔Correct Answer-hemorrhagic
What type of peripheral aneurysm is most frequent? ✔Correct Answer-popliteal
What is the most common cause of intraluminal upper urinary tract obstruction? ✔Correct
Answer-calculus
What should the surgical assistant immediately assess concerning the unconscious trauma
patient? ✔Correct Answer-airway
Cell culture is a term referring to the use of cell monolayer for cultivation of obligate
intracellular pathogens such as? ✔Correct Answer-chlamydias.
