Plastic Surgery Exam Review (with complete solutions)

What is the main reason for using mineral oil during a procurement of a skin graft using a dermatome? correct answers Minimize Friction When the surgeon is removing a superficial lesion from a patient what retractor would be used to retract the skin edges? correct answers Double or single-prong skin hooks If a burn patient is brought to the OR with an arm greatly charred and distended with cyanotic fingers. What procedure would you anticipate to be performed? correct answers Escharotomy What is the most often used suture used in plastic surgery used to achieve a cosmetic closure? correct answers Nylon What is the name of the congenital duplication of the digits? correct answers Polydactyly When performing an open brow lift what instrument would the surgeon use to elevate the periosteum off of the cranium to the level of the superior orbital rims? correct answers Periosteal elevator What is the name of the instrument used to cut thin slices of skin for grafting? correct answers Dermatome A rhytidectomy is performed to rejuvenate ________ of the aging face? correct answers The lower third What are the four agents used during a tumescent liposuction? correct answers Local anesthetic, epinephrine, Wydase, saline Reimplantation of a digit begins with what step? correct answers Bone to bone A patient experiencing painful snapping or locking of the finger or thumb is called? correct answers Trigger finger When a surgeon is performing a breast augmentation with an implant, the surgeon creates a pocket under the _________ muscle to receive the implant? correct answers Pectoralis Major What is the name of the common method of determining the percentage of body surface burned? correct answers Rules of Nine What is the name of the painful condition caused by inflammation of tendon in the first dorsal compartment of the wrist? correct answers De Quervain's disease What is the name of the condition in which the digits of the hands or feet fail to separate? correct answers Syndactyly