American Board of Surgical Assistants TEST REVIEW - Sutures and Wound Repair/ General Surgery (ABSA) Latest Questions And Answers Rated 100% Correct!!

American Board of Surgical Assistants TEST REVIEW - Sutures and Wound Repair/ General Surgery (ABSA) Latest Questions And Answers Rated 100% Correct!! Who discovered that the body absorbs sutures made from animal tissues? Philip Syng Physick Which suture material is NOT absorbed but remains as a living tissue in the body? Fascia lata Space caused by separation of wound edges which have not been closely approximated by sutures is called Dead Space An interrupted suture, which is placed through tissue from one side of the wound to the other and then back through tissue again is called Matress Suture material which, during healing process, becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue is called Non absorbable suture In the presence of infection, the absorption rate of surgical gut is: Increased Which suture can be used in presence of infection? Polypropylene Suture in which short lateral stitches are taken beneath Subcuticular Healing process in which a wound is purposely left open and allowed to heal from bottom upward is called Secondary intention Surgical gut is made from the Submucosa layer of sheep's intestines Which is most inert