American Board of Surgical Assistants TEST REVIEW - Sutures and Wound Repair/ General Surgery | Already Graded

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 in tissue - Wire