surgical specialty quiz with Correct Solutions 2024

surgical specialty quiz with Correct Solutions 2024 What major artery supplies the descending colon - Answer -Left colic artery Commonly implicated in SAH, the vessels of the Circle of Willis include - Answer -Posterior communicating artery Which of the following is the treatment for a patient that has a postoperative empyema? - Answer -Rib resection Pamela Morris is a 62-year-old woman with a 4-year history of Graves' disease that has not responded to medical therapy. She is scheduled for a subtotal thyroidectomy. What condition, a complication of Graves' disease, is her probable indication for a subtotal thyroidectomy? - Answer -Tracheal obstruction During a surgical procedure to excise a malignant thyroid gland, the surgeon asks you why she is not removing the posterior part of the patient's thyroid gland. Your correct response is - Answer -so that the patient does not develop hypocalcemia Which of the following is a risk factor associated with unplanned hypothermia? - Answer -open cavity surgery Drugs used during surgery can cause potential adverse reactions. which drug is associated with an increased rate of cardiotoxicity - Answer -Bupivicaine When elevations in serum calcitonin are found in the patient's blood work, what diagnosis would you suspect - Answer -Medullary thyroid cancer