American Board of Surgical Assistants TEST REVIEW - Sutures and Wound Repair/ General Surgery exam |125| questions with complete solutions

American Board of Surgical Assistants TEST REVIEW - Sutures and Wound Repair/ General Surgery exam |125| questions with complete solutions Who discovered that the body absorbs sutures made from animal tissues? -Correct Answer-Philip Syng Physick Which suture material is NOT absorbed but remains as a living tissue in the body? -Correct Answer-Fascia lata Space caused by separation of wound edges which have not been closely approximated by sutures is called -Correct Answer-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 -Correct Answer-Matress Suture material which, during healing process, becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue is called -Correct Answer-Non absorbable suture In the presence of infection, the absorption rate of surgical gut is: -Correct Answer-Increased Which suture can be used in presence of infection? -Correct Answer-Polypropylene Suture in which short lateral stitches are taken beneath -Correct Answer-Subcuticular Healing process in which a wound is purposely left open and allowed to heal from bottom upward is called -Correct Answer-Secondary intention Surgical gut is made from the -Correct Answer-Submucosa layer of sheep's intestines Which is most inert in tissue -Correct Answer-Wire Stay suture does not pass through -Subq -Rectus muscle -Mesentery -Fascia -Correct Answer-Mesentery Spitting open or gaping of wound is called -Correct Answer-Dehiscence Which of the following is used to stop bleeding and oozing on surfaced of severed BONES -Correct Answer-Mixture of waxes (chiefly beeswax) Protrusion of bowel through separated edges of abdominal wound closure is -Correct Answer-Evisceration Silk is not recommended for use in gallbladder kidney or bladder because -Correct Answer-It may become nucleus for stone formation Most braided or twisted non absorbable sutures should not be used in presence of active infection because -Correct Answer-The sutures become breeding place for infection Halsted Technique consists mainly of -Correct Answer-Interrupted silk sutures Another name for a stick tie or transfixation suture is -Correct Answer-Suture ligature Bumpers or guards are used on tension sutures to -Correct Answer-Prevent heavy suture from cutting into skin Tissue tr