SURGICAL SPECIALTIES AND
PROCEDURES OVERVIEW
QUESTIONS AND PROVEN ANSWERS
Intracapsular cataract extraction ANSW✅✅A type of cataract extraction in which the lens and its
capsule are removed.
Trephine ANSW✅✅An instrument not used during a vitrectomy; it is used in keratoplasty to
transplant corneal tissue.
Vitrectomy ANSW✅✅Not a procedure for treatment of glaucoma.
Tonometer ANSW✅✅An instrument used to measure intraocular pressure.
Cottingham punch ANSW✅✅An instrument used during a keratoplasty.
Radial Keratotomy ANSW✅✅The procedure performed to improve the vision of patients with
myopia.
Retinal detachment ANSW✅✅A condition that causes the sudden onset of the appearance of
floating spots before the eye.
Corneal Trephine ANSW✅✅An instrument used to make the corneal cut during a keratoplasty.
Phacoemulsification ANSW✅✅The method that uses ultrasonic energy to fragment the lens.
Argon ANSW✅✅The laser best used during a vitrectomy.
Pilocarpine ANSW✅✅A drug that is mitotic.
Oscillating saw ANSW✅✅An instrument used during a dacryocystorhinostomy.
,Lateral Rectus ANSW✅✅The muscle involved in resection for strabismus correction.
Full-thickness skin graft layers ANSW✅✅Epidermis and dermis.
Third degree burn ANSW✅✅The degree of burn that destroys all layers of the skin and includes
subcutaneous tissue.
Microtia ANSW✅✅Absence of auricle.
Syndactyly ANSW✅✅Webbed digits.
Rhytidectomy ANSW✅✅The medical term referring to a facelift.
First degree burn ANSW✅✅The degree of burn that is the common sunburn.
Eschar ANSW✅✅The medical term for charred and pearly-white appearance of tissue damaged
by a third degree burn.
Rule of Nines ANSW✅✅According to it, 18% is assigned to the front and back of the trunk of the
body.
Dupuytren's disease ANSW✅✅The pathology characterized by contraction of the palmar fascia.
Gynecomastia ANSW✅✅The medical term that refers to the abnormal enlargement of the male
breast.
Mesh graft ANSW✅✅A type of graft used in surgical procedures.
Mineral oil ANSW✅✅The sterile liquid placed in the donor site as a lubricant when a split-
thickness skin graft is taken.
, Rotational advancement cheiloplasty ANSW✅✅The procedure in which tissue from the cheek is
used to cover the defect during a repair of cheiloschisis.
Dorsal carpal ligament ANSW✅✅The structure cut to release the tendons during surgery for De
Quervain's disease.
Bone-to-bone attachment ANSW✅✅The next step after debridement of the stump and severed
digit during replantation surgery.
Transverse rectus abdominis ANSW✅✅A commonly used muscle during a pedicle flap
mammoplasty reconstruction.
Mentoplasty ANSW✅✅Plastic surgery of the chin.
Chisel ANSW✅✅The instrument used to remove the hump in the nose during a rhinoplasty.
Tumescent liposuction ANSW✅✅A procedure involving four agents mixed together for injecting:
Local anaesthetic, epinephrine, Wy-dase, saline.
Low transverse ANSW✅✅The initial incision for an abdominoplasty.
Surgical specialties & procedures ANSW✅✅Includes thoracic, peripheral vascular, and neuro
surgeries.
Pulmonary decortication ANSW✅✅A procedure performed in patients with empyema.
Bailey ANSW✅✅An instrument that is a rib contractor.
Lung biopsy ANSW✅✅The procedure most commonly performed for the excision of small
peripherally located lesions of the lung.
Sterile saline ANSW✅✅The preferred solution for bronchial washing specimens during a
bronchoscopy.
PROCEDURES OVERVIEW
QUESTIONS AND PROVEN ANSWERS
Intracapsular cataract extraction ANSW✅✅A type of cataract extraction in which the lens and its
capsule are removed.
Trephine ANSW✅✅An instrument not used during a vitrectomy; it is used in keratoplasty to
transplant corneal tissue.
Vitrectomy ANSW✅✅Not a procedure for treatment of glaucoma.
Tonometer ANSW✅✅An instrument used to measure intraocular pressure.
Cottingham punch ANSW✅✅An instrument used during a keratoplasty.
Radial Keratotomy ANSW✅✅The procedure performed to improve the vision of patients with
myopia.
Retinal detachment ANSW✅✅A condition that causes the sudden onset of the appearance of
floating spots before the eye.
Corneal Trephine ANSW✅✅An instrument used to make the corneal cut during a keratoplasty.
Phacoemulsification ANSW✅✅The method that uses ultrasonic energy to fragment the lens.
Argon ANSW✅✅The laser best used during a vitrectomy.
Pilocarpine ANSW✅✅A drug that is mitotic.
Oscillating saw ANSW✅✅An instrument used during a dacryocystorhinostomy.
,Lateral Rectus ANSW✅✅The muscle involved in resection for strabismus correction.
Full-thickness skin graft layers ANSW✅✅Epidermis and dermis.
Third degree burn ANSW✅✅The degree of burn that destroys all layers of the skin and includes
subcutaneous tissue.
Microtia ANSW✅✅Absence of auricle.
Syndactyly ANSW✅✅Webbed digits.
Rhytidectomy ANSW✅✅The medical term referring to a facelift.
First degree burn ANSW✅✅The degree of burn that is the common sunburn.
Eschar ANSW✅✅The medical term for charred and pearly-white appearance of tissue damaged
by a third degree burn.
Rule of Nines ANSW✅✅According to it, 18% is assigned to the front and back of the trunk of the
body.
Dupuytren's disease ANSW✅✅The pathology characterized by contraction of the palmar fascia.
Gynecomastia ANSW✅✅The medical term that refers to the abnormal enlargement of the male
breast.
Mesh graft ANSW✅✅A type of graft used in surgical procedures.
Mineral oil ANSW✅✅The sterile liquid placed in the donor site as a lubricant when a split-
thickness skin graft is taken.
, Rotational advancement cheiloplasty ANSW✅✅The procedure in which tissue from the cheek is
used to cover the defect during a repair of cheiloschisis.
Dorsal carpal ligament ANSW✅✅The structure cut to release the tendons during surgery for De
Quervain's disease.
Bone-to-bone attachment ANSW✅✅The next step after debridement of the stump and severed
digit during replantation surgery.
Transverse rectus abdominis ANSW✅✅A commonly used muscle during a pedicle flap
mammoplasty reconstruction.
Mentoplasty ANSW✅✅Plastic surgery of the chin.
Chisel ANSW✅✅The instrument used to remove the hump in the nose during a rhinoplasty.
Tumescent liposuction ANSW✅✅A procedure involving four agents mixed together for injecting:
Local anaesthetic, epinephrine, Wy-dase, saline.
Low transverse ANSW✅✅The initial incision for an abdominoplasty.
Surgical specialties & procedures ANSW✅✅Includes thoracic, peripheral vascular, and neuro
surgeries.
Pulmonary decortication ANSW✅✅A procedure performed in patients with empyema.
Bailey ANSW✅✅An instrument that is a rib contractor.
Lung biopsy ANSW✅✅The procedure most commonly performed for the excision of small
peripherally located lesions of the lung.
Sterile saline ANSW✅✅The preferred solution for bronchial washing specimens during a
bronchoscopy.
