Surgery Lecture Exam 4 Questions and Answers Latest
Update 2024 Test
The forceful rinsing of a wound is called: - Correct Answer lavage
Which material is an example of an occlusive dressing? - Correct Answer natural cellulose
If a patient's wound is left open for 2 days and protected with a dressing, then surgically
closed, what type of wound closure was performed? - Correct Answer delayed primary
closure
The primary layer of a bandage is also known as: - Correct Answer contact layer
Which type of physical therapy limits swelling by causing vasoconstriction? - Correct
Answer cryotherapy
How often should the client monitor the surgery incision after the patient is discharged? -
Correct Answer twice daily
Clinical signs of prolonged recovery from anesthesia include: - Correct Answer lethargy,
anorexia, and depression
Infection within the abdominal cavity after surgery is called: - Correct Answer peritonitis
At what age should an ovariohysterectomy be performed on a dog? - Correct Answer when
recommended by the veterinarian
A client called to ask about vaginal discharge from her bulldog that had a caesarean
section 3 days ago. What would be considered normal discharge for this patient? - Correct
Answer bloody and mucousy
, What is the typical appearance of colostrum when expressed from the mammary gland? -
Correct Answer yellow and sticky
When can a cat by transitioned back to clay or clumping litter post-onychectomy? - Correct
Answer 10-14 days
Commercially fed liquid diets should be fed via feeding tubes that are less than what
diameter? - Correct Answer 10 french
How long should hematuria be expected post-cystotomy? - Correct Answer up to 36 hours
Approximately how long should a patient be self-feeding before a feeding tube is
removed? - Correct Answer 2 weeks
List three reasons a patient would be rechecked post-perianal surgery? - Correct Answer -
diarrhea
-straining/vocalize while defecating
-remove suture
What is a simple way to help clients monitor for migration of a feeding tube? - Correct
Answer make a mark with a permanent marker; if that mark changes location than the tube
has migrated
What feeding recommendations should be made post dental extraction? - Correct Answer
feed a soft (canned or semi moist) diet for 1-2 weeks; towards the end of this time they can
be gradually transitioned back to hard food
List three postoperative complications of a lateral ear resection. - Correct Answer -
infection
-facial nerve paralysis
-vestibular issues (balance, nystagmus, etc.)
Update 2024 Test
The forceful rinsing of a wound is called: - Correct Answer lavage
Which material is an example of an occlusive dressing? - Correct Answer natural cellulose
If a patient's wound is left open for 2 days and protected with a dressing, then surgically
closed, what type of wound closure was performed? - Correct Answer delayed primary
closure
The primary layer of a bandage is also known as: - Correct Answer contact layer
Which type of physical therapy limits swelling by causing vasoconstriction? - Correct
Answer cryotherapy
How often should the client monitor the surgery incision after the patient is discharged? -
Correct Answer twice daily
Clinical signs of prolonged recovery from anesthesia include: - Correct Answer lethargy,
anorexia, and depression
Infection within the abdominal cavity after surgery is called: - Correct Answer peritonitis
At what age should an ovariohysterectomy be performed on a dog? - Correct Answer when
recommended by the veterinarian
A client called to ask about vaginal discharge from her bulldog that had a caesarean
section 3 days ago. What would be considered normal discharge for this patient? - Correct
Answer bloody and mucousy
, What is the typical appearance of colostrum when expressed from the mammary gland? -
Correct Answer yellow and sticky
When can a cat by transitioned back to clay or clumping litter post-onychectomy? - Correct
Answer 10-14 days
Commercially fed liquid diets should be fed via feeding tubes that are less than what
diameter? - Correct Answer 10 french
How long should hematuria be expected post-cystotomy? - Correct Answer up to 36 hours
Approximately how long should a patient be self-feeding before a feeding tube is
removed? - Correct Answer 2 weeks
List three reasons a patient would be rechecked post-perianal surgery? - Correct Answer -
diarrhea
-straining/vocalize while defecating
-remove suture
What is a simple way to help clients monitor for migration of a feeding tube? - Correct
Answer make a mark with a permanent marker; if that mark changes location than the tube
has migrated
What feeding recommendations should be made post dental extraction? - Correct Answer
feed a soft (canned or semi moist) diet for 1-2 weeks; towards the end of this time they can
be gradually transitioned back to hard food
List three postoperative complications of a lateral ear resection. - Correct Answer -
infection
-facial nerve paralysis
-vestibular issues (balance, nystagmus, etc.)
