NURS 5354 Final Exam
1. What is a single suture strand called?
Answer Monofilament; more resistant to harboring microorgan- isms.
2. What are several filaments twisted or braided together called?
Answer Multifilament; They are less stitt, have greater tensile strength but fluid may be absorbed along the
filament to introduce pathogens. Infection risk!
3. What are absorbable sutures?
Answer Two types
Natural-surgical gut; plain or surgical gut chromic (treated
with chromium salt)
Synthetic polymers-Vicryl (braided suture) or monocryl (monofilament)
4. What are non-absorbable sutures?
Two types
Answer Natural-Surgical silk Synthetic-Nylon (Ethilon) or Polyprolene (Prolene)
,5. How do you determine the diameter of a suture?
Answer The smaller the number, the larger the strand.
Ex
a 2-0 is larger than 5-0 suture.
6. What size suture would you use for the face?
Answer 5-0 or 6-0
7. What size suture would you use for the scalp?
Answer 4-0
8. What size suture would you use for the upper body?
Answer 4-0
9. What size suture would you use for the hand?
Answer 4-0 or 5-0
10. What size suture would you use for the lower body?
Answer 4-0
11. What size suture would you use over a joint?
, Answer 4-0
12. What suture pattern would be used for a laceration with irregular edges?
Answer -
Interrupted
13. What suture pattern is best for high tension wounds, palms/feet or over joint
areas?
Answer Horizontal mattress
14. What suture pattern is best for loose/thin skin?
Answer Vertical mattress
15. What suture pattern would be used on lacerations with low risk for infection
and low wound tension?
Answer Continuous
16. How far apart should two sutures be from one another?
Answer No closer than 2 mm in a fine plastic closure. The distance between sutures should equal half
the total distance across the incision.
1. What is a single suture strand called?
Answer Monofilament; more resistant to harboring microorgan- isms.
2. What are several filaments twisted or braided together called?
Answer Multifilament; They are less stitt, have greater tensile strength but fluid may be absorbed along the
filament to introduce pathogens. Infection risk!
3. What are absorbable sutures?
Answer Two types
Natural-surgical gut; plain or surgical gut chromic (treated
with chromium salt)
Synthetic polymers-Vicryl (braided suture) or monocryl (monofilament)
4. What are non-absorbable sutures?
Two types
Answer Natural-Surgical silk Synthetic-Nylon (Ethilon) or Polyprolene (Prolene)
,5. How do you determine the diameter of a suture?
Answer The smaller the number, the larger the strand.
Ex
a 2-0 is larger than 5-0 suture.
6. What size suture would you use for the face?
Answer 5-0 or 6-0
7. What size suture would you use for the scalp?
Answer 4-0
8. What size suture would you use for the upper body?
Answer 4-0
9. What size suture would you use for the hand?
Answer 4-0 or 5-0
10. What size suture would you use for the lower body?
Answer 4-0
11. What size suture would you use over a joint?
, Answer 4-0
12. What suture pattern would be used for a laceration with irregular edges?
Answer -
Interrupted
13. What suture pattern is best for high tension wounds, palms/feet or over joint
areas?
Answer Horizontal mattress
14. What suture pattern is best for loose/thin skin?
Answer Vertical mattress
15. What suture pattern would be used on lacerations with low risk for infection
and low wound tension?
Answer Continuous
16. How far apart should two sutures be from one another?
Answer No closer than 2 mm in a fine plastic closure. The distance between sutures should equal half
the total distance across the incision.
