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Surgical Specialties and Procedures Review questions with verified
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detailed answers ||
The procedure for a lower rectal malignancy that requires an abdominal and rectal incision
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
is:
|| Sigmoid resection || ||
|| Whipple's ||
|| Wertheim ||
|| Abdominoperineal resection - ✔✔Abdominoperineal resection || || || ||
During a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, the size of the laterally placed trocars is:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| 10 mm || ||
|| 14 mm || ||
|| 12 mm || ||
|| 5 mm - ✔✔5 mm
|| || || ||
The procedure performed for decompression of the cecum due to colonic obstruction is:
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| Ileostomy ||
|| Gastrostomy ||
|| Cecostomy ||
|| Colostomy - ✔✔Cecostomy || ||
A thoracoabdominal incision is used when performing a/an:
|| || || || || || ||
|| Partial gastrectomy || ||
|| Pancreatic procedure || ||
|| Open hiatal hernia repair
|| || || ||
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|| Cholecystectomy - ✔✔Open hiatal hernia repair || || || || ||
A type of deep retractor commonly used during an open cholecystectomy is a/an:
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| Green ||
|| Gelpi ||
|| Harrington ||
|| US Army - ✔✔Harrington
|| || ||
During a mastectomy, which irrigating solution is used on the muscle layer due to its
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
hypotonic properties? ||
|| Saline ||
|| Ringer's lactate || ||
|| Glycine ||
|| Sterile water - ✔✔Sterile water|| || || ||
The instrument commonly used to provide traction on the gallbladder during an open
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
cholecystectomy is: ||
|| Pean forceps || ||
|| Kocher clamp || ||
|| Deaver retractor || ||
|| Mixter forceps - ✔✔Pean forceps || || || ||
The instrument used for common duct exploration during an open cholecystectomy is:
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
|| Bakes dilator || ||
|| Ochsner trocar || ||
|| Fogarty catheter || ||
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|| Schnidt forceps - ✔✔Bakes dilator
|| || || ||
Another name for a partial gastrectomy is:
|| || || || || ||
|| Whipple ||
|| Meckel ||
|| Billroth I || ||
|| Wertheim - ✔✔Billroth I || || ||
during a thyroidectomy, the nerve that must be preserved is the:
|| || || || || || || || || ||
|| Vagus ||
|| Hypoglossal ||
|| Glossopharyngeal ||
|| Recurrent laryngeal - ✔✔Recurrent laryngeal || || || ||
The laparoscope with attached video camera is inserted through the _____ port during a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ||
|| Xiphoid ||
|| Mediolateral ||
|| Lateral ||
|| Umbilical - ✔✔Umbilical || ||
A Silverman biopsy needle is used for a/an _____ biopsy.
|| || || || || || || || ||
|| Lung ||
|| Cervical ||
|| Kidney ||
|| Liver - ✔✔Liver
|| ||
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The procedure performed to correct pyloric stenosis in the newborn is:
|| || || || || || || || || ||
|| Nissen ||
|| Heller ||
|| Kasai ||
|| Fredet-Ramstedt - ✔✔Fredet-Ramstedt || ||
During a laparoscopic appendectomy, what instrument is commonly used to dissect free the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
appendix from its attachment to the mesoappendix? || || || || || ||
|| Enoscissors ||
|| Endo-dissecting forceps || ||
|| Endoscopic linear stapler || || ||
|| Endo-Ligaclip applier - ✔✔Endoscopic linear stapler || || || || ||
At the completion of the anastomosis of an intestine, the instruments used on the bowel are
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
placed:
||
|| On back table
|| || ||
|| In separate basin
|| || ||
|| Off the sterile field
|| || || ||
|| On Mayo tray - ✔✔In separate basin
|| || || || || ||
What type of hernia is a combination of direct and indirect inguinal hernia?
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| Sliding ||
|| Hyposastric ||
|| Ventral ||
|| Pantaloon - ✔✔Pantaloon || ||
Surgical Specialties and Procedures Review questions with verified
|| || || || || || || ||
detailed answers ||
The procedure for a lower rectal malignancy that requires an abdominal and rectal incision
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
is:
|| Sigmoid resection || ||
|| Whipple's ||
|| Wertheim ||
|| Abdominoperineal resection - ✔✔Abdominoperineal resection || || || ||
During a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, the size of the laterally placed trocars is:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| 10 mm || ||
|| 14 mm || ||
|| 12 mm || ||
|| 5 mm - ✔✔5 mm
|| || || ||
The procedure performed for decompression of the cecum due to colonic obstruction is:
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| Ileostomy ||
|| Gastrostomy ||
|| Cecostomy ||
|| Colostomy - ✔✔Cecostomy || ||
A thoracoabdominal incision is used when performing a/an:
|| || || || || || ||
|| Partial gastrectomy || ||
|| Pancreatic procedure || ||
|| Open hiatal hernia repair
|| || || ||
,2
|| Cholecystectomy - ✔✔Open hiatal hernia repair || || || || ||
A type of deep retractor commonly used during an open cholecystectomy is a/an:
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| Green ||
|| Gelpi ||
|| Harrington ||
|| US Army - ✔✔Harrington
|| || ||
During a mastectomy, which irrigating solution is used on the muscle layer due to its
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
hypotonic properties? ||
|| Saline ||
|| Ringer's lactate || ||
|| Glycine ||
|| Sterile water - ✔✔Sterile water|| || || ||
The instrument commonly used to provide traction on the gallbladder during an open
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
cholecystectomy is: ||
|| Pean forceps || ||
|| Kocher clamp || ||
|| Deaver retractor || ||
|| Mixter forceps - ✔✔Pean forceps || || || ||
The instrument used for common duct exploration during an open cholecystectomy is:
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
|| Bakes dilator || ||
|| Ochsner trocar || ||
|| Fogarty catheter || ||
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|| Schnidt forceps - ✔✔Bakes dilator
|| || || ||
Another name for a partial gastrectomy is:
|| || || || || ||
|| Whipple ||
|| Meckel ||
|| Billroth I || ||
|| Wertheim - ✔✔Billroth I || || ||
during a thyroidectomy, the nerve that must be preserved is the:
|| || || || || || || || || ||
|| Vagus ||
|| Hypoglossal ||
|| Glossopharyngeal ||
|| Recurrent laryngeal - ✔✔Recurrent laryngeal || || || ||
The laparoscope with attached video camera is inserted through the _____ port during a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ||
|| Xiphoid ||
|| Mediolateral ||
|| Lateral ||
|| Umbilical - ✔✔Umbilical || ||
A Silverman biopsy needle is used for a/an _____ biopsy.
|| || || || || || || || ||
|| Lung ||
|| Cervical ||
|| Kidney ||
|| Liver - ✔✔Liver
|| ||
, 2
The procedure performed to correct pyloric stenosis in the newborn is:
|| || || || || || || || || ||
|| Nissen ||
|| Heller ||
|| Kasai ||
|| Fredet-Ramstedt - ✔✔Fredet-Ramstedt || ||
During a laparoscopic appendectomy, what instrument is commonly used to dissect free the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
appendix from its attachment to the mesoappendix? || || || || || ||
|| Enoscissors ||
|| Endo-dissecting forceps || ||
|| Endoscopic linear stapler || || ||
|| Endo-Ligaclip applier - ✔✔Endoscopic linear stapler || || || || ||
At the completion of the anastomosis of an intestine, the instruments used on the bowel are
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
placed:
||
|| On back table
|| || ||
|| In separate basin
|| || ||
|| Off the sterile field
|| || || ||
|| On Mayo tray - ✔✔In separate basin
|| || || || || ||
What type of hernia is a combination of direct and indirect inguinal hernia?
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
|| Sliding ||
|| Hyposastric ||
|| Ventral ||
|| Pantaloon - ✔✔Pantaloon || ||
