Surgical Specialties and Procedures CST Review Exam Questions with Correct Answers

Surgical Specialties and Procedures CST Review Exam Questions
with Correct Answers


Question 1.
The instrument commonly used to provide traction on the gallbladder during an open
cholecystectomy is:

Correct Answer: Pean forceps

Question 2.
A forceps commonly used to remove gallstones from the common bile duct during an
open cholecystectmy is:

Correct Answer: Randall

Question 3.
The organ that often sustains an incidental injury dur-ing a transverse colectomy is the:

Correct Answer: Spleen

Question 4.
During an appendectomy, the structure that must be dissected free from its attachment to
the cecum is called the _____.

Correct Answer: Mesoappendix

Question 5.
If the surgeon's preference card listed a Bookwalter or Omnitract, what type of instrument
would be used?

Correct Answer: Self-retaining retractor

Question 6.
The procedure performed to correct pyloric stenosis in the newborn is:

Correct Answer: Fredet-Ramstedt

Question 7.
Which of the following is a type of oblique incision?

Correct Answer: Kocher

Question 8.
The defect in an inguinal hernia occurs in the _____ muscle.

Correct Answer: Transversalis

Question 9.

,During a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, the size of the laterally placed trocars is:

Correct Answer: 5 mm

Question 10.
The incision used for splenectomy is:

Correct Answer: Subcostal

Question 11.
What type of hernia is a combination of direct and indirect inguinal hernia?

Correct Answer: Pantaloon

Question 12.
The instrument used for common duct exploration during an open cholecystectomy is:

Correct Answer: Bakes dilator

Question 13.
Pancreaticojejunostomy is performed for:

Correct Answer: Pancreatic pseudocysts

Question 14.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is performed to:

Correct Answer: Visualize biliary and pan-creatic tracts

Question 15.
During a thyroidectomy, the nerve that must be pre-served is the:

Correct Answer: Recurrent laryngeal

Question 16.
The incision for a resection of the sigmoid colon is a/an:

Correct Answer: Midline transverse

Question 17.
A hernia that occurs within Hesselbach's triangle and does not have a sac is called a/an
_____.

Correct Answer: Direct

Question 18.
A Silverman biopsy needle is used for a/an _____ biop-sy.

Correct Answer: Liver

, Question 19.
Another name for Whipple's procedure is:

Correct Answer: Pancreaticoduodenecto-my

Question 20.
A left subcostal incision indicates surgery of the:

Correct Answer: Spleen

Question 21.
Glisson's capsule is the:

Correct Answer: External covering of the liver

Question 22.
During a mastectomy, which irrigating solution is used on the muscle layer due to its
hypotonic prop-erties?

Correct Answer: Sterile water

Question 23.
A cholelithotripsy is performed to fragment:

Correct Answer: Gallstones

Question 24.
At the completion of the anastomosis of an intestine, the instruments used on the bowel
are placed:

Correct Answer: In separate basin

Question 25.
The type of ostomy established when a total colecto-my is performed is:

Correct Answer: Ileostomy

Question 26.
What can be accomplished when positioning the pa-tient for a thyroidectomy to facilitate
exposure of the surgical site?

Correct Answer: Rolled sheet placed under shoulders

Question 27.
Another name for a partial gastrectomy is:

Correct Answer: Billroth I