SURGICAL SPECIALTY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

During a laparoscopic procedure CO2 is instilled into the abdominal cavity to provide visulization of the operative site and to prevent injury of the internal viscera the installation of the abdomen with CO2 is called - Answer-Pneumoperitoneum What structure or material is often used as a graft during a tympanoplasty - Answer-Temporalis fascia A defect in the pubocervical fashion that is typically torn by childbirth obesity or aging that allows the bladder to prolapse or herniate into the vagina is called a - Answer-Cystocele What anatomical landmark does a surgeon use when making a midline incision for an exploratory laparotomy - Answer-Linea alba What medication is used during a peripheral vascular surgical procedure to prevent spasms of the vessel - Answer-Papaverine hydrochloride The surgical cutting of the trigeminal nerve to relieve pain and muscle spasm's in the face is called a - Answer-Rhizotomy A 25-year-old female patient has been seen in the emergency department complaining of severe pain in the left lower quadrant her hemoglobin is six GM/DL with a him adequate of 26% which indicates that she may be hemorrhaging internally an emergency surgery is performed to move it hypovolemic shock which of the following would be the most likely diagnosis for this patient - Answer-Ruptured ectopic pregnancy A 28-year-old male patient is complaining of pain malocclusion of the jaw and diplopia after being involved in an automobile accident he is diagnosed with a mid facial fracture that extends transversely from the zygomatic arch is through the orbits into the ether my bones which of the following fractures best describes the patient's injury - Answer-LeFort 111 fracture A 21 month old patient is scheduled for a surgical procedure to treat chronic otitis media this procedure involves an incision into the 10 panic membrane to remove a cumulative fluid from the middle ear the name of the surgical procedure is a - Answer-Myringotomy What tissue is removed during a circumcision - Answer-Prepuce What surgical procedure might be performed on a 40-year-old obese man to treat sleep apnea - Answer-Uvulpalatopharyngoplasty After the common internal and external carotid artery's have dissected free and or isolated with a vessel loop during a carotid endarterectomy the next step would be to - Answ