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Surgical Technologist General Surgery Exam
Study Guide.
A hernia that occurs within Hesselbach's triangle and does not have a sac is called a/an______hernia. -
answer✔Direct
The defect in an inguinal hernia occurs in the ___ muscle: - answer✔Transversalis
Which of the following is a type of oblique incision? - answer✔Kocher
A hemolytic disease of the newborn is known is called: - answer✔Erthyroblastosis fetalis
All of the following are intestinal instruments EXCEPT: - answer✔Heaney forceps
The instrument used for common duct exploration during an open cholecystectomy is: - answer✔Bakes
dilator
The incision commonly used for an appendectomy is: - answer✔McBurney
Glisson's capsule is the: - answer✔External covering of the liver
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is performed to: - answer✔Visualize biliay and
pancreatic tracts
What can be accomplished when positioning the patient for a thyroidectomy to facilitate exposure of
the surgical site? - answer✔Rolled sheet placed under shoulders
A Sengstaken-Blakemore tube is used when treating: - answer✔Esophageal varices
Omental flaps, falciform ligament, or Gerota's fascial flaps may be used to: - answer✔Control liver
hemorrhage
If the surgeon's preference card listed a Bookwalter or Omnitract, what type of instrument would be
used? - answer✔Self-retaining retractor
The procedure performed for decompression of the cecum due to colonic obstruction is: -
answer✔Cecostomy