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American Board of Surgical Assistants TEST
REVIEW - Sutures and Wound Repair/
General Surgery. Exam Questions And
Answers Updated 2024/2025
Who discovered that the body absorbs sutures made from animal tissues? - answer✔Philip
Syng Physick
Which suture material is NOT absorbed but remains as a living tissue in the body? -
answer✔Fascia lata
Space caused by separation of wound edges which have not been closely approximated by
sutures is called - answer✔Dead Space
An interrupted suture, which is placed through tissue from one side of the wound to the other
and then back through tissue again is called - answer✔Matress
Suture material which, during healing process, becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue is called
- answer✔Non absorbable suture
In the presence of infection, the absorption rate of surgical gut is: - answer✔Increased
Which suture can be used in presence of infection? - answer✔Polypropylene
Suture in which short lateral stitches are taken beneath - answer✔Subcuticular
Healing process in which a wound is purposely left open and allowed to heal from bottom
upward is called - answer✔Secondary intention
Surgical gut is made from the - answer✔Submucosa layer of sheep's intestines
Which is most inert in tissue - answer✔Wire
Stay suture does not pass through
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-Subq
-Rectus muscle
-Mesentery
-Fascia - answer✔Mesentery
Spitting open or gaping of wound is called - answer✔Dehiscence
Which of the following is used to stop bleeding and oozing on surfaced of severed BONES -
answer✔Mixture of waxes (chiefly beeswax)
Protrusion of bowel through separated edges of abdominal wound closure is -
answer✔Evisceration
Silk is not recommended for use in gallbladder kidney or bladder because - answer✔It may
become nucleus for stone formation
Most braided or twisted non absorbable sutures should not be used in presence of active
infection because - answer✔The sutures become breeding place for infection
Halsted Technique consists mainly of - answer✔Interrupted silk sutures
Another name for a stick tie or transfixation suture is - answer✔Suture ligature
Bumpers or guards are used on tension sutures to - answer✔Prevent heavy suture from cutting
into skin
Tissue trauma will be kept to minimum by using - answer✔Sutured swaged to a needle
Amount of weight or pull necessary to break suture or ligature material is called -
answer✔Tensile strength
Which would have ea weakening effect on suture?
Soaking in saline
Testing tensile strength
Straightening it - answer✔ALL OF THE ABOVE
Which of following synthetic non absorb suture material is least reactive in tissue?
Polypropylene
Polyester fiber
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Nylon
teflon impregnanted polyester - answer✔Polypropylene
What type of suture would be used when closing the anus for perineal stage of an and perineal
resection - answer✔Purse string suture
Ampulla of water is dilated for - answer✔Common duct stones
Select procedure that require isolation of instruments from rest of operative field:
1. Open intest anastomosis
2. Common duct exploration
3. Exteriorization of coostomy
4. esophagomyotomy - answer✔1,2,3,
Open anastomosis
Common duct expo
ext of colostomy
A longitudinal ulcer in anal canal is ____ and _____ is a tubular tract that has its skin opening
beside anus - answer✔Fissure in ano
Fistula in ano
Protrusion of viscera through and incision following surgery is - answer✔Evisceration
All of the following require immediate surgery except:
Complete SBO
Cecal volvulus
Bile peritonitis
Massive rectal prolapse - answer✔Massive rectal prolapse
Cessation of peristalsis - answer✔Paralytic ileus
An abd incision made parallel and about four cm lateral to midline is a - answer✔Paramedium
rectus
Which concerning hernias is NOT true?
Incarcerated hernia the intestinal flow is obstructed
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American Board of Surgical Assistants TEST
REVIEW - Sutures and Wound Repair/
General Surgery. Exam Questions And
Answers Updated 2024/2025
Who discovered that the body absorbs sutures made from animal tissues? - answer✔Philip
Syng Physick
Which suture material is NOT absorbed but remains as a living tissue in the body? -
answer✔Fascia lata
Space caused by separation of wound edges which have not been closely approximated by
sutures is called - answer✔Dead Space
An interrupted suture, which is placed through tissue from one side of the wound to the other
and then back through tissue again is called - answer✔Matress
Suture material which, during healing process, becomes encapsulated by fibrous tissue is called
- answer✔Non absorbable suture
In the presence of infection, the absorption rate of surgical gut is: - answer✔Increased
Which suture can be used in presence of infection? - answer✔Polypropylene
Suture in which short lateral stitches are taken beneath - answer✔Subcuticular
Healing process in which a wound is purposely left open and allowed to heal from bottom
upward is called - answer✔Secondary intention
Surgical gut is made from the - answer✔Submucosa layer of sheep's intestines
Which is most inert in tissue - answer✔Wire
Stay suture does not pass through
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-Subq
-Rectus muscle
-Mesentery
-Fascia - answer✔Mesentery
Spitting open or gaping of wound is called - answer✔Dehiscence
Which of the following is used to stop bleeding and oozing on surfaced of severed BONES -
answer✔Mixture of waxes (chiefly beeswax)
Protrusion of bowel through separated edges of abdominal wound closure is -
answer✔Evisceration
Silk is not recommended for use in gallbladder kidney or bladder because - answer✔It may
become nucleus for stone formation
Most braided or twisted non absorbable sutures should not be used in presence of active
infection because - answer✔The sutures become breeding place for infection
Halsted Technique consists mainly of - answer✔Interrupted silk sutures
Another name for a stick tie or transfixation suture is - answer✔Suture ligature
Bumpers or guards are used on tension sutures to - answer✔Prevent heavy suture from cutting
into skin
Tissue trauma will be kept to minimum by using - answer✔Sutured swaged to a needle
Amount of weight or pull necessary to break suture or ligature material is called -
answer✔Tensile strength
Which would have ea weakening effect on suture?
Soaking in saline
Testing tensile strength
Straightening it - answer✔ALL OF THE ABOVE
Which of following synthetic non absorb suture material is least reactive in tissue?
Polypropylene
Polyester fiber
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Nylon
teflon impregnanted polyester - answer✔Polypropylene
What type of suture would be used when closing the anus for perineal stage of an and perineal
resection - answer✔Purse string suture
Ampulla of water is dilated for - answer✔Common duct stones
Select procedure that require isolation of instruments from rest of operative field:
1. Open intest anastomosis
2. Common duct exploration
3. Exteriorization of coostomy
4. esophagomyotomy - answer✔1,2,3,
Open anastomosis
Common duct expo
ext of colostomy
A longitudinal ulcer in anal canal is ____ and _____ is a tubular tract that has its skin opening
beside anus - answer✔Fissure in ano
Fistula in ano
Protrusion of viscera through and incision following surgery is - answer✔Evisceration
All of the following require immediate surgery except:
Complete SBO
Cecal volvulus
Bile peritonitis
Massive rectal prolapse - answer✔Massive rectal prolapse
Cessation of peristalsis - answer✔Paralytic ileus
An abd incision made parallel and about four cm lateral to midline is a - answer✔Paramedium
rectus
Which concerning hernias is NOT true?
Incarcerated hernia the intestinal flow is obstructed
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