SURGICAL FIRST ASSIST 2026 EXAMINERS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which nerve innervates the latissimus dorsi muscle? - ✔✔thoracodorsal
✔✔What is the desired outcome for the Bankart procedure? - ✔✔preventing recurrence
of dislocation, reducing arthritic changes, and restoring joint motion
✔✔The third ventricle empties into the fourth ventricle through which small duct, which
is the only exit for the third and lateral ventricles? - ✔✔aqueduct of Sylvius
✔✔What degree of endoscope is MOST commonly used during a laparoscopic
cholecystectomy? - ✔✔30
✔✔When assisting on a pancreaticoduodenectomy, the surgical first assistant should
be prepared for reconstruction of which of the following structures?
1. duct of Wirsung
2. duct of Santorini
3. common bile duct
4. common hepatic duct - ✔✔1, 2, and 3 only
, ✔✔What is a common complication when transporting a post-anesthesia patient? -
✔✔decreased cardiac output
✔✔Postoperatively, what is closely monitored immediately after a loop colostomy is
performed? - ✔✔ischemia
✔✔What are the most common lasers used in gynecological surgery? - ✔✔CO2 and
Nd: YAG
✔✔The MOST common structure involved in a sliding left indirect hernia is the -
✔✔sigmoid
✔✔During a routine shoulder arthroscopy on a patient wiht instability, a surgeon notices
that the patient has a type II SLAP lesion. What is the appropriate treatment for this
finding? - ✔✔repair the glenoid labrum
✔✔What arteries may be detached and reanastomosed to the graft during a AAA
resection? - ✔✔renal
✔✔A suture ligature is also referred to as - ✔✔a stick tie
✔✔What is a good way to prevent hypothermia in the OR - ✔✔forced air warming
blanket
✔✔What is the MOST likely cause for varicose veins? - ✔✔incompetent valves
✔✔A 60 year old obese patient with a history of diabetes and renal insufficiency has
undergone drainage of an abdominal abscess through a midline incision, what type of
stitch should be considered for wound closure? - ✔✔interrupted retention suture
✔✔Which of the following statements is true concerning hypophysectomy?
1. Replacement of the adrenal steroid therapy is usually required.
2. Diabetes may result
3. Growth will be increased.
4. Cessation of menses and infertility may result. - ✔✔1, 2, and 4 only
✔✔What is an effective way to estimate proper femoral nail diameter and length of an
acute, severely comminuted femur fracture? - ✔✔preoperative radiographs of the
unaffected leg.
✔✔During ulnar nerve transposition, the nerve is relocated to the - ✔✔anterior aspect of
the medial epicondyle
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which nerve innervates the latissimus dorsi muscle? - ✔✔thoracodorsal
✔✔What is the desired outcome for the Bankart procedure? - ✔✔preventing recurrence
of dislocation, reducing arthritic changes, and restoring joint motion
✔✔The third ventricle empties into the fourth ventricle through which small duct, which
is the only exit for the third and lateral ventricles? - ✔✔aqueduct of Sylvius
✔✔What degree of endoscope is MOST commonly used during a laparoscopic
cholecystectomy? - ✔✔30
✔✔When assisting on a pancreaticoduodenectomy, the surgical first assistant should
be prepared for reconstruction of which of the following structures?
1. duct of Wirsung
2. duct of Santorini
3. common bile duct
4. common hepatic duct - ✔✔1, 2, and 3 only
, ✔✔What is a common complication when transporting a post-anesthesia patient? -
✔✔decreased cardiac output
✔✔Postoperatively, what is closely monitored immediately after a loop colostomy is
performed? - ✔✔ischemia
✔✔What are the most common lasers used in gynecological surgery? - ✔✔CO2 and
Nd: YAG
✔✔The MOST common structure involved in a sliding left indirect hernia is the -
✔✔sigmoid
✔✔During a routine shoulder arthroscopy on a patient wiht instability, a surgeon notices
that the patient has a type II SLAP lesion. What is the appropriate treatment for this
finding? - ✔✔repair the glenoid labrum
✔✔What arteries may be detached and reanastomosed to the graft during a AAA
resection? - ✔✔renal
✔✔A suture ligature is also referred to as - ✔✔a stick tie
✔✔What is a good way to prevent hypothermia in the OR - ✔✔forced air warming
blanket
✔✔What is the MOST likely cause for varicose veins? - ✔✔incompetent valves
✔✔A 60 year old obese patient with a history of diabetes and renal insufficiency has
undergone drainage of an abdominal abscess through a midline incision, what type of
stitch should be considered for wound closure? - ✔✔interrupted retention suture
✔✔Which of the following statements is true concerning hypophysectomy?
1. Replacement of the adrenal steroid therapy is usually required.
2. Diabetes may result
3. Growth will be increased.
4. Cessation of menses and infertility may result. - ✔✔1, 2, and 4 only
✔✔What is an effective way to estimate proper femoral nail diameter and length of an
acute, severely comminuted femur fracture? - ✔✔preoperative radiographs of the
unaffected leg.
✔✔During ulnar nerve transposition, the nerve is relocated to the - ✔✔anterior aspect of
the medial epicondyle
