PLASTIC SURGERY EXAM REVIEW 2025|ORIGINAL QS&AS|100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS |GRADED A+
What is the main reason for using mineral oil during a procurement of a skin graft
using a dermatome? - (ANSWERS)Minimize Friction
When the surgeon is removing a superficial lesion from a patient what retractor
would be used to retract the skin edges? - (ANSWERS)Double or single-prong skin
hooks
If a burn patient is brought to the OR with an arm greatly charred and distended with
cyanotic fingers. What procedure would you anticipate to be performed? -
(ANSWERS)Escharotomy
What is the most often used suture used in plastic surgery used to achieve a cosmetic
closure? - (ANSWERS)Nylon
What is the name of the congenital duplication of the digits? -
(ANSWERS)Polydactyly
When performing an open brow lift what instrument would the surgeon use to
elevate the periosteum off of the cranium to the level of the superior orbital rims? -
(ANSWERS)Periosteal elevator
What is the name of the instrument used to cut thin slices of skin for grafting? -
(ANSWERS)Dermatome
A rhytidectomy is performed to rejuvenate ________ of the aging face? -
(ANSWERS)The lower third
What are the four agents used during a tumescent liposuction? - (ANSWERS)Local
anesthetic, epinephrine, Wydase, saline
, PLASTIC SURGERY EXAM REVIEW 2025|ORIGINAL QS&AS|100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS |GRADED A+
Reimplantation of a digit begins with what step? - (ANSWERS)Bone to bone
A patient experiencing painful snapping or locking of the finger or thumb is called?
- (ANSWERS)Trigger finger
When a surgeon is performing a breast augmentation with an implant, the surgeon
creates a pocket under the _________ muscle to receive the implant? -
(ANSWERS)Pectoralis Major
What is the name of the common method of determining the percentage of body
surface burned? - (ANSWERS)Rules of Nine
What is the name of the painful condition caused by inflammation of tendon in the
first dorsal compartment of the wrist? - (ANSWERS)De Quervain's disease
What is the name of the condition in which the digits of the hands or feet fail to
separate? - (ANSWERS)Syndactyly
What is the name of the joint formed between the metacarpals and the phalanges? -
(ANSWERS)Metacarpophalangeal
What types of flaps are raised from the tissues that are in the immediate area of the
defect? - (ANSWERS)Advancement
Centralization is one of the techniques used to correct what congenital deformity? -
(ANSWERS)Radial clubhand
When describing a third-degree burn the eschar is referred to as what? -
(ANSWERS)Charred and pearly-white appearance of tissue
VERIFIED ANSWERS |GRADED A+
What is the main reason for using mineral oil during a procurement of a skin graft
using a dermatome? - (ANSWERS)Minimize Friction
When the surgeon is removing a superficial lesion from a patient what retractor
would be used to retract the skin edges? - (ANSWERS)Double or single-prong skin
hooks
If a burn patient is brought to the OR with an arm greatly charred and distended with
cyanotic fingers. What procedure would you anticipate to be performed? -
(ANSWERS)Escharotomy
What is the most often used suture used in plastic surgery used to achieve a cosmetic
closure? - (ANSWERS)Nylon
What is the name of the congenital duplication of the digits? -
(ANSWERS)Polydactyly
When performing an open brow lift what instrument would the surgeon use to
elevate the periosteum off of the cranium to the level of the superior orbital rims? -
(ANSWERS)Periosteal elevator
What is the name of the instrument used to cut thin slices of skin for grafting? -
(ANSWERS)Dermatome
A rhytidectomy is performed to rejuvenate ________ of the aging face? -
(ANSWERS)The lower third
What are the four agents used during a tumescent liposuction? - (ANSWERS)Local
anesthetic, epinephrine, Wydase, saline
, PLASTIC SURGERY EXAM REVIEW 2025|ORIGINAL QS&AS|100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS |GRADED A+
Reimplantation of a digit begins with what step? - (ANSWERS)Bone to bone
A patient experiencing painful snapping or locking of the finger or thumb is called?
- (ANSWERS)Trigger finger
When a surgeon is performing a breast augmentation with an implant, the surgeon
creates a pocket under the _________ muscle to receive the implant? -
(ANSWERS)Pectoralis Major
What is the name of the common method of determining the percentage of body
surface burned? - (ANSWERS)Rules of Nine
What is the name of the painful condition caused by inflammation of tendon in the
first dorsal compartment of the wrist? - (ANSWERS)De Quervain's disease
What is the name of the condition in which the digits of the hands or feet fail to
separate? - (ANSWERS)Syndactyly
What is the name of the joint formed between the metacarpals and the phalanges? -
(ANSWERS)Metacarpophalangeal
What types of flaps are raised from the tissues that are in the immediate area of the
defect? - (ANSWERS)Advancement
Centralization is one of the techniques used to correct what congenital deformity? -
(ANSWERS)Radial clubhand
When describing a third-degree burn the eschar is referred to as what? -
(ANSWERS)Charred and pearly-white appearance of tissue
