SURGICAL SPECIALTY Exam 2023 with complete
solution
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
Pneumoperitoneum
What structure or material is often used as a graft during a tympanoplasty
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
Cystocele
What anatomical landmark does a surgeon use when making a midline incision for an
exploratory laparotomy
Linea alba
What medication is used during a peripheral vascular surgical procedure to prevent
spasms of the vessel
Papaverine hydrochloride
The surgical cutting of the trigeminal nerve to relieve pain and muscle spasm's in the
face is called a
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
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
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
Myringotomy
What tissue is removed during a circumcision
Prepuce
What surgical procedure might be performed on a 40-year-old obese man to treat sleep
apnea
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
Oakland the vessel with angle vascular plants such as a bulldog vascular clamp
, What type of self retaining retractor is used during an open abdominal aortic aneurysm
him repair to provide deep exposure to the vascular graft is being sutured into place
Bookwalter retractor
If a patient has been diagnosed with a deep thing thrombosis what procedure is
performed if he or she could not tolerate anticoagulant therapy
Insertion of a vena cava filter
A suction catheter that is used during a cyst Syrian section when meconium stained
fluid is noted as the uterus is opened is a
Delee
Another name for an abdominoplasty is
Panniculectomy
Which surgical procedure is performed using phacoemulsification through a small
incision to remove a clouded crystalline lens
Extracapsular cataract extraction
What type of scissors are used for in arteriotomy
Potts-smith
During a cesarean section the surgical technologist misses the surgeon by
Providing exposure using the bladder retractor
The plastic articular surface insert every total knee tibial implant is made of what
material
Polyethylene
Which of the following fractures require the use of an orthopedic fracture table
An interochanteric hip fracture
What tendon is used to reconstitute a torn anterior cruciate ligament of the knee
Patellar tendon
What surgery is performed to correct a Gallic valgus deformity
Bunionectomy
During a choledochoduodenostomy The surgical technologist must be prepared to
assist with the Ennis to most us of what to anatomical structures
Common bile duct in the duodenum
What instrument does
the surgical technologist pass to the surgeon to assist with removal of the frayed edges
of a torn medial meniscus during an arthroscopy of the knee
Motorized shaver
To improve or increase the airflow through the nose the surgeon would perform a
Turbinate reduction
During the late second early third trimester of pregnancy which of these procedures is
performed to prevent spontaneous abortion
Shirodkars
A tonsillectomy is completed on a pediatric patient the patient is awake and ready for
extinction which position should the patient be placed in for extubation
Lateral
In what surgical procedure whould a nasoantral window be created in the maxillary
bone above the canine teeth to improve drainage of a block or infected maxillary sinus
Caldwell-Luc
solution
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
Pneumoperitoneum
What structure or material is often used as a graft during a tympanoplasty
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
Cystocele
What anatomical landmark does a surgeon use when making a midline incision for an
exploratory laparotomy
Linea alba
What medication is used during a peripheral vascular surgical procedure to prevent
spasms of the vessel
Papaverine hydrochloride
The surgical cutting of the trigeminal nerve to relieve pain and muscle spasm's in the
face is called a
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
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
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
Myringotomy
What tissue is removed during a circumcision
Prepuce
What surgical procedure might be performed on a 40-year-old obese man to treat sleep
apnea
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
Oakland the vessel with angle vascular plants such as a bulldog vascular clamp
, What type of self retaining retractor is used during an open abdominal aortic aneurysm
him repair to provide deep exposure to the vascular graft is being sutured into place
Bookwalter retractor
If a patient has been diagnosed with a deep thing thrombosis what procedure is
performed if he or she could not tolerate anticoagulant therapy
Insertion of a vena cava filter
A suction catheter that is used during a cyst Syrian section when meconium stained
fluid is noted as the uterus is opened is a
Delee
Another name for an abdominoplasty is
Panniculectomy
Which surgical procedure is performed using phacoemulsification through a small
incision to remove a clouded crystalline lens
Extracapsular cataract extraction
What type of scissors are used for in arteriotomy
Potts-smith
During a cesarean section the surgical technologist misses the surgeon by
Providing exposure using the bladder retractor
The plastic articular surface insert every total knee tibial implant is made of what
material
Polyethylene
Which of the following fractures require the use of an orthopedic fracture table
An interochanteric hip fracture
What tendon is used to reconstitute a torn anterior cruciate ligament of the knee
Patellar tendon
What surgery is performed to correct a Gallic valgus deformity
Bunionectomy
During a choledochoduodenostomy The surgical technologist must be prepared to
assist with the Ennis to most us of what to anatomical structures
Common bile duct in the duodenum
What instrument does
the surgical technologist pass to the surgeon to assist with removal of the frayed edges
of a torn medial meniscus during an arthroscopy of the knee
Motorized shaver
To improve or increase the airflow through the nose the surgeon would perform a
Turbinate reduction
During the late second early third trimester of pregnancy which of these procedures is
performed to prevent spontaneous abortion
Shirodkars
A tonsillectomy is completed on a pediatric patient the patient is awake and ready for
extinction which position should the patient be placed in for extubation
Lateral
In what surgical procedure whould a nasoantral window be created in the maxillary
bone above the canine teeth to improve drainage of a block or infected maxillary sinus
Caldwell-Luc
