Plastic Surgery Exam Review 2023 with complete
solution
What is the main reason for using mineral oil during a procurement of a skin graft
using a dermatome?
Minimize Friction
When the surgeon is removing a superficial lesion from a patient what retractor
would be used to retract the skin edges?
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?
Escharotomy
What is the most often used suture used in plastic surgery used to achieve a
cosmetic closure?
Nylon
What is the name of the congenital duplication of the digits?
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?
Periosteal elevator
What is the name of the instrument used to cut thin slices of skin for grafting?
Dermatome
A rhytidectomy is performed to rejuvenate ________ of the aging face?
The lower third
What are the four agents used during a tumescent liposuction?
Local anesthetic, epinephrine, Wydase, saline
Reimplantation of a digit begins with what step?
Bone to bone
A patient experiencing painful snapping or locking of the finger or thumb is
called?
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?
Pectoralis Major
What is the name of the common method of determining the percentage of body
surface burned?
Rules of Nine
What is the name of the painful condition caused by inflammation of tendon in
the first dorsal compartment of the wrist?
De Quervain's disease
What is the name of the condition in which the digits of the hands or feet fail to
separate?
Syndactyly
What is the name of the joint formed between the metacarpals and the
phalanges?
, Metacarpophalangeal
What types of flaps are raised from the tissues that are in the immediate area of
the defect?
Advancement
Centralization is one of the techniques used to correct what congenital
deformity?
Radial clubhand
When describing a third-degree burn the eschar is referred to as what?
Charred and pearly-white appearance of tissue
What are the names of all of the carpal bones and their location?
Proximal row from lateral to medial consists of:
- scaphoid
- lunate
- triquetral
- pisiform
Distal row from later to medial consists of:
- trapezium
- trapezoid
- capitate
- hamate
What is the name of the condition which causes contractions of the palmar
fascia?
Dupuytren's disease
What procedure involves an initial skin incision within the hairline beginning in
the temporal region superior to the ear?
Rhytidectomy
The most superficial layer of the epidermis is called the stratum _________?
Corneum
What are the bones that make up the hard palate?
Palatine and maxillary
The layer of the epidermis that undergoes mitosis is the stratum _________?
Basale
How many phalanges are found in each hand?
14 phalanges
What are the reasons plastic and reconstructive surgery are performed?
Restore form and function that has been lost
What is the name of the synovial fluid filled cyst that can arise from a tendon
sheath or wrist joint?
Ganglion Cyst
What degree of burn would you have if you have a sunburn?
First Degree
A burn that destroys the epidermis, dermis, and the accessory organs of the skin
would be referred to as what degree of burn?
Full-thickness burn
solution
What is the main reason for using mineral oil during a procurement of a skin graft
using a dermatome?
Minimize Friction
When the surgeon is removing a superficial lesion from a patient what retractor
would be used to retract the skin edges?
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?
Escharotomy
What is the most often used suture used in plastic surgery used to achieve a
cosmetic closure?
Nylon
What is the name of the congenital duplication of the digits?
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?
Periosteal elevator
What is the name of the instrument used to cut thin slices of skin for grafting?
Dermatome
A rhytidectomy is performed to rejuvenate ________ of the aging face?
The lower third
What are the four agents used during a tumescent liposuction?
Local anesthetic, epinephrine, Wydase, saline
Reimplantation of a digit begins with what step?
Bone to bone
A patient experiencing painful snapping or locking of the finger or thumb is
called?
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?
Pectoralis Major
What is the name of the common method of determining the percentage of body
surface burned?
Rules of Nine
What is the name of the painful condition caused by inflammation of tendon in
the first dorsal compartment of the wrist?
De Quervain's disease
What is the name of the condition in which the digits of the hands or feet fail to
separate?
Syndactyly
What is the name of the joint formed between the metacarpals and the
phalanges?
, Metacarpophalangeal
What types of flaps are raised from the tissues that are in the immediate area of
the defect?
Advancement
Centralization is one of the techniques used to correct what congenital
deformity?
Radial clubhand
When describing a third-degree burn the eschar is referred to as what?
Charred and pearly-white appearance of tissue
What are the names of all of the carpal bones and their location?
Proximal row from lateral to medial consists of:
- scaphoid
- lunate
- triquetral
- pisiform
Distal row from later to medial consists of:
- trapezium
- trapezoid
- capitate
- hamate
What is the name of the condition which causes contractions of the palmar
fascia?
Dupuytren's disease
What procedure involves an initial skin incision within the hairline beginning in
the temporal region superior to the ear?
Rhytidectomy
The most superficial layer of the epidermis is called the stratum _________?
Corneum
What are the bones that make up the hard palate?
Palatine and maxillary
The layer of the epidermis that undergoes mitosis is the stratum _________?
Basale
How many phalanges are found in each hand?
14 phalanges
What are the reasons plastic and reconstructive surgery are performed?
Restore form and function that has been lost
What is the name of the synovial fluid filled cyst that can arise from a tendon
sheath or wrist joint?
Ganglion Cyst
What degree of burn would you have if you have a sunburn?
First Degree
A burn that destroys the epidermis, dermis, and the accessory organs of the skin
would be referred to as what degree of burn?
Full-thickness burn
