AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGICAL ASSISTANTS TEST REVIEW -
SUTURES AND WOUND REPAIR/ GENERAL
SURGERYCOMPLETED WITH A+ GRADED ANSWERS
Who discovered that the body absorbs sutures made from animal tissues?
Philip Syng Physick
Which suture material is NOT absorbed but remains as a living tissue in the
body?
Fascia lata
Space caused by separation of wound edges which have not been closely
approximated by sutures is called
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
Matress
Suture material which, during healing process, becomes encapsulated by fibrous
tissue is called
Non absorbable suture
In the presence of infection, the absorption rate of surgical gut is:
Increased
Which suture can be used in presence of infection?
Polypropylene
Suture in which short lateral stitches are taken beneath
Subcuticular
Healing process in which a wound is purposely left open and allowed to heal from
bottom upward is called
Secondary intention
,Surgical gut is made from the
Submucosa layer of sheep's intestines
Which is most inert in tissue
Wire
Stay suture does not pass through
-Subq
-Rectus muscle
-Mesentery
-Fascia
Mesentery
Spitting open or gaping of wound is called
Dehiscence
Which of the following is used to stop bleeding and oozing on surfaced of
severed BONES
Mixture of waxes (chiefly beeswax)
Protrusion of bowel through separated edges of abdominal wound closure is
Evisceration
Silk is not recommended for use in gallbladder kidney or bladder because
It may become nucleus for stone formation
Most braided or twisted non absorbable sutures should not be used in presence
of active infection because
The sutures become breeding place for infection
Halsted Technique consists mainly of
Interrupted silk sutures
Another name for a stick tie or transfixation suture is
Suture ligature
Bumpers or guards are used on tension sutures to
Prevent heavy suture from cutting into skin
Tissue trauma will be kept to minimum by using
Sutured swaged to a needle
Amount of weight or pull necessary to break suture or ligature material is called
, Tensile strength
Which would have ea weakening effect on suture?
Soaking in saline
Testing tensile strength
Straightening it
ALL OF THE ABOVE
Which of following synthetic non absorb suture material is least reactive in
tissue?
Polypropylene
Polyester fiber
Nylon
teflon impregnanted polyester
Polypropylene
What type of suture would be used when closing the anus for perineal stage of an
and perineal resection
Purse string suture
Ampulla of water is dilated for
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
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
SUTURES AND WOUND REPAIR/ GENERAL
SURGERYCOMPLETED WITH A+ GRADED ANSWERS
Who discovered that the body absorbs sutures made from animal tissues?
Philip Syng Physick
Which suture material is NOT absorbed but remains as a living tissue in the
body?
Fascia lata
Space caused by separation of wound edges which have not been closely
approximated by sutures is called
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
Matress
Suture material which, during healing process, becomes encapsulated by fibrous
tissue is called
Non absorbable suture
In the presence of infection, the absorption rate of surgical gut is:
Increased
Which suture can be used in presence of infection?
Polypropylene
Suture in which short lateral stitches are taken beneath
Subcuticular
Healing process in which a wound is purposely left open and allowed to heal from
bottom upward is called
Secondary intention
,Surgical gut is made from the
Submucosa layer of sheep's intestines
Which is most inert in tissue
Wire
Stay suture does not pass through
-Subq
-Rectus muscle
-Mesentery
-Fascia
Mesentery
Spitting open or gaping of wound is called
Dehiscence
Which of the following is used to stop bleeding and oozing on surfaced of
severed BONES
Mixture of waxes (chiefly beeswax)
Protrusion of bowel through separated edges of abdominal wound closure is
Evisceration
Silk is not recommended for use in gallbladder kidney or bladder because
It may become nucleus for stone formation
Most braided or twisted non absorbable sutures should not be used in presence
of active infection because
The sutures become breeding place for infection
Halsted Technique consists mainly of
Interrupted silk sutures
Another name for a stick tie or transfixation suture is
Suture ligature
Bumpers or guards are used on tension sutures to
Prevent heavy suture from cutting into skin
Tissue trauma will be kept to minimum by using
Sutured swaged to a needle
Amount of weight or pull necessary to break suture or ligature material is called
, Tensile strength
Which would have ea weakening effect on suture?
Soaking in saline
Testing tensile strength
Straightening it
ALL OF THE ABOVE
Which of following synthetic non absorb suture material is least reactive in
tissue?
Polypropylene
Polyester fiber
Nylon
teflon impregnanted polyester
Polypropylene
What type of suture would be used when closing the anus for perineal stage of an
and perineal resection
Purse string suture
Ampulla of water is dilated for
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
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
