NBCE: Minor Surgery & Proctology Oregon Board
Exam Graded A+ 2025
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
All chiropractic students graduating after April 18, _____ who wish to
sit for the Oregon Board must have _____ hours of lecture AND ____
hours of lab on their transcripts. - ANSWER--1998
24
12
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
______ is the number one complication of minor surgery! - ANSWER--
Anxiety
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
If not managed properly, even the simplest procedure can have serious
or even _____ complications. - ANSWER--lethal
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
The patient may have a _______ to the local anesthetic and go into
________. - ANSWER--toxic reaction
anaphylactic shock
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
,NBCE: Minor Surgery & Proctology Oregon Board
Exam Graded A+ 2025
Unexpected operative and postoperative ______ may occur. -
ANSWER--Bleeding
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
DC's cannot remove ______ therefore they must be able to recognize
what the lesion is. - ANSWER--malignancies
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Vast majority of cases seen by a chiropractor are ______. These include:
__________. - ANSWER--routine
physical examination, skin lesion biopsy, hemorrhoids (non painful or
bleeding), backache, nausea without vomiting, and constipation.
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
The best candidates for minor surgery are ages ______. - ANSWER--15
to 65
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
,NBCE: Minor Surgery & Proctology Oregon Board
Exam Graded A+ 2025
___________ are short, heavy, large boned, lethargic and frequently
with elevated blood pressure, are slower to heal and offer a greater risk
factor. - ANSWER--Endomorph
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Recreational drug usage that should be asked about include ______. -
ANSWER--cocaine
valium (anxiety med)
prozac (SSRI)
amphetamine (stimulant)
barbiturate (sedative)
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Common local anesthetic injection used in dental offices is ______ -
ANSWER--novocaine
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Heavy ingestions of ASPIRIN have a direct impact on minor surgery
procedures. They will ________ by _______. - ANSWER--increase the
bleeding
prolonging the clotting time
, NBCE: Minor Surgery & Proctology Oregon Board
Exam Graded A+ 2025
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
_____ lower blood pressure. Most commonly these medications are
Dyazid and Lasix. - ANSWER--Diuretics
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
_______ are a VERY HIGH risk. Their healing time is greatly increased
and they are poor healers and are prone to secondary infections far more
than the average patient. - ANSWER--Diabetics
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Patients with known blood dycrasias are HIGH RISK candidates. Some
examples include: - ANSWER--Hemophilia (no clotting factors)
Leukemia
Simple anemia
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Patients take Coumadin or Heparin as a blood thinner which will
increase bleeding because the clotting ability is compromised. HIGH
Exam Graded A+ 2025
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
All chiropractic students graduating after April 18, _____ who wish to
sit for the Oregon Board must have _____ hours of lecture AND ____
hours of lab on their transcripts. - ANSWER--1998
24
12
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
______ is the number one complication of minor surgery! - ANSWER--
Anxiety
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
If not managed properly, even the simplest procedure can have serious
or even _____ complications. - ANSWER--lethal
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
The patient may have a _______ to the local anesthetic and go into
________. - ANSWER--toxic reaction
anaphylactic shock
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
,NBCE: Minor Surgery & Proctology Oregon Board
Exam Graded A+ 2025
Unexpected operative and postoperative ______ may occur. -
ANSWER--Bleeding
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
DC's cannot remove ______ therefore they must be able to recognize
what the lesion is. - ANSWER--malignancies
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Vast majority of cases seen by a chiropractor are ______. These include:
__________. - ANSWER--routine
physical examination, skin lesion biopsy, hemorrhoids (non painful or
bleeding), backache, nausea without vomiting, and constipation.
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
The best candidates for minor surgery are ages ______. - ANSWER--15
to 65
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
,NBCE: Minor Surgery & Proctology Oregon Board
Exam Graded A+ 2025
___________ are short, heavy, large boned, lethargic and frequently
with elevated blood pressure, are slower to heal and offer a greater risk
factor. - ANSWER--Endomorph
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Recreational drug usage that should be asked about include ______. -
ANSWER--cocaine
valium (anxiety med)
prozac (SSRI)
amphetamine (stimulant)
barbiturate (sedative)
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Common local anesthetic injection used in dental offices is ______ -
ANSWER--novocaine
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Heavy ingestions of ASPIRIN have a direct impact on minor surgery
procedures. They will ________ by _______. - ANSWER--increase the
bleeding
prolonging the clotting time
, NBCE: Minor Surgery & Proctology Oregon Board
Exam Graded A+ 2025
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
_____ lower blood pressure. Most commonly these medications are
Dyazid and Lasix. - ANSWER--Diuretics
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
_______ are a VERY HIGH risk. Their healing time is greatly increased
and they are poor healers and are prone to secondary infections far more
than the average patient. - ANSWER--Diabetics
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Patients with known blood dycrasias are HIGH RISK candidates. Some
examples include: - ANSWER--Hemophilia (no clotting factors)
Leukemia
Simple anemia
14% Risks, complications, and legal limitations:
Patients take Coumadin or Heparin as a blood thinner which will
increase bleeding because the clotting ability is compromised. HIGH
