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Surgical Specialties and Procedures |\ |\ |\ |\




Review questions with answers |\ |\ |\




The procedure for a lower rectal malignancy that requires an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


abdominal and rectal incision is: |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ Sigmoid resection |\ |\




|\ Whipple's |\




|\ Wertheim |\




Abdominoperineal resection - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔Abdominoperineal resection |\




During a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, the size of the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


laterally placed trocars is: |\ |\ |\




|\ 10 mm |\ |\




|\ 14 mm |\ |\




|\ 12 mm |\ |\




|\ 5 mm - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔5 mm
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




The procedure performed for decompression of the cecum due to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


colonic obstruction is:
|\ |\ |\




|\ Ileostomy |\




|\ Gastrostomy |\




|\ Cecostomy |\




|\ Colostomy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cecostomy |\ |\ |\ |\

,A thoracoabdominal incision is used when performing a/an:
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ Partial gastrectomy |\ |\




|\ Pancreatic procedure |\ |\




|\ Open hiatal hernia repair
|\ |\ |\ |\




Cholecystectomy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Open hiatal hernia
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


repair


A type of deep retractor commonly used during an open
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


cholecystectomy is a/an: |\ |\




|\ Green |\




|\ Gelpi |\




|\ Harrington |\




|\ US Army - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Harrington
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\




During a mastectomy, which irrigating solution is used on the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


muscle layer due to its hypotonic properties?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ Saline |\




|\ Ringer's lactate |\ |\




|\ Glycine |\




|\ Sterile water - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sterile water
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




The instrument commonly used to provide traction on the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


gallbladder during an open cholecystectomy is: |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ Pean forceps
|\ |\




|\ Kocher clamp |\ |\

,|\ Deaver retractor |\ |\




|\ Mixter forceps - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pean forceps
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




The instrument used for common duct exploration during an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


open cholecystectomy is:
|\ |\




|\ Bakes dilator |\ |\




|\ Ochsner trocar |\ |\




|\ Fogarty catheter |\ |\




|\ Schnidt forceps - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bakes dilator
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Another name for a partial gastrectomy is:
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ Whipple |\




|\ Meckel |\




|\ Billroth I |\ |\




|\ Wertheim - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Billroth I |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




during a thyroidectomy, the nerve that must be preserved is the:
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ Vagus |\




|\ Hypoglossal |\




|\ Glossopharyngeal |\




|\ Recurrent laryngeal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Recurrent laryngeal
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




The laparoscope with attached video camera is inserted through
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


the _____ port during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ Xiphoid |\

, |\ Mediolateral |\




|\ Lateral |\




|\ Umbilical - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Umbilical
|\ |\ |\ |\




A Silverman biopsy needle is used for a/an _____ biopsy.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ Lung |\




|\ Cervical |\




|\ Kidney |\




|\ Liver - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Liver
|\ |\ |\ |\




The procedure performed to correct pyloric stenosis in the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


newborn is: |\




|\ Nissen |\




|\ Heller |\




|\ Kasai |\




|\ Fredet-Ramstedt - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fredet-Ramstedt |\ |\ |\ |\




During a laparoscopic appendectomy, what instrument is
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


commonly used to dissect free the appendix from its attachment
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


to the mesoappendix?
|\ |\




|\ Enoscissors |\




|\ Endo-dissecting forceps |\ |\




|\ Endoscopic linear stapler |\ |\ |\




Endo-Ligaclip applier - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Endoscopic linear
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


stapler

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