KEY TERMS
This type of dissection separates tissue by pushing tissues apart instead of cutting.
What is blunt dissection?
These three items are commonly included in all surgical counts.
What are sponges, sharps, and instruments?
A graft taken from the patient’s own body.
What is an autograft?
Joining two hollow structures together with sutures or staples.
What is anastomosis?
After opening a case, this is one of the scrub tech’s next immediate task.
What is organizing the instruments?
This is the organized process of preparing a surgical procedure.
What is case planning?
This protocol is performed before incision to confirm patient identity, procedure, and surgical site.
What is TIMEOUT?
A graft taken from another human donor.
What is an allograft?
Removal of dead tissue, using sharp instruments.
What is debridement?
This document list the surgeon’s preferred instruments, sutures, and supplies.
What is the surgeon’s preference card?
This is the process of accounting for sponges, sharps, and instruments during surgery.
What is surgical count?
Surgical items are usually counted in this order?
What are softs, sharps, and instruments?
Titanium, stainless steel, any type of tissue replacement or device placed in the body.
What are implants?
To tie off a vessel or duck using suture.
What is ligate?
Immediately after gowning and gloving, the scrub tech performs this task.
What is setting up the sterile field?
This is the sterile area immediately around the surgical incision.
What is the surgical field?
If a count is incorrect, this person must be notified immediately.
Who is a surgeon?
Graft taken from a species different from that of the patient.
What is Xenograft?
To remove a large segment or portion of tissue.
What is resection?
This type of song is folded and is commonly using surgery.
What is Raytec sponge?
This term describes an object that cannot be penetrated by x-rays.
What is radiopaque?
An … may be ordered if a count remains incorrect.
What is an x-ray?
Migration of epithelial cells into the wound during healing.
What is Epithelialization?
Bringing tissues together by suturing.
What is approximate?
These are four categories of surgery by objective.
What is diagnostic, curative, restorative, and palliative surgery?