Sutures
What is the term used when the ST keeps the suture strand out of the way during a continuous running closure?
Following
A normal protective response to tissue injury
Inflammation
How will the surgeon manipulate skin edges of a wound before the surgical technologist places approximating skin staples?
Evert the edges outward
What is the term for removal of foreign material or contaminated debris from the wound?
debridement
Which needle has the cutting edge on the outside curvature of the needle body?
Reverse
Another name for a suture ligature is a:
Stick tie
What is the name of a raised, hypertrophic scar due to excessive collagen formation in some darker-skinned individuals?
Keloid
If tissue is approximated too tightly, it can result in:
Ischesmia
What is the term for tissue that is easily torn or shredded?
Friable
The suturing technique Most appropriate for wounds likely to become infected or suffer potential stress is:
Interrupted
Ligatures are used to:
Occlude the lumen of a blood vessel
By which intention would a purulent wound treated by debridement and placement of medicated packing, then sutured after resolution of the infection heal?
Third Intention
Which layer of the abdominal wall must be approximated securely, even if the other layers are not?
Fascia
What is the term for the type of suture that has the strand of suture material inserted into the hollowed-out needle end?
Swaged
What would be the type of suture placed temporarily in the tongue to hold it out of the wat in maxillofacial procedures?
Traction
A continuous suturing technique that places suture in the endothelial layer of the skin in short, lateral throws is called a:
Subcuticular Suture
A wound that is not sutured and that gradually fills in by granulation heals by which intention?
Second
What is used to close the epidermal layer when a subcuticular wound closure has been done for good cosmesis?
Skin closure tapes
What is the term that describes the measure of how much a suture strand can be stretched before breaking?
Tensile Strength
What is the primary reason bolsters are used with retention suture?
to prevent sutures from cutting into the skin
Some multifilament sutures are coated to:
Provide smooth passage through tissue
Primary wound healing occurs:
Side to side
What is the chemical name for Dermabond or Indermil?
Cyanoacrylate
Evisceration of an abdominal wound is:
Protrusion of viscera through all tissue layers
Which suture gauge would be most appropriate for ophthalmic surgery?
8-0