FINISHES
This finish is highly reflective and produces glare under strong lighting.
What is highly polished or mirror finish?
Places a single line of staples across the incision edges
What is a skin stapler?
The ability of fluids and bacteria to be transmitted along the length of a suture
What is capillarity?
Most common post-op complication of a diabetic patient
What is infection?
A penrose is this type of drain
What is passive?
This finish reduces glare but is prone to staining
What is satin finish?
Used for linear side-to-side and end-to-side anastomosis
What is a GIA (gastrointestinal anastomosis?
The suturing technique in which short lateral stitches are placed just under the epithelial layer in a line parallel to the wound is called:
What is subcuticular stitch?
Tissue breakdown at the wound
margins that causes the wound to
open up
What is dehiscence?
A foley catheter is this type of drain
What is a passive drain.
This finish is on the instruments used is a laser case because it will absorb the light and prevents reflection of laser energy into adjacent tissues
What is black chromium finish or ebonized finish?
Used for an end-to-end anastamosis
What is an EEA stapler?
Type of suture needle used on the liver
What is a blunt needle?
A dehiscence with protrusion of the abdominal
contents outside the wound.
What is evisceration?
A chest tube with plura-vac is what type of drain
What is an active drain?
This finish denotes that the working tip or edge of the instrument has tungsten carbide insers that are highly resistant to scratching, pitting, and dulling
What is a gold dip finish on the handles of the instrument?
Function of a stapler in endoscopic surgery
What is reapproximate tissue?
A plastic or rubber tubing which are threaded over retention suture ends before they are tied
What is a bolster?
Type of wound due to perforated viscera
What is class IV, contaminated dirty wound?
Drain associated with the gallbladder
What is a t-drain?
This denotes one of the cutting edges is micro-serrated
What is a black handle+
Type of stapler used on an appendix
What is a linear stapler?
Two sutures that are packaged in alcohol
What is plain gut and chromic gut?
Post-op complication from glove powder
What is granuloma formation?
A JP drain is this type of drain
What is a active drain?