Suture
What type of needle would be used to close the skin?
Cutting, example: ps-2
What color suture is PDS? Is it multifilament or monofilament?
Silver, monofilament
A raised hypertrophic scar due to excessive collagen formation is called ______.
Keloid
Name two examples of thermal hemostasis.
Harmonic scalpel, bovie, bipolar, laser
White blood cells are called?
Leukocytes
Purple, it is absorbable
What color is Plain Gut? Is it multifilament or monofilament?
Yellow, monofilament
A collection of blood underneath the skin is called _____.
Hematoma
What are the three categories of hemostasis?
Mechanical, thermal, and chemical
What type of dressing is used on an open, infected wound? It has a large black sponge ;)
Wound VAC
Where on the needle is the needle driver placed?
On the body 2/3 back (1/3 from eye of needle)
What type of needle would be used on a vessel?
Taper, example cv-1
What wound class is a Gastrectomy?
Clean-contaminated
What type of blood is the universal blood donor that can be given to anyone?
What is a xenograft?
A graft taken from another species (cow, pig)
What color is prolene? Is it absorbable or non-absorbable?
Blue, it is non-absorbable
The surgeon decides not to staple and wants to suture to anastomose the transverse colon. What type of needle would be used?
Taper, example SH
What type of wound heals from the bottom up?
Second intention
Transfusion of mismatched blood products can cause ______.
Hemolysis (and agglutination)
____ is a genetic clotting deficiency.
Hemophillia
What type of needle is used on the liver?
Blunt, example BP needle
What suture technique would be used to close the appendiceal stump?
Purse-string
What are the three phases of primary wound healing?
Lag phase (inflammation)
Proliferation (collagen formation)
Maturation (strengthens)
Describe/explain autologous transfusion.
- Patient donates blood before surgery
- Cell saver
____ is not a true cell, it is a fragment of megakaryocytes? (it creates a temporary plug)
Thrombocytes