Sutures I
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- Most absorbable sutures are packaged in an alcohol-water solution to maintain their:
- pliability
- A curved, tapered surgical needle is used most often on:
- bowel tissue
- The least inert of all synthetic meshes is:
- polyester fiber mesh
- A mesh that is not preferred in the presence of infection is:
- Mersilene
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Which of the following sutures generally would not be used in the presence of infection?
Silk
Chromic
Steel
Polypropylene - silk
- The measure of weight required to break a suture is its:
- tensile strength
- Which type of needle point would be slected for use on a tendon?
- cutting
- The type of needle point used on peritoneum and intestines is:
- taper
- A type of suture that has high tensile strength and supports a wound indefinitely is:
- stainless steel
- A stick tie is a/ an:
- swaged needle
- A characteristic of polyglycolic acid sutures is that they are:
- absorbable
- Which suture is treated with a salt solution to decrease the rate of absorption?
- chromic
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Absorbable suture is generally preferred in suturing which of the following tissue?
Muscle
Periosteum
Tendon
Ligament - Periosteum
- A suture used in tendon repair is:
- Polydioxanone
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Which of the following sutures is a polyester fiber suture?
Vicryl
Dexon
Ethibond
Novafil - Ethibond
- The most widely used nonabsorbable suture is:
- nylon
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Which of the following suture sizes is the smallest in diameter?
4-0
2-0
0
2 - 4-0
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Which of the following sutures is absorbable and offers extended wound support?
Vicryl
Polydioxanone
Silk
Poliglecaprone - Polydioxanone
- Bolsters are used with retention sutures to:
- Prevent suture from cutting skin
- What type of suture is Surgilon?
- nylon
- Another name for polyglactin 910 is:
- Vicryl
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Which tissue type would contradict the use of a cutting needle?
Eye
Nerve
Tendon
Skin - nerve
- Ligatures are used to:
- occlude lumens of blood vessels
- Which type of needle point would be selected for use on skin?
- cutting
- If tissue is approximated too tight, it can cause:
- ischemia
- What type of needle would be used on the liver?
- blunt
- A characteristic of plain gut is that it absorbs in ___ days.
- 70
- An excellent substitute that provides strength and nonreactivity in tissue where stainless steel cannot be used is:
- Polypropylene
- What type of needle is used on tissue of teh gastrointestinal tract?
- taper