SPI - Suture Review and Wound Healing

Which of the following sutures is a monofilament?

• Surgical silk

• Vicryl

• Ethibond

• Prolene

Which of the following suture needles is the best option for use on friable tissues?

• Keith

• Cutting

• Blunt

• Reverse cutting

Which of the following causes the least amount of tissue trauma?

• A swaged suture needle combination

• Free suture threaded onto a French eye needle

• Free suture threaded onto a closed eye needle

• Free suture threaded onto a Keith needle

Which is the most inert suture material?

• PDS

• Nylon

• Vicryl

• Stainless steel

A "stick tie" is also known as a(n) ______.

• Instrument tie

• Tie-on-a-pass

• Suture ligature

• Ligature reel

Cutting needles are used for _______.

• Tough tissue, such as skin

• Delicate tissues, such as the GI tract

• Friable tissues, such as the liver

• All of the above

Taper needles are used for _______.

• Tough tissue, such as skin

• Delicate tissues, such as the GI tract

• Friable tissues, such as the liver

• All of the above

Which of the following sutures is multifilament?

• Prolene

• Monocryl

• Vicryl

• Surgical steel

Which of the following sutures is often dyed violet?

• Prolene

• Ethibond

• Vicryl

• Nylon

Which of the following sutures would be packaged in alcohol?

• Chromic gut

• Monocryl

• Mersilene

• Surgical steel