Ch 11 Surgical Wound Classification Quiz

The surgical procedure is booked as I&D of a leg abscess, this procedure would have a wound classification of?

• Class 1

• Class 4

• Class 2

• Class 3

Juan the CST on call has just completed a gastrostomy feeding tube insertion. During the procedure the stomach was entered without any spillage of contents, the wound classification assigned would be?

• Class 2

• Class 1

• Class 4

• Class 3

While performing the excision of a sacral decubitis, the surgeon tells john the CST, "I want this wound to heal by granulation". John knows this would be healing by?

• 4th intention

• 2nd intention

• 3rd intention

• 1st intention

A day after surgery a postoperative patient's wound has several separated layers. This would be a wound?

• Adhesions

• Dehiscence

• Evisceration

• Separation

On a closure of an infected wound the surgeon request a monofilament non absorbable suture. The best choice for the CST would be?

• Vicryl

• Prolene

• Silk

• Chromic

The surgeon is working on a patient with severe hand laceration, he requests a fine Neurulon suture to repair the nerve. The CST knows the gauge of the suture should be?

• 0

• #1

• 2-0

• 6-0

Dave the CST setting up for a hernia procedure notices a 3-0 vicryl ligature reel on the back table. He informs the circulator to?

• Add it to the count

• Ask why and who opened it

• Check if it is the right size

• Verify preference card

The surgeon asks for bolsters for the secondary suture line for closure of the laparotomy. The CST knows that this procedure will require closure with?

• Retention sutures

• Continuous sutures

• Interrupted sutures

• Traction sutures

During an open appendectomy a purse string suturing technique is used to invert the stump of the appendix. During a laparoscopic appendectomy a ______ is used to cut and staple the base of the appendix.

• TA

• EEA

• Endoscopic GIA

• Ligating clip

During an abdominal perineal resection procedure to ends of the intestines need to be anastomosed together. The stapler that would best facilitate this would be the?

• GIA

• EEA

• Linear cutter

• TA