Sutures

Front 1

Define natural and synthetic sutures

Back 1

Natural: includes silk and catgut sutures

Synthetic: any man mad suture

Front 2

What type of scissor is used to cut a suture?

Back 2

Surgical scissor

Front 3

Double armed:

Back 3

Used to approximate blood vessels or other circular structures

Front 4

Spring eye-

Back 4

Also known as French; have z eyes connected by a slit from the top through the eyes with ridges that hold the suture in place

Front 5

Swaged suture needle combo-

Back 5

pre-attached suture to needle

Front 6

Control release-

Back 6

one in which the surgeon releases the suture from the swage by pulling straight back sharply

Front 7

You always load the needle holder before removing the entire suture from the package.

Back 7

True

Front 8

The knot is the weakest part of the suture.

Back 8

True

Front 9

How to position the needle holder in relation to the suture depends on whether the surgeon is

Back 9

right or left handed

Front 10

Surgical gut is packed in alcohol which is a source of _____________ on the surgical field

Back 10

Ignition

Front 11

The tubing which retention sutures are threaded to prevent from cutting the patients are called:

Back 11

Bolsters

Front 12

Natural, absorbable sutures break down by an enzymatic tissue reaction in which the body's enzymes break down and cause absorption.

Back 12

True

Front 13

Blood supply, chronic disease, nutritional status, all these things will contribute __________ to the healing process?

Back 13

Positive or negative

Front 14

Know these things when passing a needle holder to a surgeon.

Back 14

Pass needle holder to the surgeon with the point aimed toward the surgeon

Always pass to the hand that the surgeon prefers

Front 15

Delicate tissue requires smooth or vascular forceps? (like debakeys)

Back 15

True

Front 16

The smallest diameter suture is 11-0 ?

Back 16

True