1st Exam. Part 1. What is surgery?

Question 1

most important aspect of surgery

Answer 1

asepsis

Question 2

treatment of disease, injuries or deformities by manual or operative methods

Answer 2

Surgery (from term “Chirurgiae”)

Question 3

Principles or Surgery

Answer 3

GAO PHMA

Question 4

Minimize tissue damage for better healing

Answer 4

gentle tissue handling

Question 5

absence of pathogenic bacteria

Answer 5

asepsis

Question 6

sources of contamination (4)

Answer 6

1. Environment
2. Materials & Supply
3. Patient
4. Surgical team

Question 7

space left after a surgical procedure

Answer 7

dead space

Question 8

• failure of proper closure
• accumulation of blood, exudate or transudate

Answer 8

obliteration of dead space

Question 9

• To maintain organ function (vascularization)
• For better healing

Answer 9

Preservation of Adequate Blood Supply

Question 10

formation of new blood vessels

Answer 10

Angiogenesis

Question 11

Control of bleeding or hemorrhage:

Answer 11

Hemostasis

Question 12

Examples of Hemostasis? (5)

Answer 12

1) Electrocautery
2) Ligation
3) Hemostatic Forceps
4) Drugs (Vitamin K., Tranexamic acid)
5) Sutures

Question 13

INCREASED tension on tissue cause occlusion of blood vessels resulting in _______

Answer 13

Ischemia

Question 14

• For better wound closure
• Wound edges have to be in proximity with
  each other for better apposition/closure

Answer 14

Accurate Apposition of Tissues