Buzz Surgery/Misc Flashcards
Least inflammatory non-absorbable suture
Polypropylene (prolene)
Most inflammatory non-absorbable suture
Silk
Longest lasting absorbable suture for 180 days
PDS (polydioxanone)
Graft with less contraction
Full-thickness skin graft
Graft with less necrosis due to decr vascular requirement
Split-thickness skin graft
Local anesthetic with shortest duration
Procaine
Local anesthetic with longest duration
Bupivicaine (etidocaine next)
Derivation of muscles of mastication
First branchial arch
Derivation of facial expression muscles
Second branchial arch
Muscle needed to pull corners of mouth downward
Depressor anguli oris (DAO)
Muscle needed to dilate nostrils
Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
Sensory innervation to root of nose, lateral nasal sidewalls
Infratrochlear nerve
Sensory innervation to nasal dorsum and tip
External nasal branch of anterior ethmoidal nerve
Sensory innervation to tympanic membrane
Auriculotemporal nerve
Internal and external carotid artery (ICA/ECA) anastomosis
Dorsal nasal artery (ICA) with angular artery (ECA)
Type of excision best over convex surface
S-plasty
Type of excision for reducing length of scar
M-plasty
Process by which synthetic materials (vicryl, dexon) absorbed
Hydrolysis