Buzz Words Surgery Flashcards
Least inflammatory nonabsorbable suture
Polypropylene (prolene)
Most inflammatory nonabsorbable 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 decreased vascular requirement
Split-thickness skin graft
Local anesthetic with shortest duration
Procaine
Local anesthetic with longest duration
Bupivacaine (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 arter (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 (ie polyglycolic acid) absorbed
Hydrolysis
Process by which natural material (cat gut, silk) absorbed
Proteolysis
Antiseptic with flammable property
Isopropyl alcohol
Antisseptic inactivated by blood/sputum, +/- contact dermatitis
Povidone-iodine
Antiseptic with neurotoxic effects (teratogenic as well)
Hexachlorophene
Antiseptic with ototoxicity and ocular irritation
Chlorhexidine
Scar strength at 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 1 year
5%, 15%, 40%, 80%
Temperature needed for melanocyte destruction
-5 degrees C
Temperature to destroy skin cancer
-50 degrees C (vs -25 degrees for benign lesion)
Temperature for destruction of keratinocyte
-25 degrees C
Maximum safe dose of lidocaine for tumescent anesthesia
55mg/kg
