Ch 34 suture removal

Question 1

What are sutures used for?

Answer 1

control bleeding and holds oral tissue in position until healing

Question 2

Healing normally takes place in

Answer 2

5-7 days

Question 3

Sutures typically removed at

Answer 3

7-10 day mark

Question 4

If left too long, it can act as a foreign body and promote inflammation or even a ?

Answer 4

Suture abscess

Question 5

Absorbale sutures goes into a process called?

Answer 5

phagocytosis and enzymatic resorption

Question 7

Surgical gut is

Answer 7

monofilament made from connective tissue if sheep or cattle intestinal mucosa

Question 8

Chromic gut is?

Answer 8

surgical gut that has been treated with chromic salts to inhibit enzymatic resorption- stays in 14 days longer

Question 9

Nonabsorbable sutures are

Answer 9

silk, propylene, polyester, nylon, gore-tex

Question 10

As the number of zeros increases the diameter does what?

Answer 10

decreases

Question 11

sutures attached to a needle are called

Answer 11

Swaged

Question 12

What are some suturing techniques?

Answer 12

interrrupted sutures
continous sutures