Interventions

Question 1

Allograft

Answer 1

Taking skin from another human donor as temporary transplant

Question 2

Autograft

Answer 2

Patients own skin used for transplant

Question 3

Dermatome

Answer 3

Instrument used to remove split thickness skin grafts

Question 4

Flap

Answer 4

Section of skin transferred from one location to another

Question 5

Occlusive therapy

Answer 5

Dressing to cover treated area to enhance effectiveness of medication

Question 6

PUVA therapy

Answer 6

Psoralen plus ultraviolet A therapy. UV light onto psoriatic lesions

Question 7

Xenograft

Answer 7

Skin graft from animal

Question 8

Cauterization

Answer 8

Destruction of tissue by burning

Question 9

Cryosurgery

Answer 9

Destruction of tissue using extreme cold

Question 10

Currettage

Answer 10

Scraping off material from wall of cavity

Question 11

Mohs surgery

Answer 11

Repeated removal and examination of layers of a tumortumor

Question 12

Blepharoplasty

Answer 12

Surgical repair of eyelid

Question 13

Dermabrasion

Answer 13

Surgical procedure to resurface the skin

Question 14

Rhytidectomy

Answer 14

Operation to remove wrinkles