questions

Question 1

Which retractor includes a spoon-like instrument, and can be used to hold the walls of the abdominal cavity open during an exploratory celiotomy?

Answer 1

Balfour

Question 2

You open the abdomen of a horse that has a suspected large colon impaction. What would you do 1st: perform and enterotomy and remove impacted material, explore the rest of the abdominal cavity, perform an intestinal resection and anastomosis, lavage the abdominal cavity?

Answer 2

Keep Exploring

Question 3

You need to take biopsy samples from the spleen, urinary bladder & ileum. In what order should you collect your samples and why?

Answer 3

spleen, urinary bladder, ileum

Question 4

A dog w/recurrent episodes of pancreatitis needs to be biopsied to determine the exact cause. What area of the pancreas should you biopsy: proximal aspect, body, distal aspect?

Answer 4

Distal

Question 5

What is the last step you should always take before closing the abdominal cavity after an exploratory celiotomy?

Answer 5

Lavage

Question 6

Name 2 ways you can atraumatically exteriorize the stomach?

Answer 6

Babcock forceps and Stay sutures

Question 7

A labrador puppy has eaten a towl and a bar of soap this morning. You need to surgically remove the foreign objects as they are obstructing the pyloric outflow. Where should you make your incision?

Answer 7

Thru the hypo vascular area in the ventral body of the stomach, b/w the greater and lesser curvatures

Question 8

Which of the following would be the most appropriate to lengthen an incision into the stomach: Mayo scissors, Bandage scissors, Metzenbaum scissors, Curved Halstead scissors

Answer 8

Metzenbaum

Question 9

Name 2 ways of closing the stomach w/a 2 layer closure

Answer 9

Connell then cushing/lember; simple continuous in mucosa/submucosa + cushing/lembert

Question 10

Which of these 2 suture patterns enters the lumen of the hollow organ: Connell or Cushing?

Answer 10

Connell

Question 11

The lab recovered well from anesthesia and appears to be very hungry. For how long should you keep it off food?

Answer 11

12-24 hrs

Question 12

what is the most common signalment for an obstructive FB? A linear FB?

Answer 12

obstructive FB - young dog; linear FB - young cat

Question 13

A 3 m old puppy is presented for a possible FB after the owners noticed that the ball it had been playing with disappeared. The puppy has been V constantly for the past hours. What could you see on you lab work that would be consistent with multiple episodes of V?

Answer 13

Hypokalemia; Hypochloremia; Metabolic alkalosis

Question 14

For what condition can you use the Fredet-Ramstedt surgical technique?

Answer 14

Congenital Pyloric Stenosis

Question 15

A Y-U pyloroplasty can be used for which type of hypertrophy/stenosis?

Answer 15

Acquired only

Question 16

P suffering from GDV often present in hypovolemic shock due to decreased venous return to heart. Which veins are NOT appropriate to use to administer fluids?

Answer 16

Saphenous