Surgery Midterm 2

Question 1

Where does your incision need to be when doing reconstructive surgyer?

Answer 1

parallel to the lines of tension

Question 2

What are skin sutures not for?

Answer 2

Tension relief

Question 3

Single pedical flaps vs bipedical flaps

Answer 3

-2 skin incisons equal in length to defect
-incision parallel to long axis of defect. Flap length no more than 2 x the width of base flap

Question 4

What are early signs of laryngeal paralysis?

Answer 4

Change in bark and gagging when they eat and drinking

Question 5

What are reasons we dont wait to stabalize a patient with a hernia?

Answer 5

-persistent detioration despite management effort
-gastric herniation with tympany
-persistent abdominal pain

Question 6

What is the most common clinical sign of a hernia?

Answer 6

dyspnea

Question 7

What organ is more commonly herniated

Answer 7

liver

Question 8

What is the most common source of trauma causing diaphragmatic hernias

Answer 8

hit by car