Surgery I Quiz Suture Materials and Needles

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Student created questions on various types of suture material and needles
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Question 1

Question
Which of the following are absorbable suture material?
Answer
  • Chromic gut
  • Polyglactin 910
  • Polyglycolic acid
  • Glycomer 631
  • Caprolactone
  • Poliglecaprone 25
  • Polydiaxonone
  • Polypropylene
  • Polymerized caprolactam

Question 2

Question
Which of the following are non-absorbable?
Answer
  • Stainless steel wire
  • Polymerized caprolactam
  • Polypropylene
  • Silk
  • Nylon
  • Caprolactone
  • Polydiaxonone

Question 3

Question
What is chromic gut made from?
Answer
  • submucosa of sheep intestine
  • synthetic polymers
  • submucosa of cat intestine
  • synthetic collagen

Question 4

Question
Which of the following is a common use for Polyglactin 910?
Answer
  • Dental Surgery
  • Infected bladder surgery
  • subcutaneous tissues
  • Cardiovascular surgery

Question 5

Question
Which of the following states is true about Polyglycolic acid suture?
Answer
  • Stable in contaminated wounds and commonly used in dental surgery
  • Stable in infected urine
  • Commonly used for cardiovascular surgery
  • Has many uses including enterotomies, and cystotomies

Question 6

Question
All absorbable suture is broken down by hydrolysis.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

Question
Which of the following is NOT CORRECT about Glycomer 631?
Answer
  • Monofilament
  • Synthetic polyester composed of glycolide dioxanone, trimethylene carbonate
  • Absorbable suture broken down by hydrolysis
  • Used in enterotomies, cystotomies, body wall closure, and fascia closure and many others
  • Used in cardiovascular surgery exclusively

Question 8

Question
Which of the following is NOT correct about Caprolactone?
Answer
  • Monofilament
  • Use in cystotomies for infected bladders
  • Used in subcutaneous closure
  • synthetic single strand of absorbable poly(glycolide-co-epsilon-caprolactone)

Question 9

Question
Which of the following is NOT correct about Poliglecaprone 25?
Answer
  • Multifilament
  • Used in closure of cystotomies of non-infected bladders
  • Synthetic copolymer of glycolide and epsiloon caprolactone
  • Broken down by hydrolysis

Question 10

Question
Which of the following is NOT correct about Polidioxanone?
Answer
  • Broken down by hydrolysis but has prolonged absorption
  • Synthetic coated extruded polymer
  • Many applications including enterotomies, cystotomies, body wall closure and fascia closure
  • Monofilament

Question 11

Question
Which of the following it true about silk suture?
Answer
  • used in cardiovascular surgery
  • Quickly hydrolyzed by the body
  • Monofilament braid
  • Requires a significant bacterial load to induce infection

Question 12

Question
Nylon is used in orthopedic repairs such as the lateral tibiofabellar suture repair
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 13

Question
Which of the following is true about Nylon?
Answer
  • Susceptible to degradation
  • Hydration leads to increased tensile strength by increasing the strength of the hydrogen bonds
  • Multifilament
  • Absorbable
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