Exam 33: General Surgery

What type of mastectomy involves a wedge or quadrant of breast tissue being removed?

Which is the most common site for a pancreatic tumor?

Which is a function of the liver?

Which open procedure can also be performed as a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure?

What type of procedure uses a T-tube to drain the common bile duct?

The _____ is the largest lymphatic organ in the body.

Why would a surgeon choose to irrigate a mastectomy wound with sterile water rather than sterile normal saline?

Which type of stoma is created in the opening of the cecum through the lower right side of the abdomen?

What open procedure involves creating a McBurney incision?

Which is a consideration in the plan of care of an obese patient during a bariatric procedure?

What procedure allows visualization of the rectal lumens via a flexible scope?

What is an obvious sign of gallstones or presence of a neoplasm on or near to the gallbladder?

Sterile water is used during laparotomy procedures because of its isotonic properties.

What incision is most commonly used for an open inguinal hernia?

What incision is mainly used for a pancreaticoduodenectomy procedure?

A low anterior colon resection requires the creation of a permanent colostomy.