General Surgery Principles — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: _____ is a type of non-cutting needle

Answer: Sprotte

Flashcard 122: _____ incisional hernias are classified as L1 according to the European Hernia society

Answer: Subcostal

Flashcard 123: _____ hernia is a variant of femoral hernia through saphenous opening

Answer: Beclard's

Flashcard 124: Identify the surgical knot configuration where one strand is held under tension while the other is looped around it:

Answer: Half-hitch

Extra: A half-hitch is formed when one strand is held under tension (axial strand) while the other is looped around it. This configuration allows the knot to slide along the axial strand. A square knot can be converted into two half-hitches (a process called 'capsizing') if one limb is pulled more firmly than the other.

Flashcard 125: Ligasure provides secure seal of blood vessels upto _____ mm diameter

Answer: 7

Flashcard 126: _____ can be surgically managed by Bascom s procedure

Answer: Pilonidal sinus

Flashcard 127: A _____ knot is a slip knot which is two throws of the same type.

Answer: granny

Flashcard 128: _____ hernia is classified under type _____ Gilbert hernia.

Answer: Femoral; 7

Flashcard 129: The standard knot used is the _____ knot.

Answer: reef

Flashcard 130: _____ is used in the closure of sternotomy wound.

Answer: Surgical steel