Deck 6 Flashcards
(11 cards)
Proliferation:
Phase of repair of wounded tissue during which blood flow, components of extracellular matrix and epithelial covering of the wound are all restored → goal: Achieving permanent closure of the wound and replacing lost tissue.
Subcuticular suture:
Placed to eliminate dead space and provide some apposition of skin so that less tension is placed in skin sutures.
Continuous suture patterns:
Simple continuous, Ford interlocking, Lambert, Connel, Cushing and Parker-korr.
Interrupted suture patterns:
Simple interrupted, Horizontal mattress, Ventral mattress and Gambee pattern.
3 phases of fluid therapy:
- Deficit replacement.
- Compensation for continuing abnormal losses.
- Provision of maintenance requirements.
Surgical procedures:
- Excision: Surgical removal of a portion of a structure or an organ.
- Incision: Cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery.
Needles:
Eye types: Open, closed, swaged.
Anatomy: Eye, point, body, swage, chord length.
Needlepoint:
- Taper: Most internal tissues.
- Cutting: Skin and other tissues.
- Reverse cutting: Tendon, sheath, bone, cornea and other tough tissues.
- Blunt: Liver and other friable tissues.
Area of suture patterns:
- Horizontal mattress pattern: Areas of tension.
- Gamble pattern: Intestinal surgery to reduce mucosal eversion.
- Lambert pattern: Used to close hollow viscera.
- Parker-Kerr: For closing the stump of hollow Viscera.
- Bunnell suture: To appose severed tendons.
- Far-near near-far: Flat tendons.
Stages of shock:
Initial stage
Compensatory stage
Progressive stage
Irreversible or refractory stage
How much should you shave away from each incision when you prepare for operation site?
20 cm from each incision.
What is aseptic surgical technique?
Describes the general principles, employed to minimize the degree of contamination of surgical wounds.
