Understanding Common Surgical Procedures

Chose the two options which correctly categorise the type of surgery that a grass seed removal is?

• Emergency

• Elective

• Major

• Minor

What are foreign bodies in the context of surgical procedures?

• Objects that are naturally found in the body

• Instruments used during surgery

• Objects or substances that are not naturally found in the body

• Surgical procedures themselves

An enterectomy is:

• The removal of a part of the intestine

• Removal of the liver

• An incision into the intestines

• A form of diagnostic imaging

Identify a condition that involves damage to only soft tissues, such as tendons and ligaments

• Sprain

• Fracture

• Dislocation

• Contusion

An Aural haematoma is:

• a blood-filled swelling in the ear flap

• an infection in the ear canal

• a type of ear cancer

• a condition causing hearing loss

What are lacerations?

• Lacerations are irregular wounds with sharp or jagged edges that can cause superficial and underlying tissue damage.

• Lacerations are a type of bruise that results from blunt force trauma.

• Lacerations are clean, straight cuts typically made by a sharp object.

• Lacerations are a type of burn caused by exposure to heat or chemicals.

What is an avulsion wound?

• A type of wound where tissue has been pulled away from its attachments, which can result from tensile forces.

• A bruise caused by blunt force trauma.

• A type of wound where the skin is cleanly cut with a sharp object.

• A deep wound with a small entry hole. The skin often closes over, which causes abscess formation.

Match the surgical cleanliness classification to its meaning

• Infected surgical site

• Clean

• Entry into respiratory, urogenital, GI

• Dirty

• Aseptic technique, no break in sterility

• Contaminated

• Major break in sterility e.g gut leakage

• Clean contaminated

What cleanliness level is a wound repair where the wound is 6 hours old.

• Clean

• Clean-contaminated

• Contaminated

• Dirty

Match the surgical category (By area of surgery) to the example surgery

• Root canal

• Soft tissue

• Laceration debridement

• Dental

• Brachycephalic obstructive airway repair

• Orthopaedic

• Hip replacement

• Wound care

• Corneal ulcer tissue graft

• Ophthalmic