SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY TUTOR

ANSWERS FOR THE QUIZ THREE :

QUESTION NUMBER 1 a. ANSWER IS:  Cerebral angiography

QUESTION NUMBER 1 b. ANSWER IS:  Myelography

QUESTION NUMBER 1 c. ANSWER IS:  Pneumoencephalography

QUESTION NUMBER 1 d. ANSWER IS:  Lumbar puncture

QUESTION NUMBER 1 e. ANSWER IS:  Ventriculography

QUESTION NUMBER 1 f. ANSWER IS:   Electroencephalography

QUESTION NUMBER 1 g. ANSWER IS:  Echoencephalography

QUESTION NUMBER 1 h. ANSWER IS:  Digitalized angiography

QUESTION NUMBER 1 i. ANSWER IS:  Computerized axial tomography

Examples of mechanical methods of hemostasis used during neurosurgery:

1. Scalp clips, 2. Gauge sponges, 3. Hemostatic clips, 4. Compressed rayon cotton sponges  (cottonoids), 5. Monopolar and Bipolar electrocoagulation, 6. Bone wax

QUIZ FOUR:

Write which option is correct e.g This is Neurosurgery quiz three / four. 

Correct answer is 'four'. 

During the Craniotomy procedure: 

1. Mayfield Headrest pins are placed before / after the prep.

2. #3 Knife handles with #10 / #7 knife handles with #11 scalpel blades are used to make the incision for the burr holes.

3. Burr hole are made with craniotome / stryker saw and burrholes drill bit / 5093 saw blade.

4. Bone wax is used on a freer / cobb elevator to control bleeding.

5. Burr holes are enlarged with Rongeur / Scalpel / knife / Burr hole enlarger / Kerrison.

6. Periosteum is stripped from the bone with a Periosteal knife / Periosteal elevator / Scalpel / Knife.

7. After exposing, brain surface is protected with Moist sponge / Bone wax / Moist Cottonoid strips / Dry gauge.

8. #Three Fraiziers / Yankauer suction tips  are used to suction the blood from the site.

9. Copious amount of Lactated ringers / Normal saline solutions are used to irrigate the site.

10. Operating Microscopes / Surgical Loupes are used for all Craniotomy.

11. Always Bovie / Bipolar units are used to cauterize the galea,periostrum, surface of the dura, and in the brain.

12. Mayfield / Sugita / Bean bag is always used to securely position the skull during the surgery.

13. Drills and Perforators used for the drilling are powered by Nitrogen / Oxygen / Electricity.

14. Mayfield overhead instrument table / Double Mayo stands are used for all craniotomy.

15. Gelfoam / Seprafilm is soaked in topical Thrombin always used for hemostasis on the brain.

16. Calcium chloride / Mannitol a diuretic, may be given to prevent brain swelling, increased intracranial pressure.

17. Hyperthermia / Hypothermia units are always used for the surgery.

18. # 4 Penfield / Hagar dissector is used for blunt dissection.

19. Silk / Chromic suture is used to close the dura.

20. 3-O Nylon / Vicryl is used to suture any drains to the scalp. 

Have fun with this Quiz Four.

Answers will be posted on my next blog.

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