SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY TUTOR

ANSWERS FOR THE QUIZ FOUR :

QUESTION NUMBER 1 . ANSWER IS : BEFORE THE FULL PREP

QUESTION NUMBER 2 . ANSWER IS: #3 KNIFE HANDLE WITH #10 BLADE  

QUESTION NUMBER 3 . ANSWER IS:  CRANIOTOME

QUESTION NUMBER 4 . ANSWER IS:  FREER 

QUESTION NUMBER 5 . ANSWER IS: RONGEUR

QUESTION NUMBER 6 . ANSWER IS: PERIOSTEAL ELEVATOR 

QUESTION NUMBER 7. ANSWER IS: MOIST COTTONOID STRIPS

QUESTION NUMBER 8 . ANSWER IS: # THREE FRAIZIERS 

QUESTION NUMBER 9 . ANSWER IS: NORMAL SALINE SOLUTIONS

QUESTION NUMBER 10 . ANSWER IS: SURGICAL LOUPES

QUESTION NUMBER 11 . ANSWER IS: BIPOLAR UNITS

QUESTION NUMBER 12 . ANSWER IS: MAYFIELD OR SUGITA

QUESTION NUMBER 13 . ANSWER IS: NITROGEN OR ELECTRICITY

QUESTION NUMBER 14 . ANSWER IS: DOUBLE MAYO STANDS

QUESTION NUMBER 15 . ANSWER IS: GELFOAM

QUESTION NUMBER 16 . ANSWER IS: MANNITOL A DIURETIC

QUESTION NUMBER 17 . ANSWER IS: HYPOTHERMIA

QUESTION NUMBER 18 . ANSWER IS: # 4 PENFIELD 

QUESTION NUMBER 19 . ANSWER IS: SILK

QUESTION NUMBER 20 . ANSWER IS: 3-0 NYLON

Examples of  position used during neurosurgery:

1. SUPINE: Supranteriol craniotomy, Anterior cervical fusion-decompression procedures etc.
2. LATERAL RECUMBENT: Lumbar, Thoracic laminectomy etc.
3.MODIFICATIONS OF PRONE: Posterior fossa cranioectomy, Laminectomy etc.
4. SITTING: Ventriculogram, Temporal cranioectomy, Posterio-inferior cranioectomy etc.
5. EXTREME SITTING: Infranterial cranial surgery, Posterior spinal surgery etc.

QUIZ FIVE:

Match cranial neurosurgical procedures with the correct descriptions.

1. Procedures to treat hydrocephalus by shunting excessive cerebrospinal fluid from the ventricles to the abdominal cavities where the fluid is absorbed.                                                                                                                                      a. Bur holes
2. Reconstruction of a skull defect resulted from malformation, trauma etc; requires covering the defect with prosthetic material e.g. silicone rubber, bone,cartilage and methyl methacrylate.                                                                                                                                                                                                        b. Craniectomy
3. Removal of pituitary gland or tumor of the pituitary gland by  an incision is made in the upper gum margin through the inferior nasal cavity and sphenoid sinus to the floor of the sella turcica.                                                                                                                                                                                                       c. Cranioplasty
4. Incision into the cranium to treat intracranial disorders.                                                                                                                                                                                                            d. Craniotomy
5. Drill of holes into the skull to tap a ventricle to relieve pressure, or to remove fluid accumulated under the dura mater, or to aspirate brain abscess, or to find and drain subdural hematoma, or to pump air into the lateral ventricles for ventriculography.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            e. Shunting
6. Incision into the skull and removal of bone flap to treat craniosynostosis or to decompress the brain from depressed bone or internal hemorrhage or to remove tumors; subdural and epidural hematomas; infections of the bone.                                                                                                                                                                                  f. Transsphenoidal hypophysectomy

Have fun with this Quiz Five.

Answers will be posted on my next blog.

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