Exam 19: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Which type of specialized retractor enhances visualization in many breast and abdominoplasty procedures?

Before closure in augmentation mammoplasty, what is done to verify correct size?

Match each term below with its description. -Type of drape designed to encase and cover the hair of the head

What suturing technique would the surgeon use to attach tendons in a toe-to-thumb transfer procedure?

For which procedure would the surgical technologist prepare a tumescent solution?

Match each term below with its description. -Device used to measure distance between two opposite sides

Which type of incision is MOST frequently used to excise excess skin in a blepharoplasty procedure?

Plastic and reconstructive surgeries must be done only after an individual has stopped growing, due to potential changes in anatomy of younger patients.

Patients with cleft palates may have difficulty sucking, swallowing, or forming sounds.

Which type of grafted tissue would have skin sensation preserved?

Which of the following order of steps for replantation of a digit is CORRECT?

A patient scheduled for centralization of radial dysplasia would be about what age?

Which epidermal stratum is the outermost layer?

Which epidermal stratum is present only on the palms of hands and soles of feet?

A full-thickness skin graft may be taken from the inner thigh or labial fold to re-create which anatomic area?

Which anatomical area is a TRAM flap used to reconstruct?

Which cranial nerve must NOT be compromised by retractor placement during rhytidectomy?

Match each term below with its description. -Distinct individual tissue layer

Breast ptosis is surgically corrected by:

In which degree of skin burn does the tissue appear as pearly white or charred and will likely require debridement of eschar?