Chapter 10: Table of Contents
1) Creating a “dirty field” of instruments to be used in the gastrointestinal tract is not necessary for surgeries of the stomach, as the stomach contents are “cleaner” than those of the intestine.
- True
- False
2) When placing stay sutures in the stomach, you should take full thickness bites in order to include the submucosa.
- True
- False
3) Incisions of the stomach for a gastrotomy or gastric biopsy should be made
- At the pyloric antrum.
- At the greater curvature.
- On the body of the stomach in between the greater and lesser curvatures.
- At the lesser curvature.
4) When making an incision into the stomach for a gastrotomy or gastric biopsy, you should cauterize, clamp, or ligate any bleeding vessels.
- True
- False
5) Which of the following is not an appropriate closure for a gastrotomy or gastric biopsy?
- A 2-layer closure using a simple continuous pattern for the first layer and a Cushing pattern for the second layer.
- A 2-layer closure using a simple continuous pattern for the first layer and a Lembert pattern for the second layer.
- A 2-layer closure using inverting patterns (Cushing or Lembert) in both layers.
- A single layer simple interrupted pattern.
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