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Chapter 11

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1st century   Celsus and Glaenus ligated vessels  
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19th century   Sterile technique. Pasteur: Organisms outside the body caused disease. insturments should be boiled and passed through flame. Lister:Infection was a result of "Disease dust". Soaked suture in carbolized oil  
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20th Century   Suture made of catgut, silk, kangaroo. Fist synthetic suture polyglycolic acid  
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Tensile strength   Maximum amount of weight it can endure before breaking  
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Absorbable suture   Capable of being absorbed by the tissue. Should absorb by the time the tissue has healed. Avoid tissue reaction  
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Nonabsorbable suture   resists enzymatic digestion or absorption by tissue  
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Monofilament suture   single thread structure, do not harbor bacteria, more difficult to hold knot, ideal suture type if infection present  
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Multifilament suture   Multiple threads braided or twisted. capillarity, able to harbor bacteria. avoid use when there is infection. great tensile strength. easy passage through tissue. easy handling. secure knots  
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Capillarity   Capability to harbor bacteria and tissue fluids  
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Tie on pass   Adson tonsil with suture at tip  
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Name a chemical, electrical and mechanical way to obtain hemostasis   Chemical: Avitene Electrical:Bovie Mechanical:Suture  
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Natural suture   cellulose, animal product, animal tissue.Natural absorbable:digested by body enzymes that attack the suture strand  
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Synthetic suture   polymers from petroleum based products. Synthetic absorbable is hydrolyzed by the body. Water in tissue breaks down synthetic fibers. Minimal tissue reaction  
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The united states pharmacopeia USP and Brown and Sharp B and S   USP specifies diameter (gauge) for suture. B and S specifies commercial wire gauge numbers largest is 7  
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Where is absorbable suture used   Areas that do not need continuous support. Subcutaneous tissue and mucosal layer of the intestine  
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Where is nonabsorbable suture used   where there is need for continuous support. Closed abnormal openings in the heart, dura of the brain, dura over spinal cord, fascia and skin  
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What are common monofilament absorbable sutures   Plain gut, chromic gut, PDS and monocryl  
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What are common monofilament nonabsorbable suture   Prolene, surgilene (used on heart with cooleys), Nylon, stainless steel  
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What are common Multifilament absorbable suture   Vicryl and dexon  
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What are common multifilament nonabsorbable suture   silk, surgical cotton, braided nylon, mersilene, ethibond (strong used for ortho)  
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Ligatures   Ties to occlude vessels. Precut lengths (18, 24, 30in). or comes in suture reels. Cut suture shorter than 1/4in if multifilament and cut at 1/4 in for monofilament  
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Free tie   No needle or needle holder. Place suture in surgeons hand. Monofilament leave 1/4 in tail and multifilament leave 1/8in tail  
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Suture ligature   Stick tie:Sutures with a swaged atraumatic needle loaded onto a needle holder. Large vessel occlusion to prevent suture slippage.  
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Reel tie   Occlude superficial bleeders. Radiopaque and include in count  
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Instrument tie   Tie on a pass: suture is loaded onto an instruement crile, schnidt, adson  
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List the from first to last the layers of closure   1. Peritoneum 2. Fascia 3. Muscle 4. Subcutaneous 5. Subcuticular 6. skin  
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Primary suture line   Sutures that approximate wound edges for first intention healing. Ex pursestring, subcuticular  
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Second suture line   ease tension on the primary. Retention sutures placed lateral to primary sutures  
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Linear staples   Two parallel rows of staples  
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Ligating cutters   Two ligating clips side by side then divides the tissue between the clips  
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Cutting needle   3 cutting edges  
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Taper points   round shaft without a cutting edge  
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blunt needle   round shaft that ends in a blunt tip  
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Shaft   Between the suture stand and the point. Length is determined by the depth of the bite or the tissue to be sutured  
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Point   Determines the shape of the body. body shapes are round, triangular or flattened. Tapered and blunt needles have round bodies. Cutting needles have triangular bodies  
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Body   stright or most common is 1/2 circle body. Microsurgical needles are retention suture needles usually 3/8 circle  
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CDC classifies wounds in what three categories   Clean. Clean contaminated. Contaminated. dirty infected  
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Inflammation   Injured tissues release histamine. bodies protective response to injury  
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First intention wound healing   Primary closure. Phase 1 lag phase- inflammatory response. Phase 2 proliferation. Phase 3 maturation-cicatrix forms  
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Second intention wound healing   granulation-proud fesh-excessive granulation of tissue may form  
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Third intention of wound healing   delayed primary closure-contaminated or dirty wounds  
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What are the three main factors that influence wound healing   1 Physical condition 2. Intraoperative tissue handling 3. application of principles of asepsis and sterile technique  
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Dehiscence   Partial or total separation of tissue after closure  
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Friable   Easily torn  
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Evisceration   Protrusion of the viscera through the edges of a separated wound. Emergency  
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Fistula   Abnormal tract between two epithelium lined surfaces that is open at both ends  
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Sinus tract   abnormal tract between two epithelium lined surfaces that is open at one end only  
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Keloid scar   Hypertrophic scar formation  
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Why does the surgeon try to use the smallest suture for wound closure   1. Minimal tissue trauma 2. minimal foreign material in body  
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What is 1 and 0 suture most used on   Ortho wounds and abdominal fascia  
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what is 4-0 and 5-0 suture used on   aortic anastamosis  
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What is 6-0 and 7-0 suture used on   smaller anastamosis or coronary or carotid arteries  
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8-0 throught 11-0 suture used on   microvascular and eye procedures  
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4-0 suture is used on   dural closure  
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3-0 and 4-0 suture is used on   subcuticular skin  
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What are factors for choosing suture   1. type of procedure 2. condition of tissue 3. disease processes 4. surgeon preference 5. suture cost 6. availablility of suture  
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What are disease processes that affect suture closure   DM. immune system diseases, pituitary gland dysfunction, localized infection, systemic infections  
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Pliability   How easily suture passes through tissue. How easily suture ties knots and knot security  
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What is the most important information on a suture box   suture size, material, size of needle  
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What are surgical needles made of and what is the needle eye?   Made of steel. Needle eye is where the suture is attached  
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Closed eye needle   Round or square holes have to lead suture through. Causes more tissue damage  
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French eye needle   Pull the taut strand into a V shape. Load quicker than closed eye. More tissue damages than eyeless  
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Eyeless or swaged needle   Suture inserted into one end of the needle. Single arm attachment or double arm. Permanently attached suture or control release  
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Conventional cutting needle and reverse cutting needle   Conventional: 3 cutting edges that extend the length of the shaft Reverse: Opposing cutting edges along the shaft  
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Side cutting needle and tapered point needle   side: opthalamic procedures aka spatula tapered: Round shaft without cutting edges, doesn't cut tissue, used on delicate tissue  
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Blunt point and ground point wire needles   Blunt: round shaft with blunt tip ground: point with sharp edges and round body  
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What size circle are microsurgical needles   3/8 circle  
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Hypodermic needle   Inject medications, withdraw medications into a syringe, draw fluids from tissue. Gauge 12-30. smaller the needle the larger the number  
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Arterial or venous/cannula needle   employ a needle to introduce a plastic indwelling catheter into a vessel, used to obtain arterial blood gas  
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Arterial needles   Ex Potts-Cournand, introduc diagnostic or angioplasty guiding catheters into arterial system  
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Irrigation needles   small ccannulated tube, straight or angled, disposable and non disposable, different lengths  
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Biopsy needles   Obtain tissue samples from inside the body. Ex dorsey needle, chiba biopsy needle, franklin silverman and trucut biopsy needle  
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Continuous or running suture   evenly distributed tension. Simple continuous:Long straight edges that easily evert. Continuous running/locking, blanket stitch: suture is locked prior to next throw, reduce skin tension and increase wound edge eversion  
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Interrupted suture   for Tissue under tension (Halsted method). Interrupted horizontal mattress: 2 bite placed parallel. Interrupted vertical mattress: 2 bite 1st place close to wound edge 2nd placed slightly behind first  
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Endoscopic suturing: Extracorpeal and Intracorporeal   Extracorporeal: Creating the knot outside the body. Intracorporeal: Internal suturing and tying knot inside the body ex endoloop  
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Wound Zipper   Noninvasie, atraumatic device for skin closure. Eliminates needle holes and sharps injury, faster than suturing  
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Cyanoacrylate   Synthetic adhesive for skin closure. ex Dermabond and indermil. Chemical liquid glue, dries in 2 minutes. Flexible, wears off in 7-10days. Can't use if infection is present  
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Fibrin Glue   Biologic adhesive and hemostat agent. Mix calcium chloride and thrombin. Drawn in two separate syringes and applied at the same time  
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Bridges   Plastic device that bridge and close the incision. tension can be adjusted  
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Bolsters   Plastic or rubber tubing on retention suture to prevent retention suture from cutting the skin  
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Button holes   Tendon suture  
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Split lead shots   Clipped on ends of subcuticular sutures after skin closure  
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Umbilical tape   retraction and isolation during surgery  
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Vessel loops   Isolation and retraction, elasticity. White/yellow=Nerves or ducts. Red=Arteries. Blue=veins  
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Suture Anchors   Used in ortho for fixing tendons and ligaments to bone  
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What are the benefits and disadvantages of stapling   Advantage: Less tissue reaction, accelerated wound healing, less operating time, efficiency. Disadvantages: Increased cost, must be preciseley placed  
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Fascia and skin stapler   Approximate skin edges, single staple per action, close abdominal fascia  
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Linear staples and linear cutter   2 straight, staggered, evenly spaces, parallel rows of staples used for transection ex TA. Cutter: Staples and cuts tissue ex GIA  
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Ligating clips and linear dissecting stapler   occlude small structures. Dissecting stapler: 2 ligating clips side by side and then divides the tissue between the clips  
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Intraluminal stapler   Circular, anastomosis of tubular structures Ex EEA  
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Synthetic meshes   Pliable, easy to cut, easy to suture, porus  
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Biological materials   Fascia Lata, Muscle of cattle or muscle from patients thigh. Ingrowth mesh: Sugisis, porcine small intestine  
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