Suture Quiz

Suture not used in kidneys or ureter as it may become a nucleus for stone formation
a. Silk
b. Chromic
c. Nylon
d. Wire

a. Silk

Sutures that gives support to tissues indefinitely
a. Silk
b. Prolene
c. Wire
d. Nylon

c. Wire

Synthetic non-absorbable suture with very little tissue reaction, commonly used in cardiovascular surgery
a. Polyester
b. Polyglycolic acid
c. Chromic
d. Cotton

a. Polyester

Tensile strength of silk 4-0 sutures
a. 7.5 N
b. 12.3 N
c. 19.6 N
d. 22.3 N

a. 7.5 N

Used in wiring of the teeth in mandibular fracture because of its flexibility
a. Stainless steel
b. Vitalium
c. Copper
d. Tantalum

c. Copper

Most commonly used sutures for vascular anastomosis
a. Silk
b. Cotton
c. Wire
d. Polypropylene

d. Polypropylene

Non-absorbable synthetic suture which loses 25% of its tensile strength in 2 years
a. Polyester
b. Nylon
c. Stainless steel
d. Cotton

b. Nylon

Polydioxanone sutures made with polyester polyamide completely absorbed in
a. 2 years
b. 1 year
c. 6 months
d. 14 days

c. 6 months

Specification/s of suture material, EXCEPT:
a. It must be sterile
b. Definite absorbability
c. Must not act as a foreign body
d. Opaque to xray

d. Opaque to xray

Substance that is used to treat surgical gut to prolong absorption
a. Hydrogen peroxide
b. Chromic oxide
c. Potassium permanganate
d. Povidone iodine

b. Chromic oxide

A running suture in which short lateral stitches are taken beneath the epithelial layer
a. Purse string
b. Subcuticular
c. Mattress
d. Interrupted

b. Subcuticular

A synthetic material most commonly used in plastic surgery
a. Nylon
b. Silk
c. Cotton
d. Wire

a. Nylon

The following tissues should generally be sutured with absorbable sutures except
a. Liver
b. Intestine
c. Tendon
d. Fascia
e. None

c. Tendon

Advantages of interrupted suturing is/are:
a. Equal tension
b. Less time disruption
c. Faster to close the wound
d. Has hemostatic effect
e. AOTA

e. AOTA

Made from submucosa of the sheep’s intestines
a. Silk
b. Cotton
c. Surgical gut
d. Collagen

c. Surgical gut

Absorbable sutures with complete absorption in 10 – 14 days
a. Surgical gut
b. Polyglactin
c. Chromic sutures
d. Polygyloclic acid

a. Surgical gut

A material that is tied around the vessel to occlude the lumen
a. Purse string
b. Ligature
c. Steri strip
d. Hemostat

b. Ligature

An Indian physician who described sutures made from hemp, flax, animal tendons and bark fibers
a. Galen
b. Lister
c. Sushruta
d. Kocher

c. Sushruta

Appears to have been the most advanced in early civilization in the skills on surgery
a. India
b. Africa
c. Australia
d. Philippines

a. India

A running stitch used to invert the stump of the appendix
a. Continuous interlocking
b. Mattress
c. Inverted T
d. Purse string

d. Purse string