| Term | Definition |
|---|
| DEHISCENCE | PARTIAL SEPERATION OF LAYERS OF TISSUE |
| EVISCERATION | EXPOSURE OF INSIDES EMERGENT |
| ADHESION | ABNORMAL ATTACHMENT OF TWO TISSUES |
| FISTULA | TRACT OPEN AT BOTH ENDS |
| SINUS TRACT | TRACT OPEN AT ONE END |
| DEAD SPACE | AIR TRAPPED BETWEEN TISSUE LAYERS |
| NONABSORBABLE SUTURES | SUTURES THAT RESIST ENZYMATIC DIGESTION |
| MONOFILAMENT | SUTURES THAT DO NOT HARBOR BACTERIA |
| MONOFILAMENT SUTURES | SUTURE HAS LITTLE RESISTANCE, HARD TO HANDLE |
| CAPILLARITY | CAPABLE OF HARBORING BACTERIA MULTIFILAMENT SUTURES |
| SYNTHETIC SUTURES | HYDROLIZED BY THE BODY WATER BREAK DOWN |
| NATURAL SUTURES | DIGESTED BY BODY ENZYMES |
| UNITED STATES PHARMOCOPEIA | USP |
| USP | SPECIFIES DIAMETER RANGE FOR SUTURE MATERIAL |
| BROWN AND SHARPE | DIAMETER OF STAINLESS STEEL SUTURES IDENTIFIED BY |
| #5 | LARGEST AVAILABLE SUTURE FOR USE IN SURGERY |
| 1 THROUGH 4-0 | MOST COMMON SUTURE SIZES |
| #1 #0 | USED FOR CLOSURE OF ORTHO AND ABDOMINAL |
| 5-59 | SUTURE LENGTHS |
| NONABSORBABLE SUTURES | USED WHERE CONTINUED STRENGTH IS NEEDED |
| SILK SUTURES | USED FOR LIGATING VESSELS |
| ABSORBABLE SUTURES | USED FOR SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND MUCOSAL LAYER OF INTESTINE |
| PLAIN GUT | YELLOW PACKAGE ABSORBABLE MONOFILAMENT |
| PLAIN GUT | STORED IN ALCOHOL SOLUTION |
| PLAIN GUT | ENZYMATIC ABSORPTION 70 DAYS, COLLAGEN, STORED IN ALCOHOL |
| CHROMIC GUT | PACKAGE COLOR BEIGE, GOLD WRAPPER, STORED IN SALT |
| CHROMIC GUT | MONOFILAMENT COLLAGEN, TREATED WITH SALTS TO DELAY ABSORBTION 90 DAYS |
| POLYGLYCONATE | MONOFILAMENTM SYNTHETIC FIBER, 60 DAYS TO ABSORB |
| POLYGLYCONATE | BLUE PACKAGE |
| ETHICON | MONOFILAMENT 180-240 SELF ABSORBS |
| ETHICON | USED FOR TISSUE LONG TERM STRENGTH |
| POLYGLICAPRONE | MONOCRYL MONOFILAMENT |
| POLYDIAZANONE | ETHICON MONOFILAMENT |
| MONOCRYL | HYDROLYZED IN 91-119 DAYS CORAL PACKAGE |
| ETHICON | SILVER PACKAGE |
| POLYPROPYLENE | PROLENE, DEEP BLUE PACKAGE |
| NYLON | SYNTHETIC, NON ABSORB, MINT GREEN PACKAGE |
| STAINLESS STEEL | ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE YELLOW PACKAGE, INDEFINITE STRENGTH |
| POLYGLACTIN | MOST COMMON VICRYL/ETHICON |
| POLYGLACTIN | PACKAGE COLOR VIOLET |
| SURGICAL SILK | MULTIFILAMENT, 1 YR TENSILE, BABY BLUE PACKAGE |
| SURGICAL COTTON | STRONGER WET, PACKAGE PINK, NOT USED TODAY |
| BRAIDED NYLON | NUROLON, SURGILON |
| MERSILENE | RESPIRATORY TRACT, CARDIO PROCEDURES, BRAIDED POLYESTER, TURQOISE |
| LIGATURES | USED TO OCCLUDE VESSELS |
| FREE TIES | PRECUT TIES REMOVED AS SINGLE STRANDS |
| TIE ON A PASSER | LOADING TIE ON CURVE CLAMP FOR PLACEMENT AROUND VESSEL |
| LIGATURE REEL | SUPERFICIAL BLEEDERS, RADIOPAQUE, INCLUDED IN COUNT, |
| INSTRUMENT TIE | TIE ON A PASS |
| CLOSE EYE NEEDLE | CAUSES MORE TISSUE DAMAGE SUTURE NOT CONTINUOUS WITH NEEDLE, ROUND, SQUARE HOLE, |
| FRENCH EYE | FAST LOADING ON TO V, STILL TISSUE DAMAGE |
| EYELESS OR SWAGED | MANUFACTURED WITH SUTURE, HOLE FROM NEEDLE FILLS WITH SUTURE |
| POP OFF | DETACHABLE NEEDLE SWAGED |
| PERITONEUM | LAYER CLOSER 1 FIRST |
| FASCIA | LAYER CLOSURE 2 |
| MUSCLE | LAYER CLOSURE 3 |
| SUBCUTANEOUS | LAYER CLOSURE 4 |
| SUBCUTICULAR | LAYER CLOSURE 5 |
| SKIN LAYERS | LAYER CLOSURE 6 LAST |
| PERITONEUM | MAY NOT NEED TO BE SUTURED IF FASCIA CLOSED PROPERLY REQUIRES CONTINUOUS 3-0 ABSORBABLE |
| FASCIA | TOUGH TISSUE, HEALS SLOWLY, TENSILE STRENGTH |
| CT | CIRCLE TAPER |
| CTX | CIRCLE TAPER EXTRA LARGE |
| KS | KEITH STRAIGHT |
| PS | PLASTIC SURGERY |
| SH | SMALL HALF (CIRCLE) |
| SUBCUTANEOUS | DOESNT TOLERATE SUTURES WELL, PLAIN GT SUTURES USED |
| SUBCUTICULAR | USED TO MINIMIZE SCARRING, ABSORBABLE, ALSO USE TAPE |
| SKIN | POLYPROPYLENE NYLON, STAPLES, |
| PRIMARY SUTURE LINE | APPROXIMATE EDGES FOR FIRST INTENTION HEALING |
| CONTINUOUS RUNNIING SUTURE | ONE STRAND SUTURE TIED AT 1ST AND LAST EVEN TENSION DISTRIBUTED |
| INTERRUPTED SUTURE | INTERRUPTS BACTERIA |
| PURSESTRING SUTURE | PULLING ON ENDS TIGHTENS AND CLOSES OPENING |
| PURSESTRING | USED FOR APPENDIX |
| BOLSTERS | PLASTIC TUBING COVERING RETENTION SUTURE ENDS |
| BUTTONHOLES | USED WITH TENDON SUTURES |
| SPLIT LEAD | CLAMPED ON ENDS OF SUBCUTICULAR SUTURES |
| VESSEL LOOPS | COUNTED, COLORED FOR DIFFERENT STRUCTURES, OCCLUSION OF VESSELS, ISOLATION, RETRACTION VESSELS, NERVES, DUCTS |
| WHITE AND YELLOW | VESSEL LOOP COLOR, NERVES AND DUCTS |
| RED | LOOP COLOR FOR ARTERY |
| BLUE | LOOP COLOR FOR VEINS |
| SKIN CLOSURE TAPE | USED WHEN SUTURES MAY NOT BE NEEDED |
| SKIN ADHESIVE | LESS SCARRING, MICROBIAL BARRIER, WASTES IN 5-10 DAYS |
| LINEAR CUTTER | STAPLE AND TRANSECT TISSUE, STAPLES AND CONTAINS KNIFE BLADE TO CUT TISSUE |
| LIGATING CLIPS | OCCLUDE SINGLE SMALL STRUCTURE-USE THE APPLIER |
| LIGATING CUTTER | EJECTS TWO CLIPS AND THEN CUTS |
| INTRALUMINAL STAPLER | ANASTOMOSE STRUCTURES, DOUBLE ROW OF STAPLES AND CUTS LUMEN |
| MESHES OR FABRICS | HERNIA REPAIR |
| DENIAL, ANGER, BARGAINING, DEPRESSION, ACCEPTANCE | FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF |
| MASLOWS HIERARCHY | SURVIVAL, SAFETY, BELONGING, ESTEEM, SELF |
| DYSTOCIA | DIFFICULT LABOR DELIVERY |
| TYPE i DIABETES | INSULIN DEPENDENT INJECTION BIRTH |
| TYPE 2 DIABETES | DIABETES DUE TO DIET |
| TRUE | OR ATTIRE IS REQUIRED IN THE SEMIRESTRICTED AREAS |
| TRUE | RESTRICTED REQUIRES OR ATTIRE AND MASK |
| 50 | HUMIDITY LEVEL |
| AIR | YELLOW OUTLET IS FOR |
| OXYGEN | GREEN OUTLET IS FOR |
| NITROGEN | BLACK OUTLET IS FOR |
| WILSON FRAME | USED FOR REPOSITIONG PATIENTS SUPINE TO PRONE |
| MAYFIELD | HEADREST USED IN CRANIOTOMIES |
| LAMINAR AIR FLOW | POSITIVE PRESSURE AIR FLOW CAPTURES MICROBES |
| 20 | NUMBER OF AIR CHANGES PER HOUR |
| BOHRS THEORY | PRINCIPLE OF ELECTRICITY FREE ELECRONS MOVING |
| CONDUCTORS | MATERIAL THAT ALLOW THE FLOW OF FREE ELECTRONS |
| VOLT | ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL |
| CIRCUIT | THE PATH ELECTRICITY TAKES FROM ONE ENERGY SOURCE TO ANOTHER |
| OHMS LAW | SCIENTIFIC LAW THAT PERTAINS TO ELECTRICITY |
| BIPOLAR MODE | ESU USED DELICATE SURGERY, COAG ONLY NO CUTTING |
| REFRACTION | BENDING OF LIGHT AS IT PASSES FROM ONE SUBSTANCE TO ANOTHER |
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