SESAP Questions / Questions SESAP
Canadian Journal of Surgery 1997;40(4):248
Item 2
The 62-year-old woman whose fingers are shown suffered a frostbite injury 50 days previously. She is scheduled for amputation of the nonviable tissue.
Additional treatment at this time should include
- regional sympathectomy
- digital sympathectomy
- systemic anticoagulation
- release of ischemic fibrosed muscles
- functional splinting and physiotherapy
For the incomplete statement above select the one completion that is BEST.
For the critique of item 2 see page 248.
(Reproduced by permission from SESAP '96'98 Syllabus Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program, Volume 1, 9th edition. For enrolment in the Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program, please apply to the American College of Surgeons, 55 East Erie St., Chicago, IL 60611, USA.)
