Question 56 · LEK · Wounds
During the operation consisting in the resection of the right liver lobe, because of the wrong cut the hepatic flexure of the colon was injured which led to its perforation and the intestinal contents entered the peritoneal cavity. What is the correct classification of 19 z 117 29.06.2026, 14:15 Centrum Egzaminów Medycznych https://test.cem.edu.pl/pytcem/wyswietl_baza_pdf.php such a wound?
- A. clean-contaminated.
- B. dirty.
- C. contaminated.
- D. clean.
- E. secondary.
Hint
Apply the surgical wound classes: what separates controlled opening of the bowel, gross spillage, and pre-existing infection?
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