Wound Healing, Tissue Repair and Scarring
- Previous year questions on Wound Healing, Tissue Repair and Scarring for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Surgery section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 19 live questions in Wound Healing, Tissue Repair and Scarring.
- 8 of 19 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019, 2020.
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- Question set last updated 20 Aug 2026.
Q1.True statement regarding hypertrophic scar:
- AUsually occurs across the flexural areas✓ Correct answer
- BDoes not improve with time
- COvergrows its boundaries
- DDevelops months after surgery
Q2.The following statement about Keloid is true
- AIt contain growth factor✓ Correct answer
- BExtended excision is the treatment of choice
- CIt do not extend beyond the wound
- DNone of the above
Q3.All of the following are part of the ASEPSIS wound grading except ?
- Aserous discharge
- Bpurulent exudate
- CInduration✓ Correct answer
- DErythema
Q4.The vitamin which has inhibitory effect on wound healing is
- AVitamin - A
- BVitamin - E✓ Correct answer
- CVitamin - C
- DVitamin - B - complex
Q5.True regarding wound dehiscence:
- AIf you suspect dehiscence, close with continuous suture of non-absorbable material
- BDehiscence happens on 2nd post-operative day
- CThe management of wound dehiscence depends on degree of evisceration and gangrenous bowel✓ Correct answer
- DThere will sudden gush of fluid just before the dehiscence
Q6.All of the following are part of the ASEPSIS wound score except:
- ASerous discharge
- BPurulent exudate
- CInduration✓ Correct answer
- DErythema
Q7.Degloving injury occurs at:-
- ASkin
- BSkin + Subcutaneous tissue✓ Correct answer
- CSkin + Fascia + Subcutaneous tissue
- DEverything above from bone
Q8.What should not be done in a case of missile injury?
- AIncise skin generously
- BIncise fascia widely
- CDress wounds with fluffed gauze
- DRepair tendons✓ Correct answer
Q9.Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is used in:
- ABedsore in sacrum after debridement✓ Correct answer
- BAfter amputation negative suction
- COsteomyelitis
- DUnexplored fistulas
Q10.Kraissl's lines are:
- ACollagen and elastin lines in stab wounds
- BPoint of maximum tension in a fracture
- CPoint of tension in hanging
- DRelaxed tension lines in skin✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: A. Usually occurs across the flexural areas; Q2: A. It contain growth factor; Q3: C. Induration; Q4: B. Vitamin - E; Q5: C. The management of wound dehiscence depends on degree of evisceration and gangrenous bowel; Q6: C. Induration; Q7: B. Skin + Subcutaneous tissue; Q8: D. Repair tendons; Q9: A. Bedsore in sacrum after debridement; Q10: D. Relaxed tension lines in skin.
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