1. **What type of suture is used in the PARS Suture Implant System (AR-8860DS)?**
- A. FiberWire®
- B. SutureTape
- C. FiberTape®
**Answer: B. SutureTape**
2. **What suture number passes through the loops in 3 and 4 to create the locking stitch?**
- A. The white SutureTape
- B. The green/white SutureTape
- C. The blue/white SutureTape
**Answer: C. The blue/white SutureTape is circled around the green/white loops about 2 times and
then the tail ends are passed through the loop on the green/white suture.**
3. **According to Dr. Anderson's article from FAI, what was the occurrence of sural nerve injury for the
PARS group?**
- A. 5 patients
- B. 2 patients
- C. Zero patients
**Answer: C. Zero patients**
4. **According to Dr. Anderson's article in FAI, what percentage of the PARS patients returned to
baseline activities at 5 months?**
- A. 75%
- B. 98%
- C. 85%
**Answer: B. 98% of patients**
5. **Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using SutureTape over round suture for Achilles
tendon repair?**
- A. Improved technology
- B. Increased resistance to tissue pull-through
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- C. Stronger knotted and knotless fixation
- D. Larger knot stacks
- E. Better handling characteristics compared to #2 suture
**Answer: D. Larger knot stacks**
6. **True or False: The Achilles tendon is the most commonly ruptured tendon with an estimated 81,000
ruptures per year in the U.S., and surgical intervention has grown at a rate of 10.4% since 2016,
projected to reach over 60,000 procedures by 2023.**
**Answer: True**
7. **Important anatomic structures just posterior to the superficial posterior compartment of the leg
include:**
- A. Saphenous nerve and lesser saphenous vein
- B. Sural nerve and lesser saphenous vein
- C. Tibial nerve and greater saphenous vein
**Answer: B. Sural nerve and lesser saphenous vein**
8. **Continued heel pain following the Achilles Midsubstance SpeedBridgeTM Implant System is most
likely the result of:**
- A. SwiveLocks were left prominent and not flush with the bone and inserted at 90 degrees
- B. SwiveLocks were flush with the bone but not inserted at 90 degrees
- C. SutureTape was not used
**Answer: A. SwiveLocks were left prominent and not flush with the bone and inserted at 90
degrees**
9. **When drilling the posterior calcaneus to prepare the holes for the SwiveLock® anchors, insert the
drill guide to the bone and drill to the hard stop with the 3.5mm drill starting 1cm inferior to the most
superior aspect of the posterior calcaneal tuberosity angling:**
- A. 30 degrees from the centerline of the coronal and sagittal plane
- B. 45 degrees from the centerline of the coronal and sagittal plane
- C. 60 degrees from the centerline of the coronal and sagittal plane
**Answer: B. 45 degrees from the centerline of the coronal and sagittal plane**
10. **According to the surgical technique guide, after passing SutureTape through the proximal tendon
with the PARS jig, you must test the proximal suture construct to ensure the sutures hold in the tendon
by:**
- A. Pulling on the SutureTapes and loading it 1-2 times
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