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DEX MODULE QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
1. What is the most common motion responsible for lateral ankle sprains?
a. Inversion, dorsi flexion
b. Eversion, plantar-flexion
c. Inversion, plantar-flexion
d. Eversion, dorsi-flexion - Answer -Inversion, plantar-flexion
What is the most common ligament disruption involved in lateral ankle sprains? -
Answer -ATFL
What two nerves are most at risk when surgeons perform a lateral ankle ligament
operation?
a. Anterior talofibular nerve & calcaneofibular nerve
b. Anterior tibial nerve and posterior tibial nerve
c. Saphenous nerve and sural nerve
d. Sural nerve and superficial peroneal nerve - Answer -Sural nerve and superficial
peroneal nerve
Which words describes red blood cells?
a. Leukocytes
b. Erythrocytes
c. Thrombocytes
d. Electrolytes - Answer -Erythrocytes
True or false: plasma makes up 55% of whole blood - Answer -True
True or false: Platlets (thrombocytes) are a component of whole blood that do not
contain a nucleus. Therefore, platelets are not truly cells - Answer -True
Which of the following are complications of a screw fixation for syndesmosis injury:
a. Loosening
b. Breakage
c. Need of second operation
d. All of the above - Answer -All of the above
What is the strongest ligament in the ankle syndesmotic ligament complex?
a. AiTFL
, b. ATFL
c. CFL
d. PiTFL - Answer -PiTFL
True or false: an advantage of the knotless ankle tightrope implant is earlier weight
bearing compared to screw fixation. - Answer -True
What two muscles make up your calf muscles and come together to form the Achillies
tendon?
a. Flexor hallucis longus and plantaris
b. Flexor digitorum longus and brevis
c. Gastrocnemius and soleus
d. Gastrocnemius and flexor hallucis longus - Answer -Gastrocnemius and soleus1.
When performing the Achillies Mid-Substance Speedbridge, how many times should the
passing needles be passed through the PARS Jig?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 5
d. 7 - Answer -5
1. A patient experiencing pain with shoe wear and swelling for several months located
at the posterior aspect of their heel is more likely to have - Answer -Insertional achilles
tendinitis
What physical exam test shows a positive result when the patient feels "zaps" to their
fingertips as an examiner taps over the median nerve at the wrist?
a. Tinel's
b. Phalen's
c. EMG
d. NCS - Answer -Tinel's
The surgeon should aim for the base of which finger when inserting the Centerline
endoscopic carpal tunnel release into the carpal canal? - Answer -Ring
1. True or false: advantage of the mini-open surgical technique over ECTR is that the
surgeon will have a better view of the transverse carpal ligament and the patient will
enjoy a quicker return to activity - Answer -false?
Which of the following conditions can mimic the symptons of carpal tunnel syndrome?
a. Cervical radiculopathy
b. Median nerve entrapment at the elbow
c. Thumb CMC arthrisitis
d. Nonspecific tenosynovitis
e. All of the above - Answer -All of the above
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