DEX Test - Unit 2 Questions and
Answers
All of the following are true about the quick fix staple system except:
A. Staple sizes are 6mm and 8mm wide
B. 1mm diameter
C. Implant is stainless steel and designed with barbed leg tips
D. Indicated for a wedge osteotomy of the first phalanx (akin or moberg)
E. none, all of these are correct - Answer -A
All of the following are situations where a lapidus procedure would be indicated except:
A. Hyper mobile 1st ray
B. Unstable 1st MTT joint
C. Recurrent deformities
D. Oblique of metatarso cuneiform joint
E. none, all of these are correct - Answer -E
T or F
The cortical and cancellous parts of OATS allograft plugs can be combined with
biologically active materials such as ACP - Answer -T
All of the following are true about the Arthrex Plaple system except:
A. Sizes are 12,15, and 20 mm bridge lengths
B. Titanium implant with 2.3mm titanium low profile screw
C. Compression fixation for a number of metadiaphyseal indications
D. The barbed traditional staple leg of the plaple is inserted into the metaphysical
portion of the bone and a 2.3mm low profile screw provides either unicortical or
bicortical fixation in the diaphyseal bone
E. none, all of these are correct - Answer -
A common cause to hallux rigidus are localized ____ on the ____ - Answer -Chondral
defects, 1st met head
T or F
, Hallux Varus deformity is characterized by a Varus angulation of the first MTP joint -
Answer -T
Small OATS kits come in _____ sizes and can be used in the treatment of Hallux
Rigidus - Answer -6,8,10mm
Dr. X excised the lateral sesamoid when performing a bunion surgery. The most
probable secondary deformity as the consequence of this is:
A. Cock-up deformity
B. Hallus Varus
C. Hallus valgus
D. Hallux rigidus
E. hallux limitus - Answer -B
In order to avoid recurrence when using the mini TR for Hallux Varus, the drill holes and
fiberwire should be placed in the following position in relation to the collateral ligament:
A. Dorsal to CL on both bones
B. Dorsal to CL on metatarsal and dorsal to CL on proximal phalanx
C. Planter to CL on metatarsal and dorsal to CL on proximal phalanx
D. Planter to CL on both bones
E. it doesn't matter for correction - Answer -D
T or F
Hallux Rigidus is a functional limitation in the first MTP joint secondary to arthritic
damage - Answer -T
The most common cause of Hallux Varus deformity is ____ - Answer -Latrogenic, over
correction of hallux valgus surgery
All of the following are indications for Anatmomemic (MTP arthplasty) except:
A. Hallux rigidus
B. Hallux limitus
C. Hallux valgus with arthrosis of the MTP joint
D. Revision after Keller Arthroplasty
E. none, all are correct - Answer -E
All of the following are true about lapidus plate except:
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