External Fixation — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Which surgical instrument is used for scooping out bone or creating a groove in bone?

Answer: Bone gouge

Extra: A bone gouge is a surgical instrument with a curved, trough-like blade used to scoop out cancellous bone or create grooves in bone (e.g., for bone grafting or sequestrectomy). It differs from a chisel, which has a flat blade.

Flashcard 2: The technique which uses traction on soft tissues around the bones to reduce the fracture fragments is known as _____

Answer: ligamentotaxis

Flashcard 3: Which category of instrument is used to temporarily secure a plate to the bone surface during internal fixation of a fracture?

Answer: Bone and plate holding forceps

Extra: Common examples include Lane's forceps and Verbrugge bone holding forceps. They ensure the plate does not shift while drilling and placing screws.

Flashcard 4: _____ can be used along with Bohler's stirrup for skeletal traction

Answer: Steinmann pin (K-wire/Steinmann pin)

Flashcard 5: _____ can be used for internal fixation of fractures of long bones

Answer: Steinmann pin (K-wire/Steinmann pin)

Flashcard 6: Distraction osteogenesis is also known as _____

Answer: Callotasis

Flashcard 7: In Mc Murray's osteotomy, the distal fragment is displaced _____ally and abducted

Answer: medi

Flashcard 8: _____ screws have a smaller thread, low pitch, compression produced by over drilling proximal cortex

Answer: Cortical

Flashcard 9: The following is a _____ fixator or LRS (limb reconstruction system)

Answer: Rail

Flashcard 10: The following instrument is a _____

Answer: osteotome