Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery — 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 _____ at the end of the K-nail is useful while removing it

Answer: eye

Flashcard 3: _____ can be used with Ilizarov technique and also for internal fixation of small bones

Answer: K-wire (Kirschner wire)

Flashcard 4: What is the most common nerve injured in lithotomy position?_____

Answer: Common peroneal nerve

Flashcard 5: In Mc Murray's osteotomy, the distal fragment is displaced _____ally and abducted

Answer: medi

Flashcard 6: Which surgical instrument used for cutting bone is characterized by being beveled on both sides?

Answer: Osteotome (beveled on both sides)

Extra: A chisel is beveled on only one side. Osteotomes are frequently used in plastic surgery (e.g., rhinoplasty) to cut or shape bone.

Flashcard 7: _____ is the gold standard for filling bone defects.

Answer: Autologous bone graft

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