Navigation and Robotics — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The technique which uses traction on soft tissues around the bones to reduce the fracture fragments is known as _____

Answer: ligamentotaxis

Flashcard 2: What is the most commonly used lower limb traction?_____

Answer: Buck's traction

Flashcard 3: K-nail is based on the concept of _____ point fixation

Answer: three

Flashcard 4: Which surgical instrument is used to detach and lift the periosteum from the bone surface?

Answer: Periosteal elevator

Extra: Periosteal elevators (e.g., Farabeuf, Langenbeck) are used in orthopedic and general surgery to strip the periosteum from the bone to allow for better visualization or to prepare the bone for internal fixation.

Flashcard 5: _____ is the gold standard for filling bone defects.

Answer: Autologous bone graft

Flashcard 6: _____ screws have a smaller thread, low pitch, compression produced by over drilling proximal cortex

Answer: Cortical

Flashcard 7: The following is a _____ fixator or LRS (limb reconstruction system)

Answer: Rail

Flashcard 8: The following instrument is a _____

Answer: osteotome

Flashcard 9: Name the following technique of reducing a dislocated shoulder: _____

Answer: Stimson's hanging arm method

Flashcard 10: The following instrument is a _____

Answer: bone nibbler