PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY SHEET
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● number of portals needed for shoulder arthroscopy
Answer: Correct Answer how ever many surgeon needs
●● false statements during a shoulder scope
Answer: Standard portal will always be in the same spot; posterior portal
for shoulder scope should be placed between glenoid, humeral head, and
RCR
●● supraspinatus muscle
Answer: What structure is it? Correct Answer D, most superior
●● knee lateral portal
Answer: Started next to which tendon in the front of the knee? Correct
Answer patellar tendon
●● anatomical reference for center tibial footprint of the ACL
Answer: Posterior aspect of anterior lateral horn of meniscus
,●● bundles of the ACL named for attachment on tibia
Answer: What are their names? Correct Answer AM/PL
●● knee scope portal order
Answer: Which portal should be made first? Correct Answer inferior
lateral portal
●● PCL function
Answer: True or False: Limits posterior translation of the tibia Correct
Answer True
●● InternalBrace suture positioning technique
Answer: Arthrex suggested technique for FiberTape suture positioning
for InternalBrace Augmentation? Correct Answer Talus to Fibula, over
top of ATFL repair
●● size of drill for fibula in InternalBrace procedure
Answer: What size drill should the surgeon use in the fibula? Correct
Answer 3.4mm
●● InternalBrace implant weight bearing
Answer: True or False: Allows for early weight bearing while protecting
the ligament repair Correct Answer True
, ●● ankle ligament repair procedure
Answer: Surgical repair of the lateral ankle ligament (ATFL) is most
often accomplished with what procedure? Correct Answer modified
brostrom-gould procedure
●● most common ligament in ankle sprain
Answer: When someone suffers an ankle sprain, what ligament is
involved most commonly? Correct Answer anterior talofibular ligament
(ATFL)
●● PowerPick instrument use
Answer: The PowerPick instrument was initially designed to make quick
work of: Correct Answer microfracture procedures
●● DualWave arthroscopy pump function
Answer: True or False: Designed to operate as either an inflow/outflow
or an inflow only pump Correct Answer True
●● SynergyRF Bipolar Ablation System feature
Answer: Metal detection feature performs what function? Correct
Answer Suspends power to probe when tip is close to scope or metal
instruments
●● shaver oscillation mode