Orthopedic Test review Surgical Technology questions with correct answers

Fracture classifications CORRECT ANSWER Open and closed Causes of fractures CORRECT ANSWER trauma and pathological types of fractures CORRECT ANSWER know what each are Greenstick/stress: barely fractured Potts: @ fibula near ankle Colles: Fall on outsretched hand (FOOSH) Compound: penetrates skin Comminuted: more than 2 pieces of bone fragments Transverse: horizontal fracture Oblique: angled across cortices Spiral: curves around bone Impacted: end of bones forced into each other External Fixation CORRECT ANSWER outside of skin; bone anchoring devices, cast, skeletal tractions, splints Internal Fixation CORRECT ANSWER inside of skin; rods on bone, screws, plates, nails basic steps of instruments used in an ORIF procedure. CORRECT ANSWER Drill, Measure (depth guage), insert screw