Arthrex Sports IOT - Day 2 Exam Questions With Verified Answers

**In the Arthrex shoulder story which product did Arthrex create that provides cortical fixation to address anchor pullout strength - Answer Corkscrew FT anchor **Fiberwire in a 2mm suturetak is what size? - Answer #1 fiberwire Key shoulder products? - Answer 1. Corkscrew 2. Swivelock 3. FiberTak How much faster is knotless vs knotted - Answer 24min TissueTak anchors in the Cuffmend system are made up of "?" material and is fully absorbed in how many months? - Answer - PLGA - 12-18mo True or False: The avg anchor pullout strength for the FiberTak Biceps anchor is greater than 66lbf - Answer False (it's greater than 63lbf) **True or Fasle: A 10min saline rinse is recommended before applying the AFLEX dermal allograft - Answer False **True or False: The dermal side of the AFLEX allograft patch absorbs blood and should be placed in the down position against vascularized tissue - Answer True How thick is the cuffmend aflex graft? - Answer 1mm 20x25 (used most often) 25x30 How many anchors in a TissueTak gun? - Answer 10 The TissueTak anchors are made of ?? that is fully absorbable in how many months? - Answer PLGA 12-18 True or False: the graft spreader in the Cuffmend system will only fit through an 8mm diameter passport cannula - Answer False -- 10mm or higher True or False: Scientific literature demonstrates that healing of large RC tears were over 2x as likely (85% to 40%) with dermal allograft augmentation compared to a standard repair - Answer True **Double check** Scientific literature demonstrates that dermal allograft augmentation increases the biomechanical strength of a RCR by over what % ? - Answer 60% True or false: Scientific literature demonstrates that the weak link in RCR is the tendon, than the anchor - Answer True "As evidenced by the mode of failure, the weak link in RCR is the tendon, rather than anchor fixation