TKA 2.0 STUDY GUIDE [WITH QUESTIONS
AND WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS]
ALREADY GRADED A+
T or F: During 'tensioning', the user can capture medial and lateral laxities separately, with
two poses in extension and two poses in flexion if preferred. - ANS✔✔--False
If the user prefers intra-incisional bone pins on the tibia, what consideration(s) should be
made?
a. All mentioned answer choices
b. No mentioned answer choices
c. Bi-cortical fixation is not required
d. Use of the tibial checkpoint is optional
e. The MICS handle should be rotated to avoid contacting the tibial bone pins - ANS✔✔-
-e. The MICS handle should be rotated to avoid contacting the tibial bone pins
T or F: While utilizing Mako Park, the image of the Mako System will reflect the angle of the
base of the system - ANS✔✔--False
,Consider the following scenario: The user cuts the distal femur and temporarily loses power
to the MICS. What could have caused the loss of power? (distal femur with velocity error)
a. Velocity trap, one of the required trackers for the current resection, moved beyond the
allowed limit
b. Velocity trap, the quality metric for the saw remaining on the cutting plane is no longer
met
c. Saw off-plane, the quality metric for the saw being on the cutting plane is no longer met
d. Saw off-plane, one of the required trackers for the current resection moved beyond the
allowed limit - ANS✔✔--Velocity trap, one of the required trackers for the current
resection, moved beyond the allowed limit
During 'initial assessment', the user can capture which pose(s)
a. No mentioned answer choices
b. Flexion laxity
c. All mentioned answer choices
d. Native deformity
e. Extension medial laxity
f. Corrected deformity - ANS✔✔--All mentioned answers
Pre-resection laxity is calculated from _____.
a. Planned articulating surface of the tibia to planned articulating surface of the femur
b. The closest distance between the planned tibial resection to the planned articulating
surface of the femoral component plus 8.5mm
c. Planned tibial resection to planned femoral resection
,d. The closest distance between the planned tibial resection to the planned articulating
surface of the femoral component, minus the tibial component thickness (based on selected
poly size) - ANS✔✔--The closest distance between the planned tibial resection to the
planned articulating surface of the femoral component, minus the tibial component thickness
(based on selected poly size)
If the user updates the 'constitutional alignment' value on the 'initial assessment' page, how
will the software respond
a. The value will updated within 'initial assessment' and 'trialing' only
b. The value will update within 'initial assessment' only
c. The value will update on all software pages
d. The value will update within 'initial assessment' 'tensioning' 'trialing' and 'implant planning'
only - ANS✔✔--d. The value will update within 'initial assessment' 'tensioning' 'trialing'
and 'implant planning' only
T or F: 'pose review' is available on a planning laptop if a session file containing captured
pose data is exported onto a USB and transferred to a planning laptop. - ANS✔✔--True
Consider the following scenario: the femoral component is oversized for the patient. Which
of the following warnings will most likely notify the user of this issue
a. Implant proud of cut
b. True notch
c. Potential notch
d. Flange tip - ANS✔✔--D. Flange Tip
, T or F: When resection landmarks cannot be successfully mapped to the bone model, a
warning pop up will advise, "resection landmarks could not be found. Please check femur
segmentation and recapture Femur CT landmarks" - ANS✔✔--True
A 'potential notch' will be triggered if _____
a. No mentioned answer choices
b. The femur segmentation does not include enough of the shaft of the femur
c. Both mentioned answer choices
d. Anterior cut is <5 from bone - ANS✔✔--D. Anterior cut is <5 from bone
T or F: The user can edit 'constitutional alignment' value within 'trialing' - ANS✔✔--True
T or F: The pre-set anchor positions are the same anatomic position regardless of a right or
left leg - ANS✔✔--True
'constitutional landmarks' are used to calculate the patient's _____
a. Corrected deformity
b. Native deformity
c. Constitutional alignment
d. Mechanical alignment - ANS✔✔--Constitutional alignment
Written guidance on how to optimally position the Mako System will be displayed _____
a. On the main window
b. On the RIO Setup page
AND WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS]
ALREADY GRADED A+
T or F: During 'tensioning', the user can capture medial and lateral laxities separately, with
two poses in extension and two poses in flexion if preferred. - ANS✔✔--False
If the user prefers intra-incisional bone pins on the tibia, what consideration(s) should be
made?
a. All mentioned answer choices
b. No mentioned answer choices
c. Bi-cortical fixation is not required
d. Use of the tibial checkpoint is optional
e. The MICS handle should be rotated to avoid contacting the tibial bone pins - ANS✔✔-
-e. The MICS handle should be rotated to avoid contacting the tibial bone pins
T or F: While utilizing Mako Park, the image of the Mako System will reflect the angle of the
base of the system - ANS✔✔--False
,Consider the following scenario: The user cuts the distal femur and temporarily loses power
to the MICS. What could have caused the loss of power? (distal femur with velocity error)
a. Velocity trap, one of the required trackers for the current resection, moved beyond the
allowed limit
b. Velocity trap, the quality metric for the saw remaining on the cutting plane is no longer
met
c. Saw off-plane, the quality metric for the saw being on the cutting plane is no longer met
d. Saw off-plane, one of the required trackers for the current resection moved beyond the
allowed limit - ANS✔✔--Velocity trap, one of the required trackers for the current
resection, moved beyond the allowed limit
During 'initial assessment', the user can capture which pose(s)
a. No mentioned answer choices
b. Flexion laxity
c. All mentioned answer choices
d. Native deformity
e. Extension medial laxity
f. Corrected deformity - ANS✔✔--All mentioned answers
Pre-resection laxity is calculated from _____.
a. Planned articulating surface of the tibia to planned articulating surface of the femur
b. The closest distance between the planned tibial resection to the planned articulating
surface of the femoral component plus 8.5mm
c. Planned tibial resection to planned femoral resection
,d. The closest distance between the planned tibial resection to the planned articulating
surface of the femoral component, minus the tibial component thickness (based on selected
poly size) - ANS✔✔--The closest distance between the planned tibial resection to the
planned articulating surface of the femoral component, minus the tibial component thickness
(based on selected poly size)
If the user updates the 'constitutional alignment' value on the 'initial assessment' page, how
will the software respond
a. The value will updated within 'initial assessment' and 'trialing' only
b. The value will update within 'initial assessment' only
c. The value will update on all software pages
d. The value will update within 'initial assessment' 'tensioning' 'trialing' and 'implant planning'
only - ANS✔✔--d. The value will update within 'initial assessment' 'tensioning' 'trialing'
and 'implant planning' only
T or F: 'pose review' is available on a planning laptop if a session file containing captured
pose data is exported onto a USB and transferred to a planning laptop. - ANS✔✔--True
Consider the following scenario: the femoral component is oversized for the patient. Which
of the following warnings will most likely notify the user of this issue
a. Implant proud of cut
b. True notch
c. Potential notch
d. Flange tip - ANS✔✔--D. Flange Tip
, T or F: When resection landmarks cannot be successfully mapped to the bone model, a
warning pop up will advise, "resection landmarks could not be found. Please check femur
segmentation and recapture Femur CT landmarks" - ANS✔✔--True
A 'potential notch' will be triggered if _____
a. No mentioned answer choices
b. The femur segmentation does not include enough of the shaft of the femur
c. Both mentioned answer choices
d. Anterior cut is <5 from bone - ANS✔✔--D. Anterior cut is <5 from bone
T or F: The user can edit 'constitutional alignment' value within 'trialing' - ANS✔✔--True
T or F: The pre-set anchor positions are the same anatomic position regardless of a right or
left leg - ANS✔✔--True
'constitutional landmarks' are used to calculate the patient's _____
a. Corrected deformity
b. Native deformity
c. Constitutional alignment
d. Mechanical alignment - ANS✔✔--Constitutional alignment
Written guidance on how to optimally position the Mako System will be displayed _____
a. On the main window
b. On the RIO Setup page
