MSC Week 8 Exam: Forefoot
ACTUAL Questions and Correct
Answers
What causes hammer toes? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Intrinsic muscle weakness
If the PIP is involved, it is a __________ _______ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Hammer
Toe
Equinus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Inability to dorsiflex at the ankle joint to 90 degrees +
10 degrees; a condition that limits the upward bending of the ankle joint
Weil Osteotomy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Performed for clawing of the toe or for
metatarsalgia (pain under the ball of the foot
What hardware do we love to use that is quick and easy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Snap
off screws (typical length range is 9-13 millimeters)
What are the 5 types of Plates? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Buttress, Bridging,
Neutralization, Tension Band, Locking/Compresion
Tension Band Plate biggest differentiation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Hooks
Might use them in the ulna (elbow, Media/Malleoulus (tibia), 5th Met Base "Jones Fracture"
Neutralization Plate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Rotational force; Used to protect the
interfragmentary screw (IF) fixation from torsion forces/loads (twisting)
, Locking Plates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅One extra step is a locking/drill tower
Use this for osteoporotic/osteopenic patients
Do you ever do arthroplasty for bunions? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅NO
The classification for Hallux Limitus / Hallux Rigidus is ____________ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Coughlin & Shurnas
The gold standard for Hallus Limitus / Halls Rigidus is _____________ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Arthrodesis
Normal IMA for Hallus Abducto Valgus (HAV) is _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅8-10
How to correct a moderate IM angle (HAV) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Austin Chevron
and Scarf Osteotomy
Akin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Closing base wedge osteotomy / located at the base of
the Proximal Phalanx (know where it is)
How to identify an Austin Chevron - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Arrowhead Cut in the first
metatarsal head/neck region
How to identify the scarf shape - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅"Z shaped"; shaft/diaphysis
Paragon 28 vs. Treace - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅P28 Phantom is intramedullary nail /
Treace has bi-planar plating
3D Correction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Sagittal, Transverse, and Frontal
ACTUAL Questions and Correct
Answers
What causes hammer toes? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Intrinsic muscle weakness
If the PIP is involved, it is a __________ _______ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Hammer
Toe
Equinus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Inability to dorsiflex at the ankle joint to 90 degrees +
10 degrees; a condition that limits the upward bending of the ankle joint
Weil Osteotomy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Performed for clawing of the toe or for
metatarsalgia (pain under the ball of the foot
What hardware do we love to use that is quick and easy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Snap
off screws (typical length range is 9-13 millimeters)
What are the 5 types of Plates? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Buttress, Bridging,
Neutralization, Tension Band, Locking/Compresion
Tension Band Plate biggest differentiation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Hooks
Might use them in the ulna (elbow, Media/Malleoulus (tibia), 5th Met Base "Jones Fracture"
Neutralization Plate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Rotational force; Used to protect the
interfragmentary screw (IF) fixation from torsion forces/loads (twisting)
, Locking Plates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅One extra step is a locking/drill tower
Use this for osteoporotic/osteopenic patients
Do you ever do arthroplasty for bunions? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅NO
The classification for Hallux Limitus / Hallux Rigidus is ____________ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Coughlin & Shurnas
The gold standard for Hallus Limitus / Halls Rigidus is _____________ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Arthrodesis
Normal IMA for Hallus Abducto Valgus (HAV) is _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅8-10
How to correct a moderate IM angle (HAV) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Austin Chevron
and Scarf Osteotomy
Akin - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Closing base wedge osteotomy / located at the base of
the Proximal Phalanx (know where it is)
How to identify an Austin Chevron - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Arrowhead Cut in the first
metatarsal head/neck region
How to identify the scarf shape - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅"Z shaped"; shaft/diaphysis
Paragon 28 vs. Treace - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅P28 Phantom is intramedullary nail /
Treace has bi-planar plating
3D Correction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Sagittal, Transverse, and Frontal
