ARTHREX TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
✔✔In identifying a labral tear of the shoulder, SLAP stands for - ✔✔Superior Labral
Anterior to Posterior
✔✔This type of shoulder dislocation is the most common occurring 95% of the time -
✔✔Anterior
✔✔The metal detection feature on the synergyRF performs what funtion - ✔✔Suspends
power to probe when the tip is in close proximity of scope or metal instruments
✔✔A simple stitch for shoulder instability repair is also referred to as a... - ✔✔Cerclage
stitch
✔✔Which of the following is a goal of meniscal resection - ✔✔1. Remove degenerative
tissue
2. Spare as much meniscus as possible
3. Reproduce meniscal contour
✔✔What condyle of the knee is a 4 times greater risk to have an osteochondral defect -
✔✔Medial
✔✔The treatment for an engaging Hill-Sachs lesion is known as - ✔✔Remplissage
✔✔The shaft size of the flipcutter III is - ✔✔3.5mm
✔✔The flipcutter III drill is ideal for which of the following - ✔✔1. Tibial socket creation
for PCL reconstruction
2. Anatomic femoral socket creation for ACL reconstruction
3. Socket creation for meniscal allograft transplantation
4. Meniscal root repair
✔✔T/F the flipcutter III can accommodate sockets ranging from 6mm-12mm including
half sizes - ✔✔All sizes except 6.5
✔✔What are the benefits for the flipcutter III - ✔✔1. Adjustable
2. Optimized blades
3. Cost effective
✔✔What position should the knee be placed in when performing a quad tendon graft
harvest - ✔✔Full extension
, ✔✔When harvesting the quad tendon, what is the recommended length NOT to take the
cutting guide further than - ✔✔80mm
✔✔T/F the quad tendon stripper/cutter has a handle on it that can be locked to prevent
premature cutting of the graft - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F it is recommended to unwrap the sutures of the tightrope implant from the suture
card before you pass the needle through the tightrope implant - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F the graftclamp needs to be removed after the needle has been passed through
the tightrope implant - ✔✔False
✔✔Where should the graftclamp be placed on the graft when preparing a quadlink graft
with the fibertag tightrope implant - ✔✔Approximately 2mm from the end of the graft
✔✔T/F the suture snare passer can penetrate tissue, pass and retrieve suture for soft
tissue repair - ✔✔True
✔✔The knotless suturetak includes what type of suture - ✔✔#2 coreless fiberwire
suture
✔✔The "RINSE" feature of the dualwave pump increases the suction rate of which
suction structure - ✔✔Cannula
✔✔The labral swivelock anchor is available in all of the following materials, except -
✔✔Metal
✔✔The ridge of bone that separates the anteromedial (AM) and posteriolateral (PL)
bundles of the ACL on the FEMUR is - ✔✔Bifurcate Ridge
✔✔T/F the bundles of the ACL are named for their insertion sites on the tibia - ✔✔True
??
✔✔When performing a pediatric ACL reconstruction the potential complication from
drilling across the physis is - ✔✔Premature bone growth arrest
✔✔During a case, all of the following can help improve exposure of a subscap tear,
EXCEPT - ✔✔External rotation of arm
1. use of 70 degree scope
2. flexion of the arm
3. internal rotation of the arm
✔✔In identifying a labral tear of the shoulder, SLAP stands for - ✔✔Superior Labral
Anterior to Posterior
✔✔This type of shoulder dislocation is the most common occurring 95% of the time -
✔✔Anterior
✔✔The metal detection feature on the synergyRF performs what funtion - ✔✔Suspends
power to probe when the tip is in close proximity of scope or metal instruments
✔✔A simple stitch for shoulder instability repair is also referred to as a... - ✔✔Cerclage
stitch
✔✔Which of the following is a goal of meniscal resection - ✔✔1. Remove degenerative
tissue
2. Spare as much meniscus as possible
3. Reproduce meniscal contour
✔✔What condyle of the knee is a 4 times greater risk to have an osteochondral defect -
✔✔Medial
✔✔The treatment for an engaging Hill-Sachs lesion is known as - ✔✔Remplissage
✔✔The shaft size of the flipcutter III is - ✔✔3.5mm
✔✔The flipcutter III drill is ideal for which of the following - ✔✔1. Tibial socket creation
for PCL reconstruction
2. Anatomic femoral socket creation for ACL reconstruction
3. Socket creation for meniscal allograft transplantation
4. Meniscal root repair
✔✔T/F the flipcutter III can accommodate sockets ranging from 6mm-12mm including
half sizes - ✔✔All sizes except 6.5
✔✔What are the benefits for the flipcutter III - ✔✔1. Adjustable
2. Optimized blades
3. Cost effective
✔✔What position should the knee be placed in when performing a quad tendon graft
harvest - ✔✔Full extension
, ✔✔When harvesting the quad tendon, what is the recommended length NOT to take the
cutting guide further than - ✔✔80mm
✔✔T/F the quad tendon stripper/cutter has a handle on it that can be locked to prevent
premature cutting of the graft - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F it is recommended to unwrap the sutures of the tightrope implant from the suture
card before you pass the needle through the tightrope implant - ✔✔False
✔✔T/F the graftclamp needs to be removed after the needle has been passed through
the tightrope implant - ✔✔False
✔✔Where should the graftclamp be placed on the graft when preparing a quadlink graft
with the fibertag tightrope implant - ✔✔Approximately 2mm from the end of the graft
✔✔T/F the suture snare passer can penetrate tissue, pass and retrieve suture for soft
tissue repair - ✔✔True
✔✔The knotless suturetak includes what type of suture - ✔✔#2 coreless fiberwire
suture
✔✔The "RINSE" feature of the dualwave pump increases the suction rate of which
suction structure - ✔✔Cannula
✔✔The labral swivelock anchor is available in all of the following materials, except -
✔✔Metal
✔✔The ridge of bone that separates the anteromedial (AM) and posteriolateral (PL)
bundles of the ACL on the FEMUR is - ✔✔Bifurcate Ridge
✔✔T/F the bundles of the ACL are named for their insertion sites on the tibia - ✔✔True
??
✔✔When performing a pediatric ACL reconstruction the potential complication from
drilling across the physis is - ✔✔Premature bone growth arrest
✔✔During a case, all of the following can help improve exposure of a subscap tear,
EXCEPT - ✔✔External rotation of arm
1. use of 70 degree scope
2. flexion of the arm
3. internal rotation of the arm
