DEX IOT DAY 3 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026
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1. What size of FiberWire® suture is used in the PARS Suture Implant System
(AR-8860DS)? - ANSWER ✔ SutureTape
2. What suture number passes through the loops in 3 and 4 to create the locking
stitch? - ANSWER ✔ a. The blue/white SutureTape is circled around the
green/white loops about 2x and then the tail ends are passed through the loop
on the green/white suture.
3. According to Dr. Anderson's article from FAI, Clinical Outcomes and
Complications of Percutaneous Achilles Repair System Versus Open
Technique for Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture, what was the occurrence of
sural nerve injury for the PARS group? - ANSWER ✔ Zero patients
4. According to Dr. Anderson's article in FAI, Clinical Outcomes and
Complications of Percutaneous Achilles Repair System Versus Open
Technique for Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture, what percentage of the
PARS patients returned to baseline activities at 5 months? - ANSWER ✔
98% of patients
,5. Which of the following is NOT an advantage to using SutureTape over
round suture for a Knotted or Knotless Achilles tendon midsubstance rupture
repair? - ANSWER ✔ a. Advantages of using SutureTape over round suture:
a. Improved technology
b. Increased resistance to tissue pull-through
c. Stronger knotted and knotless fixation
d. Tighter, smaller knot stacks
e. Better handling characteristics compared to #2 suture
6. True/False: The Achilles tendon is the most commonly ruptured tendon with
an estimated 81,000 ruptures per year in the U.S. and surgical intervention
has grown at a rate of 10.4% since 2016 with a projection to reach over
60,000 procedures by 2023. - ANSWER ✔ true
7. Important anatomic structures just posterior to the superficial posterior
compartment of the leg include: - ANSWER ✔ a. Sural nerve and lesser
saphenous vein
8. Continued heel pain following the Achilles Midsubstance SpeedBridgeTM
Implant System is most likely the result of: - ANSWER ✔ a. SwiveLocks
were left prominent and not flush with the bone and inserted at 90 deg
9. When drilling the posterior calcaneus to prepare the holes for the
SwiveLock® anchors, insert the drill guide to the bone and drill to the to the
hard stop with the 3.5mm drill starting 1cm inferior to the most superior
aspect of the posterior calcaneal tuberosity angling: - ANSWER ✔ a. 45
degrees from the centerline of the coronal and sagittal plane
10.most common dynanite - ANSWER ✔ 9x10
,11.Soleus - ANSWER ✔ Origin: Head and shaft of fibula and posterior surface
of tibia
Insertion: Posterior surface of calcaneus
12.tibial nerve all motion - ANSWER ✔ sural nerve sensory
13.blood supply to achilles - ANSWER ✔ post tibial and peronal artery
14.where does achilles tear - ANSWER ✔ watershed zone (low blood supply)
15.incision for pars to pars and mid substance - ANSWER ✔ proximal to the
rupture site
16.Silfverskiold test - ANSWER ✔ dorsiflexion straight leg gastrocnemius,
bend leg is achilles
17.what position to harvest FHL? - ANSWER ✔ plantar flexion before
watershed line
18.Besides the actual size of the larger Compression FT Screws, what is they
key design difference between the 5.0 and 7.0 Compression FT Screws
compared to the smaller Compression FT Screws? - ANSWER ✔ Are
tapered on the out diameter
19.Double Compression Plates are available in what sizes? - ANSWER ✔
20mm, 25mm, 30mm
, 20.A patient is unable or has too much difficulty performing a single-support
heel raise; his hindfoot remains flexible. These findings on physical exam
correspond to this Stage of Flatfoot deformity: - ANSWER ✔ 2
21.A Cotton Osteotomy is an osteotomy of which bone of the Foot? -
ANSWER ✔ Medial cuneiform
22.At what stage of Flatfoot Deformity is an Ankle Fusion often indicated? -
ANSWER ✔ 4
23.Ankle Arthritis relates to what stage of flatfoot deformity? - ANSWER ✔ 4
24.All of the following are components of flatfoot deformity, EXCEPT: -
ANSWER ✔ - Loss of longitudinal arch
a. Lateral translation of the navicular of the talus
b. Valgus tilt of the calcaneous
c. Elevation of the talar head
d. Shortening of the lateral column
25.What is the order of screw placement in the Anterior Ankle Fusion Plate? -
ANSWER ✔ 1. Distal Talus locking/non-locking screw fixation
26.tibia oblong compression hole non-locking screw fixation
27.anatomic compression hole screw fixation
28.final fixation with tibia locking/non locking screws
29.Stage 1 Flatfoot - ANSWER ✔ -pain & swelling of the medial aspect
-no deformity
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. What size of FiberWire® suture is used in the PARS Suture Implant System
(AR-8860DS)? - ANSWER ✔ SutureTape
2. What suture number passes through the loops in 3 and 4 to create the locking
stitch? - ANSWER ✔ a. The blue/white SutureTape is circled around the
green/white loops about 2x and then the tail ends are passed through the loop
on the green/white suture.
3. According to Dr. Anderson's article from FAI, Clinical Outcomes and
Complications of Percutaneous Achilles Repair System Versus Open
Technique for Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture, what was the occurrence of
sural nerve injury for the PARS group? - ANSWER ✔ Zero patients
4. According to Dr. Anderson's article in FAI, Clinical Outcomes and
Complications of Percutaneous Achilles Repair System Versus Open
Technique for Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture, what percentage of the
PARS patients returned to baseline activities at 5 months? - ANSWER ✔
98% of patients
,5. Which of the following is NOT an advantage to using SutureTape over
round suture for a Knotted or Knotless Achilles tendon midsubstance rupture
repair? - ANSWER ✔ a. Advantages of using SutureTape over round suture:
a. Improved technology
b. Increased resistance to tissue pull-through
c. Stronger knotted and knotless fixation
d. Tighter, smaller knot stacks
e. Better handling characteristics compared to #2 suture
6. True/False: The Achilles tendon is the most commonly ruptured tendon with
an estimated 81,000 ruptures per year in the U.S. and surgical intervention
has grown at a rate of 10.4% since 2016 with a projection to reach over
60,000 procedures by 2023. - ANSWER ✔ true
7. Important anatomic structures just posterior to the superficial posterior
compartment of the leg include: - ANSWER ✔ a. Sural nerve and lesser
saphenous vein
8. Continued heel pain following the Achilles Midsubstance SpeedBridgeTM
Implant System is most likely the result of: - ANSWER ✔ a. SwiveLocks
were left prominent and not flush with the bone and inserted at 90 deg
9. When drilling the posterior calcaneus to prepare the holes for the
SwiveLock® anchors, insert the drill guide to the bone and drill to the to the
hard stop with the 3.5mm drill starting 1cm inferior to the most superior
aspect of the posterior calcaneal tuberosity angling: - ANSWER ✔ a. 45
degrees from the centerline of the coronal and sagittal plane
10.most common dynanite - ANSWER ✔ 9x10
,11.Soleus - ANSWER ✔ Origin: Head and shaft of fibula and posterior surface
of tibia
Insertion: Posterior surface of calcaneus
12.tibial nerve all motion - ANSWER ✔ sural nerve sensory
13.blood supply to achilles - ANSWER ✔ post tibial and peronal artery
14.where does achilles tear - ANSWER ✔ watershed zone (low blood supply)
15.incision for pars to pars and mid substance - ANSWER ✔ proximal to the
rupture site
16.Silfverskiold test - ANSWER ✔ dorsiflexion straight leg gastrocnemius,
bend leg is achilles
17.what position to harvest FHL? - ANSWER ✔ plantar flexion before
watershed line
18.Besides the actual size of the larger Compression FT Screws, what is they
key design difference between the 5.0 and 7.0 Compression FT Screws
compared to the smaller Compression FT Screws? - ANSWER ✔ Are
tapered on the out diameter
19.Double Compression Plates are available in what sizes? - ANSWER ✔
20mm, 25mm, 30mm
, 20.A patient is unable or has too much difficulty performing a single-support
heel raise; his hindfoot remains flexible. These findings on physical exam
correspond to this Stage of Flatfoot deformity: - ANSWER ✔ 2
21.A Cotton Osteotomy is an osteotomy of which bone of the Foot? -
ANSWER ✔ Medial cuneiform
22.At what stage of Flatfoot Deformity is an Ankle Fusion often indicated? -
ANSWER ✔ 4
23.Ankle Arthritis relates to what stage of flatfoot deformity? - ANSWER ✔ 4
24.All of the following are components of flatfoot deformity, EXCEPT: -
ANSWER ✔ - Loss of longitudinal arch
a. Lateral translation of the navicular of the talus
b. Valgus tilt of the calcaneous
c. Elevation of the talar head
d. Shortening of the lateral column
25.What is the order of screw placement in the Anterior Ankle Fusion Plate? -
ANSWER ✔ 1. Distal Talus locking/non-locking screw fixation
26.tibia oblong compression hole non-locking screw fixation
27.anatomic compression hole screw fixation
28.final fixation with tibia locking/non locking screws
29.Stage 1 Flatfoot - ANSWER ✔ -pain & swelling of the medial aspect
-no deformity
