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27 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 27
Dropfoot deformity
What muscle would you use that is out of phase?
Peroneus longus tendon
Posterior tibial tendon
Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Posterior skin necrosis
Term 2 of 27
A patient presents eight weeks after sustaining a fracture through the neck of the talus. What
finding is a prognostic indicator that the vascular supply is intact?
complete avascular necrosis of the talus.
persistent pain and swelling in the ankle joint.
formation of a large bone cyst in the talus.
resorption of subchondral bone of talar dome
, Term 3 of 27
Which of the following muscles are released with the plantar fascia and long plantar ligament
when performing a Steindler stripping for a patient with significant pes cavus plantar soft tissue
contracture?
quadratus plantae, flexor hallucis longus, tibialis posterior.
gastrocnemius, plantaris, popliteus.
flexor digitorum brevis, abductor digiti quinti, abductor hallucis.
extensor digitorum longus, peroneus longus, soleus.
Term 4 of 27
Which of the following surgical principles does not promote increased frame stability when
applying an external fixator?
A. acute crossing angle of pins.
B. increased number of pins per ring.
C. smaller ring diameter.
D. securing wires directly to ring.
Interosseous membrane window should be small to prevent syndesmotic instability.
Acute crossing angle of wires
stabilization of fibula to tibial incisura parallel to frontal plane
flexor digitorum brevis, abductor digiti quinti, abductor hallucis.
27 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 27
Dropfoot deformity
What muscle would you use that is out of phase?
Peroneus longus tendon
Posterior tibial tendon
Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Posterior skin necrosis
Term 2 of 27
A patient presents eight weeks after sustaining a fracture through the neck of the talus. What
finding is a prognostic indicator that the vascular supply is intact?
complete avascular necrosis of the talus.
persistent pain and swelling in the ankle joint.
formation of a large bone cyst in the talus.
resorption of subchondral bone of talar dome
, Term 3 of 27
Which of the following muscles are released with the plantar fascia and long plantar ligament
when performing a Steindler stripping for a patient with significant pes cavus plantar soft tissue
contracture?
quadratus plantae, flexor hallucis longus, tibialis posterior.
gastrocnemius, plantaris, popliteus.
flexor digitorum brevis, abductor digiti quinti, abductor hallucis.
extensor digitorum longus, peroneus longus, soleus.
Term 4 of 27
Which of the following surgical principles does not promote increased frame stability when
applying an external fixator?
A. acute crossing angle of pins.
B. increased number of pins per ring.
C. smaller ring diameter.
D. securing wires directly to ring.
Interosseous membrane window should be small to prevent syndesmotic instability.
Acute crossing angle of wires
stabilization of fibula to tibial incisura parallel to frontal plane
flexor digitorum brevis, abductor digiti quinti, abductor hallucis.
