MAKO PKA STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔During probe check in Mako PKA 3.0, verifying the probe does not require pressing
"capture" - ✔✔True
✔✔When the burr-only workflow is selected, the robotic arm can be positioned on the
operative or non-operative side in mako PKA 3.0 - ✔✔true
✔✔in mako PKA, Rio Reg is done with the registration tool and the end effector array -
✔✔True
✔✔the mako PKA 3.0 is approved for use w/ stryker's leg positioner and self-retractors -
✔✔true
✔✔in the burr-only workflow, how is the robotic arm positioned for rio reg in mako PKA
3.0? - ✔✔90-90-90
✔✔in mako PKA 3.0, rio reg is done w/ the burr and the end effector array - ✔✔false
✔✔in the planar workflow, how is the robotic arm positioned for rio reg? - ✔✔rio setup
✔✔When attaching the irrigation clip, how do you instruct the scrub tech to orient the
irrigation clip in PKA 3.0? - ✔✔Burr guard is thicker than the burr - arrow on irrigation
clip points towards the tip of the burr
✔✔What attachments are used for the mako PKA 3.0 workflow - ✔✔straight saw
attachment, rotary attachment
✔✔if the long guard and rotary attachment are assembled properly, the laser markings
(black lines) on them will match - ✔✔true
✔✔There is a planar probe option to check the depth of the resection in Mako PKA 3.0 -
✔✔False
✔✔The MICS is a high torque cutting tool - ✔✔true
✔✔in PKA, the gap is calculated between the 2 virtual implants - ✔✔True
✔✔When the planar workflow is selected, the tibia surface becomes a 2-stage cut. Tibia
floor, and tibial wall - ✔✔True
, ✔✔During trialing, the surgeon assesses the stability of the knee and it feels tight in the
full ROM. What can be done? - ✔✔Decrease the proudness of the tibial component and
repeat all tibial cuts
✔✔During bone prep, which cuts require flexing the knee more than 115 degrees? -
✔✔Posterior femur and tibia posts
✔✔when the surgeon is resecting bone with the burr, the red visual indicates the
surgeon has gone at least 1mm deep into the plan. The burr shuts off the power at
0.5mm into the red. - ✔✔True
✔✔the yellow dots in implant tracking indicate bone impingement - ✔✔true
✔✔orientation control is a feature available only for post holes - ✔✔true
✔✔which cuts do we perform on the tibia in the planar workflow - ✔✔tibia floor, tibial
wall, tibia anterior and posterior post
✔✔motorized alignment is a feature available for all cuts on the femur and the tibia -
✔✔true
✔✔during gap balancing, the surgeon wants to loosen the mid-flexion poses. What is a
possible solution? - ✔✔decrease the proudness of the femoral component
✔✔what is the range of the FFC? and what does it stand for? - ✔✔Flexion facet center,
30-115 degrees
✔✔when changing the sawblade with the burr, but staying on the same bone, the
software requires you to check both the bone checkpoint and cutter checkpoint before
you can execute the cut - ✔✔false
✔✔what workflow is recommended for the lateral procedure in the mako partial knee
3.0? - ✔✔burr-only
✔✔what does the black line on the femoral component represent? - ✔✔ideal tracking
pathway
✔✔what do the red dots represent? - ✔✔the center of the tibial component at every
pose capture
✔✔when the planar workflow is selected, the tibia surface becomes a 2-stage cut; tibial
floor and tibial wall - ✔✔true
GRADED A+
✔✔During probe check in Mako PKA 3.0, verifying the probe does not require pressing
"capture" - ✔✔True
✔✔When the burr-only workflow is selected, the robotic arm can be positioned on the
operative or non-operative side in mako PKA 3.0 - ✔✔true
✔✔in mako PKA, Rio Reg is done with the registration tool and the end effector array -
✔✔True
✔✔the mako PKA 3.0 is approved for use w/ stryker's leg positioner and self-retractors -
✔✔true
✔✔in the burr-only workflow, how is the robotic arm positioned for rio reg in mako PKA
3.0? - ✔✔90-90-90
✔✔in mako PKA 3.0, rio reg is done w/ the burr and the end effector array - ✔✔false
✔✔in the planar workflow, how is the robotic arm positioned for rio reg? - ✔✔rio setup
✔✔When attaching the irrigation clip, how do you instruct the scrub tech to orient the
irrigation clip in PKA 3.0? - ✔✔Burr guard is thicker than the burr - arrow on irrigation
clip points towards the tip of the burr
✔✔What attachments are used for the mako PKA 3.0 workflow - ✔✔straight saw
attachment, rotary attachment
✔✔if the long guard and rotary attachment are assembled properly, the laser markings
(black lines) on them will match - ✔✔true
✔✔There is a planar probe option to check the depth of the resection in Mako PKA 3.0 -
✔✔False
✔✔The MICS is a high torque cutting tool - ✔✔true
✔✔in PKA, the gap is calculated between the 2 virtual implants - ✔✔True
✔✔When the planar workflow is selected, the tibia surface becomes a 2-stage cut. Tibia
floor, and tibial wall - ✔✔True
, ✔✔During trialing, the surgeon assesses the stability of the knee and it feels tight in the
full ROM. What can be done? - ✔✔Decrease the proudness of the tibial component and
repeat all tibial cuts
✔✔During bone prep, which cuts require flexing the knee more than 115 degrees? -
✔✔Posterior femur and tibia posts
✔✔when the surgeon is resecting bone with the burr, the red visual indicates the
surgeon has gone at least 1mm deep into the plan. The burr shuts off the power at
0.5mm into the red. - ✔✔True
✔✔the yellow dots in implant tracking indicate bone impingement - ✔✔true
✔✔orientation control is a feature available only for post holes - ✔✔true
✔✔which cuts do we perform on the tibia in the planar workflow - ✔✔tibia floor, tibial
wall, tibia anterior and posterior post
✔✔motorized alignment is a feature available for all cuts on the femur and the tibia -
✔✔true
✔✔during gap balancing, the surgeon wants to loosen the mid-flexion poses. What is a
possible solution? - ✔✔decrease the proudness of the femoral component
✔✔what is the range of the FFC? and what does it stand for? - ✔✔Flexion facet center,
30-115 degrees
✔✔when changing the sawblade with the burr, but staying on the same bone, the
software requires you to check both the bone checkpoint and cutter checkpoint before
you can execute the cut - ✔✔false
✔✔what workflow is recommended for the lateral procedure in the mako partial knee
3.0? - ✔✔burr-only
✔✔what does the black line on the femoral component represent? - ✔✔ideal tracking
pathway
✔✔what do the red dots represent? - ✔✔the center of the tibial component at every
pose capture
✔✔when the planar workflow is selected, the tibia surface becomes a 2-stage cut; tibial
floor and tibial wall - ✔✔true
