Day 3 IOT DEX Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
1. What size of FiberWire® suture is used in the PARS Suture Implant System
(AR-8860DS)? - Correct answer-SutureTape
1. What suture number passes through the loops in 3 and 4 to create the locking
stitch? - Correct 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.
1. 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? - Correct answer-Zero patients
1. 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? - Correct answer-98% of patients
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, 1. Which of the following is NOT an advantage to using SutureTape over round
suture for a Knotted or Knotless Achilles tendon midsubstance rupture repair? -
Correct answer-a. Advantages of using SutureTape over round suture:
i. Improved technology
ii. Increased resistance to tissue pull-through
iii. Stronger knotted and knotless fixation
iv. Tighter, smaller knot stacks
v. Better handling characteristics compared to #2 suture
1. 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. - Correct answer-true
1. Important anatomic structures just posterior to the superficial posterior
compartment of the leg include: - Correct answer-a. Sural nerve and lesser
saphenous vein
1. Continued heel pain following the Achilles Midsubstance SpeedBridgeTM
Implant System is most likely the result of: - Correct answer-a. SwiveLocks were
left prominent and not flush with the bone and inserted at 90 deg
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Answers Graded A+
1. What size of FiberWire® suture is used in the PARS Suture Implant System
(AR-8860DS)? - Correct answer-SutureTape
1. What suture number passes through the loops in 3 and 4 to create the locking
stitch? - Correct 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.
1. 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? - Correct answer-Zero patients
1. 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? - Correct answer-98% of patients
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, 1. Which of the following is NOT an advantage to using SutureTape over round
suture for a Knotted or Knotless Achilles tendon midsubstance rupture repair? -
Correct answer-a. Advantages of using SutureTape over round suture:
i. Improved technology
ii. Increased resistance to tissue pull-through
iii. Stronger knotted and knotless fixation
iv. Tighter, smaller knot stacks
v. Better handling characteristics compared to #2 suture
1. 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. - Correct answer-true
1. Important anatomic structures just posterior to the superficial posterior
compartment of the leg include: - Correct answer-a. Sural nerve and lesser
saphenous vein
1. Continued heel pain following the Achilles Midsubstance SpeedBridgeTM
Implant System is most likely the result of: - Correct answer-a. SwiveLocks were
left prominent and not flush with the bone and inserted at 90 deg
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