Spine Surgery Exam Module This exam must be completed in 10 minutes. Click here to start the exam Time left: 600 1. A 6-year-old boy has neck pain and stiffness following an upper respiratory tract infection. He presented with his head tilted to the right and turned to the left 3 weeks ago, but a soft cervical collar has not been beneficial. There is no known history of trauma. A computerized tomography scan shows rotatory subluxation of C1 on C2. The next step in the treatment of this child is: Observation Cervical traction Open reduction and C1-C2 fusion through an anterior approach In situ C1-C2 fusion posteriorly Hard cervical collar(Question 1 of 10)2. Spondylolysis (pars defect) is most widely believed to be caused by what? None of the above An acute traumatic defect in the pars A congenital defect in the pars A benign neoplasm involving the pars A stress fracture of the pars (Question 2 of 10)3. What is the most common instability pattern seen in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine? Atlantoaxial instability No one pattern is most common Basilar invagination Mixed Subaxial instability (Question 3 of 10)4. The nucleus pulposus is a remnant of ? Sclerotomes Mesenchyme occipital myotomes Notochord(Question 4 of 10)5. Mr X has an incomplete spinal cord injury. She has sensory, but no motor, below the level of impairment. What is Mr X? ASIA B ASIA D ASIA E ASIA A ASIA C(Question 5 of 10)6. All of the following operative methods are performed whenever necessary in Thoracic and lumbar spine injuries except Hongkong operation Harrington instrumentation - bilateral Luque instrumentation Pedicle screw fixation Hartshill rectangle fixation (Question 6 of 10)7. lumbar lordosis begins around the age of 5 1 10 2 3(Question 7 of 10)8. spondylolysis probably first develops in children at the age of 5-6 years 9-10 years 1-2 years 7-8 years 4-5 years (Question 8 of 10)9. What is the most common clinical cord syndrome in incomplete injuries? B.Central Cord A.Anterior Cord C.Posterior Cord D.Cauda Equina E.Brown Sequard(Question 9 of 10)10. All of the following are measurements of occipitocervical anatomy on radiographs except: McGregor's line Wackenheim's line Chamberlain's line McRae's line Torg ratio (Question 10 of 10) Loading ... Get explanatory answers from our book, <br /> Post Views: 5,414 Related Posts Hand Surgery Exam ModuleGet explanatory answers from our book, Basic Science Exam ModuleGet explanatory asnwers from our book, Basic Science Exam Module 2Get explanatory answers from our book,
i would like to take this exam.
I AM INTRESTED TO GIVE THIS EXAM
really tough…..
I will take
I like spine surgery and wish to be specialist in it
I wish to take up this exam
i got 5 correct
i scored 9
i scored 8
got 9/10..
Good quiz
nice questions
interesting question