Chapter 10 Certification Exam Style Questions

A small self-retaining retractor often used in hand surgery is a ______.
a. Gelpi
b. Alm
c. Senn
d. Volkman

Alm

Which of the following retractors would most likely be used on a carpal tunnel release?
a. Senn
b. Hohman
c. Volkman
d. Hayes

Senn

Which of the following bone-holding forceps is also known as a "turkey claw"?
a. Verbrugge
b. Kern
c. Lowmann
d. Dingman

Lowmann

During a correction of Hammer Toe Deformity the surgeon would most likely use a microsaw or a ______ to resect the distal third portion of the proximal phalanx.
a. Blumenthal rongeur
b. Ruskin-Liston bone cutter
c. Liston bone cutter
d. None of these choices are correct

Blumenthal rongeur

All of the following are elevators EXCEPT the:
a. Freer
b. McGlamry
c. Penfield
d. Lambotte

Lambotte

A patient with a finger amputation has been brought to the operating room. The surgeon will most likely remove the existing bandages with which scissors?
a. Mayo scissors
b. Utility scissors
c. Stevens Tenotomy scissors
d. Metzenbaum scissors

Utility scissors

Which instrument should the surgical technologist hand the surgeon to smooth the bone after performing an acromioplasty?
a. Curette
b. Rasp
c. Bone cutter
d. Rongeur

Rasp

Which of the following instruments would be used to procure a bone graft?
a. Murphy bone skid
b. Kuntscher diamond awl
c. Smith-Peterson gouge
d. Bone tamp

Smith-Peterson gouge

What is the name of the tendon pulling forcep that would be used to grasp the proximal end of a ruptured Achilles tendon?
a. Carroll
b. Joseph
c. Langenbeck
d. Williger

Carroll

After insertion of the implant on a total knee replacement, the surgeon may use which of the following instruments to remove the excess cement around the prosthesis?
a. Freer elevator
b. Metzenbaum scissors
c. Joseph rasp
d. Kocher clamp

Freer elevator