Test Bank Chapter.8 Neurosurgical Instruments 3rd Edition

Chapter 8: Neurosurgical Instruments

Multiple Choice

1. The neurosurgeon is performing a craniotomy. He asks for the clamps used to retract the dura and hold it out of the way. You would hand him:

A. Kelley clamps

B. Cairn clamps

C. Peans

D. Laheys

DIF: Hard

2. While performing a craniotomy, the neurosurgeon asks for a “brain spatula.” You would hand her a:

A. Ribbon

B. Scoville

C. Green

D. Beckman

DIF: Hard

3. Before handing the neurosurgeon the brain spatula, you need to first:

A. Moisten it with sterile water

B. Moisten it with alcohol

C. Moisten it with normal saline

D. Moisten it with Betadine

DIF: Easy

4. While performing a lumbar discectomy, the surgeon asks for a Leksell. You hand him a:

A. Retractor

B. Rongeur

C. Clamp

D. Periosteal elevator

DIF: Easy

5. The surgeon asks for a cranial rongeur. Which of the following would be incorrect to hand him/ her?

A. Stookey

B. Adson

C. Beyer

D. Gerzog

DIF: Medium

6. All of the following are self-retaining retractors except:

A. Williams

B. Beckmann-Adson

C. Cerebellar

D. Taylor

DIF: Medium

7. You hand the surgeon the scissors with a “ball tip” on them. You just handed the ___________ scissors.

A. Potts

B. Adson

C. Strully

D. Mayo

DIF: Esy

8. The surgeon needs to shave a little bit of bone from the graft. You would hand a graft ________.

A. Packer

B. Rasp

C. Sizer

D. Impactor

DIF: Easy

9. You are first scrubbing a lumbar laminectomy. The surgeon needs a large hinged self-retaining retractor. What would you hand to her?

A. Jansen

B. Cerebellar

C. Taylor

D. Beckmann-Adson

DIF: Medium

10. During a procedure, the surgeon requests the “ring forceps.” The other name for this forceps is:

A. Tumor forceps

B. Cushing forceps

C. Gerald forceps

D. Grasper forceps

DIF: Hard

11. The name for the tubing-holding forceps is:

A. Cushing

B. Greene

C. Ring

D. Grasper

DIF: Medium

12. Which cranial rongeur has the largest bite size?

A. Adson

B. Bacon

C. Beyer

D. Stookey

DIF: Hard

13. The cranial rongeur with a 2-mm bite size is a(n):

A. Adson

B. Bacon

C. Beyer

D. Stookey

DIF: Hard

14. Which Penfield dissector is single ended?

A. #1

B. #2

C. #3

D. #4

DIF: Hard

15. The surgeon is placing a pin. You hand the pin, and the next instrument you have ready is the:

A. Gerzog

B. Taylor

C. Cushing

D. Jansen

DIF: Medium

16. All of the following are jaw types for the Cushing pituitary except:

A. straight

B. left

C. upbiting

D. downbiting

DIF: Medium

17. You are setting up for a craniotomy and you know the surgeon will need the large self-retaining retractor that mounts on the side of the OR bed. What retractor are you going make sure you have available?

A. Beckmann

B. Greenberg

C. Jansen

D. Williams

DIF: Easy

18. The Cushing-Landolt speculum is used for which type of surgery?

A. open cranial

B. spinal

C. transphenoidal

D. spinal cord

DIF: Medium

19. All of the following are transphenoidal instruments except

A. Rhoton pituitary curettes

B. straight point needles

C.3-prong forks

D. Dandy clamps

DIF: Easy

20. A Love retractor is used to retract

A. cranial flap.

B. cranial tissue.

C. nerve root.

D. spinal cord.

DIF: Medium

NARRBEGIN: Figure 08-32 A

NARREND

21. Identify the instrument pictured above.

A. Taylor

B. Williams retractor

C. Meyerding

D. Hibbs

NAR: Figure 08-32 A

NARRBEGIN: Figure 08-14 A

NARREND

22. Identify the instrument pictured above.

A. Penfield #2

B. Penfield #1

C. Woodson

D. Penfield #5

NAR: Figure 08-14 A

NARRBEGIN: Figure 08-70 A

NARREND

23. Identify the instrument pictured above.

A. Mead mallet

B. Orthopedic mallet

C. Mayo mallet

D. Gerzog mallet

NAR: Figure 08-70 A

NARRBEGIN: Figure 08-10 A

NARREND

24. The instrument pictured above is a:

A. Penfield #1

B. Penfield #2

C. Penfield #3

D. Penfield #4

NAR: Figure 08-10 A

Matching

Match the following instruments with the correct category.

A. Love

B. Cairn

C. Frazier

D. Neuro pattie tray

E. Strully

24. Accessory

25. Clamping and occluding

26. Cutting and dissecting

27. Retracting and exposing

28. Suctioning and aspirating

Match the following instruments with the correct category.

A. Graft rasp

B. Meyerding

C. Cushing

29. Grasping and holding

30. Cutting and dissecting

31. Retracting and exposing

Short Answer

32. What is the Kerrison cervical rongeur used for?

DIF: Medium

33. Which Penfield has a bone wax packer on one end?

DIF: Hard

34. In what two ways are all the Penfield dissectors the same?

DIF: Hard

35. Name two uses of the Midas Rex Drill.

DIF: Medium

Completion

DIF: Easy

37. Bacon and Stookey are types of cranial ______________ .

DIF: Medium

38. Adson dural scissors have ______________ tips.

DIF: Hard

39. Rhoton curettes would be used in _______________ surgery.

DIF: Medium

40. Another name for a Bayer rongeur is a(n) ________________.

DIF: Hard

41. Gifford and Allport are other names for a(n) ______________.

DIF: Medium

42. _______________ scissors have ball-tip probes on the points.

DIF: Easy

43. Another name for a Dandy clamp is a(n) _______________.

DIF: Hard

True/False

44. The Adson cranial rongeur has a 2-mm bite size.

DIF: Hard

Rationale: The Adson cranial rongeur has an 8-mm bite size.

45. A Spurling is a type of rongeur.

DIF: Medium

46. A Beckmann-Adson is a laminectomy retractor.

DIF: Easy

47. A Liston-Stille is a rongeur.

DIF: Hard

Rationale: A Liston-Stille is a bone cutter.

48. Davis and Scoville are retracting instruments.

DIF: Easy

49. A Greenberg is used for retraction during spine surgery.

DIF: Medium

Rationale: A Greenberg is used for retraction during a craniotomy.

50. There are four Penfield dissectors.

DIF: Easy

Rationale: There are five Penfield dissectors.

51. The shanks of a Beckmann-Adson are hinged.

DIF: Easy

52. A “joker” is a type of dissector.

DIF: Easy

53. Frazier and Adson suctions are used to suction large amounts of fluid.

DIF: Easy

Rationale: Frazier and Adson suctions are used to suction small amounts of fluid.

54. A Penfield # 2 is a single ended instrument.

DIF: Medium

Rationale: A Penfield # 4 is a single ended instrument.

55. A bending iron is used to contour rods during spinal surgery.

DIF: Easy