Ortho 3

Question 1

bone wax

Answer 1

medication/ occluding

• sterile bees wax used to seal off bones that are bleeding
• useful because bleeding bones dont respond well to electorcautery

Question 2

mallet

Answer 2

(smacker)
accessory

• Used to strike osteotomes,
  gouges, chisels, bone
  punches, cutting jigs and
  anything else needing to be
  hit (not including surgeons ;)
• most commonly used by stsr in a series of double taps

16 oz + 32 oz

Question 3

lambotte (box) osteotome

Answer 3

cutting

• trauamtic: used to split bone or cartilage
• used by striking it with a mallet

size: variable

Question 4

chisel

Answer 4

cutting

• traumatic: used to shape or shave away pieces of bone
• used by striking it with a mallet

size: variable

Question 5

bone gouge

Answer 5

cutting

• traumatic: used to make a groove, hole, or cut away a channel of bone when struck with mallet
• often used to take bone graft materials

size + handle shape: variable

Question 6

bone punch

Answer 6

accessory

• used to pack a bone
• used by striking it with a mallet

size: variable

Question 7

cookie cutter

Answer 7

(box osteotome)
cutting

• traumatic: used to cut out a shaped piece of bone in prep for advancement of reamer
• used by striking it with a mallet

size + shape: variable

Question 8

boen curettes

Answer 8

cutting

• traumatic: used to scape out scoops of tissue and bone

size + angle: variable

Question 9

key periosteal elevator

Answer 9

cutting/ dissecting

• traumatic: used to scrape periosteum from bone and cartilage

size: small medium and large

Question 10

langeback periosteal elevator

Answer 10

cutting/ dissecting

• traumatic: used to scrape periosteum from bone and cartilage

Question 11

cobb periosteal elevator

Answer 11

(cobbs spinal retrctor)
cutting/ dissecting/ retracting

• traumatic: used to scrape periosteum from bone and cartilage
• used to elevate and push muscle away from bone

size: small medium large

Question 12

mead rongeur

Answer 12

cutting

• traumatic: single action rongeur used to remove small bites of bone
• especially in cases where bone spurs are present

Question 13

ruskin rongeur

Answer 13

cutting

• truamatic: Used to remove large bites of bone
• double action: there are two mechanisms at the neck which provide a stronger squeeze

Question 14

leksell rongeur

Answer 14

cutting

• traumatic: Used to remove large bites of bone especially in cases
  where bone spurs are present
• Double action: there are two mechanisms at the neck, which
  provides a stronger action when squeezed

Question 15

liston bone cutting forceps

Answer 15

cutting

• traumatic: Single action forceps that is used to shear off
  smaller segments of bone
• used like a pair of scissors

Question 16

stille bone cutting forceps

Answer 16

cutting

• traumatic: double action forceps used to shear off large segments of bone like a pair of scissors
• The double action jaw gives extra strength for cutting the bone

Question 17

large pin cutter

Answer 17

cutting

• traumatic: Used to cut large diameter bone pins
• such as knowles pins

Question 18

pin cutter

Answer 18

cutting

• Standard sized pin cutter
  used for smaller diameter
  pins
• such as K wires

Question 19

wire cutters

Answer 19

cutting

• used to cut small diameter wire
• have a serrated edge to prevent wire from slipping when cut

Question 20

gigli saw handles

Answer 20

cutting

• handles attached to gligli saw blade
• This saw is used to sever the bone of a limb during an amputation

Question 21

wire passer

Answer 21

accessory

• traumatic: used to pass wire around bones
• A wire is fed through the cannula and the wire passer is pulled out leaving the wire in place

Size: variable

Question 22

amputation knife

Answer 22

cutting

• used to sever soft tissue during limb amputation
• does not cut bone