Name: _____________________________________
Virtual Surgeries: As you watch the surgeries, answer the following
questions.
Link is at the bottom of the Unit 5C webpage. Turn on subtitles so you can
see the words as well – makes it easier to answer the questions. There is
no back button so listen carefully.
Virtual Hip Surgery:
1. Which hip needs surgery? _____________________
2. Why does this hip need surgery? __________________________________
3. Which stem size? _____________ Which cup size? _____________
4. During the procedure, what does the bovie do? _________________________
5. Why is it critically important to protect the sciatic nerve throughout this
procedure? _________
6. How many muscles connect to the top of the femur? ________
7. You must ______________________ and _____________________ the leg
to dislocate the femur.
8. Why should we try to ream more toward the top of the acetabulum? _______
9. Why is the reamer one size smaller than the cup? _______________________
10.
The plastic liner of the cup provides cushion taking the place of the
_____________________ cartilage.
11. Why does the plastic liner offer more coverage at the top, back part of the cup?
_______
12. Why is the plastic ball used first?
_________________________________________
13. What is the official term for bone spurs?
_____________________________________
14. Why does the patient have these bone spurs? __________
15. List the directions that the leg is moved in to test range of motion.
___________________________________________________________
16. Look over the real surgery pictures.
Go to the Activity tab and go to Knee Surgery.
Virtual Knee Surgery:
1. Which knee needs surgery and why? ________________________________
2. Why does the surgeon initial the knee? ______________________________
3. What 3 functions should the IV drugs perform?
a. __________________________________________
b. __________________________________________
c. __________________________________________
4. Why do you think knee surgery provides so many sterile drapes?
5. What purpose do the perpendicular lines serve?
6. What does the rongeur do?
7. What is the purpose of the jigs?
8. Why are the two tibial components inserted separately instead of as one unit?
9. Why are there so many steps taken to ensure proper knee alignment?
10.
What is the major difference between using staples or sutures to close the
incision?
11. What kind of forces do you think the new knee will need to withstand?
12. Look over the real surgery pictures.
Go to the Activity tab and go to Choose the Prosthetic.
Choose the Prosthetic:
Complete the simulation and answer the questions as you go.
Do NOT skip the Intro!
Patient #1 Name: ______________________________________
1. Describe what you see in her X-ray.
2. What procedure?
Patient #2 Name: _____________________________________
1. Describe what you see in her X-ray.
2. What procedure?
3. Why this procedure?
4. What will be replaced?
5. What prosthetic is the best type for her?
6. Correct sizing is important for the __________________________ of the patient’s knee.
7. When flexing the knee, the range of motion should be between 0 and _______ degrees.
8. What are the structural differences (other than her prosthetic) in her pre Op X-ray and her post
Op X-ray?
Patient #3 Name: _____________________________________
1. Describe what you see in his X-ray.
2. What procedure?
3. Why this procedure?
4. What prosthetic is the best type for him?
5. What TWO things helped him greatly in his recovery?
6. What are the structural differences (other than her prosthetic) in her pre Op Xray and him post
Op X-ray?
Patient #4Name: _____________________________________
1. Describe what you see in his X-ray.
2. What procedure?
3. Why this procedure?
4. What prosthetic is the best type for her?
5. What TWO things helped him greatly in his recovery?
6. What are the structural differences (other than her prosthetic) in her pre Op Xray and her post
Op X-ray?