Instruments
The basic forceps used in Neurosurgery.
What is a Bayonet forceps
Hemostatic agent used on bone.
What is bone wax.
What is lidocaine or Marcaine plain.
What is supine.
A neuro procedure that a Gigli saw may be used for.
What is a craniotomy.
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen
the future
The name of the clips that are used on the scalp.
What are Raney clips.
Medication given to decrease vessel spasms.
What is papaverine
Specific positioning device used for a carpal tunnel release.
What is a hand table or lead hand.
A neuro procedure that methyl methacrylate may be used.
What is a cranioplasty.
How many pairs of cranial nerves are there
What is the number 12
I am full of holes, but I can still hold water.
A sponge
The instrument used to remove disc material.
What is a pituitary rongeur.
Gelfoam and?
What is thrombin.
The name of the positioning frame used for a lumbar laminectomy.
What is a Wilson frame.
What is the procedure that allows for precise localization of subcortical targets without creating large scalp and bone flaps.
What is craniectomy for steriotactic procedures.
What has hands but can’t clap
A Clock
The manual drill for making burr holes.
What is a Hudson brace. sub for what we use now
Absorbable gelatin available in "flowable" form?
What is Floseal or Surgiflo.
Drapes used for a ulnar nerve transposition.
What are split drape or extremity drape.
The neuro procedure that a fascial graft may be taken from the thigh.
What is transsphenoidal hypophysectomy.
How many lobes of the cerebrum and for daily double name them
4
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand ?
your right elbow
A right-angle retractor with a curved, rounded tip at the end. Often used in spine cases.
What is a nerve root retractor.
Local used for carpal tunnel release?
What is lidocaine or Marcaine plain.
The name of the radiolucent table used for many neuro spine cases.
What is the Jackson table.
Neuro procedure that a shoulder roll may be used.
What is an anterior cervical discectomy.
Daily Double
Formation of opening into skull; evacuate fluid/clot from beneath the dura mater, locate hematoma, introduce air during ventriculostomy abscess, shunts.
What is Burr Holes?
What’s so fragile that saying it’s name breaks it?
Silence