AIS stands for
What is adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?

What is the atlas (C1)?
TLIF stands for
What is transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion?
Surgeon given the most credit for the TLIF procedure?
Who is Dr. Harms?

What is left L5-S1 disc herniation?
Name this common surgical instrument 
What is a Leksell rongeur?
The cobb angle that defines scoliosis.
What is 10 degrees?

What is an os odontoideum?
Wolff's law meaning
What is stress on bone results in remodeling and strengthening of the bone?"
The first spinal surgery ever performed
What is a laminectomy?

The type of imaging study
What is a CT myelogram?
Number of spine vertebrae
What is 33?

What is the "cone of economy"?

Name the condition.
What is OPLL?
Gold standard for bone graft.
What is iliac crest autograft?
Surgeon who coined the term "Hangman's fracture".
Who is Robert Schneider?
What is a type 2 odontoid fracture?
The smallest thoracic pedicle.
What is T4 or T5?

The type of deformity in this young man.
What is Scheuermann's Kyphosis.
Name the procedure.
What is cervical laminoplasty?
Recombinant protein used to induce fusion.
What is BMP2?
A form of decompression therapy that relieves pressure on the spine can be traced by to almost 3500 B.C
What is Spinal Traction?

What is intradural meningioma?
Define the red area and procedure that uses it as a guide for access

What is Kambins triangle and TLIF?
SVA <5cm, PI <20 degrees, PI-LL mismatch +/- 10 degrees
What are optimal Schwab parameters?

Name the procedure and the surgeon who developed this technique.
What is lateral mass screw placement and who is Magerl?
Celluar allograft contains this that allograft does not.
What are osteogenic cells?
Surgeon given credit for the posterior C1 lateral mass - C2 pedicle screw fusion technique
Who is Jugen Harms? (Goel also correct)
Be specific for condition and grade.
What is grade II spondylolisthesis?
Scoliosis is derived from the Greek word meaning
What is crooked?

A popular classification system for deformity
What is SRS-Schwab classification system?

The technique and most severe complication associated with the procedure.
What is C1-2 transarticular fixation and vetebral artery injury?
Name one mechanism for bone growth stimulators.
What are electric, pulsed electromagnetic, and/or ultrasound stimulation?
Surgeons given credit for the most commonly used ACDF technique.
Who are George W. Smith and Robert A. Robinson (Smith-Robinson technique)?
Be specific for condition and grade.
What is grade IV spondylolisthesis?
Number of laminectomies performed in the US per year.
What are 490,000?

This classification system is shape based.
What is the Roussouly classification system?

Name the technique and the most commonly used associated fixation technique.
What are the Sonntag technique and C1-2 transarticular fixation?
The three O's for fusion.
What are oste-ogenesis, osteo-conduction, osteo-induction?
British surgeon and scientist pioneered antiseptic surgery and preventative medicine
Who is Dr. Joseph Lister?
Define the anomaly and what it causes

What is a hemi vertebral body and congenital scoliosis?
The 3 static tests included in ASTM F1717
What are static compression bending, tension bending and torsion?