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Bits and Pieces
100
It is the type of suction tip used in neurosurgery. (It is also the name if a Scottish clan spelled differently).
What is the Frazier suction?
100
It is a type of device used to correct scoliosis.
What is the Harrington Rod?
100
A congenital defect with abnormal communication between arteries and veins.
What is an Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)?
100
A self retraining retractor used in the brain, it's name is a colorful outdoor space.
What is a Greenfield retractor?
100
Congenital defects, traumatic injury, degeneration, and cancer.
What are the most common indications for neurosurgery?
200
It is 8 inches in length, comes in a 45 or 90 degree angle, and is used to retract the nerve root.
What is a Love nerve root retractor?
200
It is a self retaining retractor used for retracting laminae during spinal surgery.
What is a laminae retractor?
200
Premature closure of the cranial sutures and fontanels.
What is craniosynostosis?
200
No, you can't eat with it, unless you're Hannibal Lectur.
What is a Scoville malleable brain spoon.
200
It accounts for 40% of primary brain tumors.
What is a glioma?
300
It is used for retracting the dura out of the way. (It also describes a 17th century man who was a slave to fashion.) Also called the cairn clamp.
What is the Dandy clamp?
300
A self retaining brain retractor that attaches to the OR table.
What is a Greenberg retractor?
300
Tumor of the CN VIII.
What is an acoustic neuroma?
300
A self retaining laminectomy retractor.
What is an Adson Beckman retractor?
300
It forms in the space between the dura and arachnoid layers.
What is a subdural hematoma?
400
It is used to cut cranial bone flaps, creating burr holes, and cutting bone in spinal surgery. Long live the king of the gold touch!
What is the Midas Rex Drill?
400
It is used for exposing deep tissue during spinal surgery. It looks like 1/3 Gelpi and 1/2 Hibbs retractor.
What is a Williams retractor?
400
Malignant cranial tumor that usually can't be excised; graded between I and IV.
What is an astrocytoma?
400
Scalp hemostatic clips.
What is a Raney Clip?
400
It is the formation of osteophytes causing compression within the spinal canal.
What is spondylosis?
500
It is the only single ended Penfield retractor.
What is the number 4?
500
It is used for deep tissue retraction during a laminectomy. It has 8 " arms and flat or four-pronged blades.
What is a Scoville-Haverfield Retractor?
500
The layer of tissue covering the periosteum of the cranial bones.
What is the galea aponeurosis?
500
It is used to create burr holes with a power drill and has a dura guard.
What is a craniotome and perforator?
500
Ten to twenty milimeters of Hg.
What is the normal adult intracranial pressure (ICP)?