DEFORMITY
CERVICAL SPINE
FUSION
HISTORY
FILM REVIEW
TRIVIA
100

AIS stands for

What is adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?

100

What is the atlas (C1)? 

100

TLIF stands for

What is transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion? 

100

Surgeon given the most credit for the TLIF procedure? 

Who is Dr. Harms? 

100

What is left L5-S1 disc herniation?

100

Name this common surgical instrument 

What is a Leksell rongeur? 

200

The cobb angle that defines scoliosis.


What is 10 degrees?

200

What is an os odontoideum?

200

Wolff's law meaning

What is stress on bone results in remodeling and strengthening of the bone?"

200

The first spinal surgery ever performed 

What is a laminectomy? 

200

The type of imaging study 

What is a CT myelogram? 

200

Number of spine vertebrae

What is 33? 

300

What is the "cone of economy"?

300

Name the condition.

What is OPLL?

300

Gold standard for bone graft.

What is iliac crest autograft?

300

Surgeon who coined the term "Hangman's fracture".

Who is Robert Schneider?

300


What is a type 2 odontoid fracture?

300

The smallest thoracic pedicle.

What is T4 or T5?

400

The type of deformity in this young man.

What is Scheuermann's Kyphosis.

400


Name the procedure.

What is cervical laminoplasty? 

400

Recombinant protein used to induce fusion.

What is BMP2?

400

A form of decompression therapy that relieves pressure on the spine can be traced by to almost 3500 B.C

What is Spinal Traction? 

400

What is intradural meningioma? 

400

Define the red area and procedure that uses it as a guide for access


What is Kambins triangle and TLIF? 

500

SVA <5cm, PI <20 degrees, PI-LL mismatch +/- 10 degrees

What are optimal Schwab parameters?

500

Name the procedure and the surgeon who developed this technique.

What is lateral mass screw placement and who is Magerl? 

500

Celluar allograft contains this that allograft does not.

What are osteogenic cells?

500

Surgeon given credit for the posterior C1 lateral mass - C2 pedicle screw fusion technique

Who is Jugen Harms? (Goel also correct)

500

Be specific for condition and grade.

What is grade II spondylolisthesis? 

500

Scoliosis is derived from the Greek word meaning

What is crooked? 

600

A popular classification system for deformity

What is SRS-Schwab classification system?

600

The technique and most severe complication associated with the procedure.

What is C1-2 transarticular fixation and vetebral artery injury? 

600

Name one mechanism for bone growth stimulators.

What are electric, pulsed electromagnetic, and/or ultrasound stimulation? 

600

Surgeons given credit for the most commonly used ACDF technique.

Who are George W. Smith and Robert A. Robinson (Smith-Robinson technique)?

600

Be specific for condition and grade.

What is grade IV spondylolisthesis? 

600

Number of laminectomies performed in the US per year.

What are 490,000?

700

This classification system is shape based.

What is the Roussouly classification system?


700

Name the technique and the most commonly used associated fixation technique.

What are the Sonntag technique and C1-2 transarticular fixation?

700

The three O's for fusion.

What are oste-ogenesis, osteo-conduction, osteo-induction?

700

British surgeon and scientist pioneered antiseptic surgery and preventative medicine 

Who is Dr. Joseph Lister? 

700

Define the anomaly and what it causes


What is a hemi vertebral body and congenital scoliosis? 

700

The 3 static tests included in ASTM F1717

What are static compression bending, tension bending and torsion?