DEX IOT DAY 2 EXAM ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS

DEX IOT DAY 2 EXAM (ACTUAL / ) TEST QUESTIONS

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What is special about the Fibulock? - ------Answers=---It is a load sharing device that allows for faster return to weight bearing

Which fractures are not indicated for this technique? - ------ Answers=---Super proximal Weber C and super distal Weber A

What is the Weber classification system? - ------Answers=--- A classification system for ankle fractures.

What is a Weber A fracture? - ------Answers=---A fracture below the syndesmosis, transverse, with intact syndesmosis and deltoid.

What is a Weber B fracture? - ------Answers=---A fracture at the level of the syndesmosis, usually spiral, with possible medial malleolus fracture and syndesmosis problems.

What is a Weber C fracture? - ------Answers=---A fracture above the syndesmosis, with disrupted syndesmosis and possible medial malleolus and deltoid injury.

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What is the Lauge-Hansen classification? - ------Answers=-- -A classification system for ankle injuries based on the mechanism of injury.

What is the most common mechanism of injury in the Lauge- Hansen classification? - ------Answers=---Supination- External rotation (SER).

What structures are affected in an SER injury? - ------ Answers=---AITFL, ATFL, spiral/oblique fibular fracture, PiTFL, posterior malleolar fracture, medial malleolar avulsion fracture, deep deltoid.

What is the next most common mechanism of injury in the Lauge-Hansen classification? - ------Answers=---Pronation- External rotation (PER).

What structures are affected in a PER injury? - ------ Answers=---ATFL, Maisonneuve injury, isolated medial malleolar fracture, deep deltoid, high spiral/oblique fibular fracture.

What is the Supination-Adduction (SAD) mechanism of injury?

• ------Answers=---Talofibular sprain or distal fibular

avulsion, vertical medial malleolus fracture.

What is the Pronation-Adduction (PAB) mechanism of injury? - ------Answers=---Isolated medial malleolar fracture, ATFL

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