Deck 8: Neurosurgical Instruments

Question 1

A Love retractor is used to retract

A) cranial flap.
B) cranial tissue.
C) nerve root.
D) spinal cord.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

All of the following are transphenoidal instruments except

A) Rhoton pituitary curettes
B) straight point needles
C)3-prong forks
D) Dandy clamps

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The surgeon asks for a cranial rongeur. Which of the following would be incorrect to hand him/ her?

A) Stookey
B) Adson
C) Beyer
D) Gerzog

Answer 3

D

Question 4

You are setting up for a craniotomy and you know the surgeon will need the large self-retaining retractor that mounts on the side of the OR bed. What retractor are you going make sure you have available?

A) Beckmann
B) Greenberg
C) Jansen
D) Williams

Question 5

You are first scrubbing a lumbar laminectomy. The surgeon needs a large hinged self-retaining retractor. What would you hand to her?

A) Jansen
B) Cerebellar
C) Taylor
D) Beckmann-Adson

Question 6

The surgeon is placing a pin. You hand the pin, and the next instrument you have ready is the:

A) Gerzog
B) Taylor
C) Cushing
D) Jansen

Question 7

Before handing the neurosurgeon the brain spatula, you need to first:

A) Moisten it with sterile water
B) Moisten it with alcohol
C) Moisten it with normal saline
D) Moisten it with Betadine

Question 8

The neurosurgeon is performing a craniotomy. He asks for the clamps used to retract the dura and hold it out of the way. You would hand him:

A) Kelley clamps
B) Cairn clamps
C) Peans
D) Laheys

Question 9

The Cushing-Landolt speculum is used for which type of surgery?

A) open cranial
B) spinal
C) transphenoidal
D) spinal cord

Question 10

While performing a lumbar discectomy, the surgeon asks for a Leksell. You hand him a:

A) Retractor
B) Rongeur
C) Clamp
D) Periosteal elevator

Question 11

The surgeon needs to shave a little bit of bone from the graft. You would hand a graft ________.

A) Packer
B) Rasp
C) Sizer
D) Impactor

Question 12

During a procedure, the surgeon requests the "ring forceps." The other name for this forceps is:

A) Tumor forceps
B) Cushing forceps
C) Gerald forceps
D) Grasper forceps

Question 13

The cranial rongeur with a 2-mm bite size is a(n):

A) Adson
B) Bacon
C) Beyer
D) Stookey

Question 14

Which Penfield dissector is single ended?

A) #1
B) #2
C) #3
D) #4

Question 15

While performing a craniotomy, the neurosurgeon asks for a "brain spatula." You would hand her a:

A) Ribbon
B) Scoville
C) Green
D) Beckman

Question 16

The name for the tubing-holding forceps is:

A) Cushing
B) Greene
C) Ring
D) Grasper

Question 17

All of the following are self-retaining retractors except:

A) Williams
B) Beckmann-Adson
C) Cerebellar
D) Taylor

Question 18

You hand the surgeon the scissors with a "ball tip" on them. You just handed the ___________ scissors.

A) Potts
B) Adson
C) Strully
D) Mayo

Question 19

All of the following are jaw types for the Cushing pituitary except:

A) straight
B) left
C) upbiting
D) downbiting

Question 20

Which cranial rongeur has the largest bite size?

A) Adson
B) Bacon
C) Beyer
D) Stookey

Question 21

In what two ways are all the Penfield dissectors the same?

Question 22

Match the following instruments with the correct category.
A. Love
B. Cairn
C. Frazier
D. Neuro pattie tray
E. Strully
Clamping and occluding

Question 23

Name two uses of the Midas Rex Drill.

Question 24

NARRBEGIN: Figure 08-32 A
Identify the instrument pictured above.

A) Taylor
B) Williams retractor
C) Meyerding
D) Hibbs

Question 25

Which Penfield has a bone wax packer on one end?

Question 26

Rhoton curettes would be used in _______________ surgery.

Question 27

What is the Kerrison cervical rongeur used for?

Question 28

Select the correct answer: A Jansen is a type of ________________ .

Question 29

Adson dural scissors have ______________ tips.

Question 30

Match the following instruments with the correct category.
A. Love
B. Cairn
C. Frazier
D. Neuro pattie tray
E. Strully
Accessory

Question 31

Match the following instruments with the correct category.
A. Love
B. Cairn
C. Frazier
D. Neuro pattie tray
E. Strully
Suctioning and aspirating

Question 32

Bacon and Stookey are types of cranial ______________ .

Question 33

NARRBEGIN: Figure 08-14 A
Identify the instrument pictured above.

A) Penfield #2
B) Penfield #1
C) Woodson
D) Penfield #5

Question 34

Match the following instruments with the correct category.
A. Graft rasp
B. Meyerding
C. Cushing
Grasping and holding

Question 35

NARRBEGIN: Figure 08-70 A
Identify the instrument pictured above.

A) Mead mallet
B) Orthopedic mallet
C) Mayo mallet
D) Gerzog mallet

Question 36

Match the following instruments with the correct category.
A. Graft rasp
B. Meyerding
C. Cushing
Cutting and dissecting

Question 37

NARRBEGIN: Figure 08-10 A
The instrument pictured above is a:

A) Penfield #1
B) Penfield #2
C) Penfield #3
D) Penfield #4

Question 38

Match the following instruments with the correct category.
A. Graft rasp
B. Meyerding
C. Cushing
Retracting and exposing

Question 39

Match the following instruments with the correct category.
A. Love
B. Cairn
C. Frazier
D. Neuro pattie tray
E. Strully
Retracting and exposing

Question 40

Match the following instruments with the correct category.
A. Love
B. Cairn
C. Frazier
D. Neuro pattie tray
E. Strully
Cutting and dissecting

Question 41

Another name for a Dandy clamp is a(n) _______________.

Question 42

Frazier and Adson suctions are used to suction large amounts of fluid.

Question 43

The Adson cranial rongeur has a 2-mm bite size.

Question 44

The shanks of a Beckmann-Adson are hinged.

Question 45

Davis and Scoville are retracting instruments.

Question 46

A Liston-Stille is a rongeur.

Question 47

A bending iron is used to contour rods during spinal surgery.

Question 48

Gifford and Allport are other names for a(n) ______________.

Question 49

_______________ scissors have ball-tip probes on the points.

Question 50

A "joker" is a type of dissector.

Question 51

A Beckmann-Adson is a laminectomy retractor.

Question 52

Another name for a Bayer rongeur is a(n) ________________.

Question 53

There are four Penfield dissectors.

Question 54

A Greenberg is used for retraction during spine surgery.

Question 55

A Spurling is a type of rongeur.

Question 56

A Penfield # 2 is a single ended instrument.