Question

e name of the neurosurgical dissectors numbered REVIEW QUI 1. What is the name 1 through 5? a. Hudson b. Penfield c. Cushing d. Kittner of the following is a commonly used three-pin cra- 2. Which of the fol nial fixation device? a. Cloward b. Greenberg c. Layla d. Mayfield 3. Which of the following instruments has a pistol-grip-type shape and is used to dissect bone for access in laminectomy procedures? a. Bayonet b. Kerrison c. Myerding d. Taylor 4. Which of the following terms describes the removal of the large anterior portion of a vertebra during spinal decom- pression and fusion? a. corpectomy b. hypophysectomy C. diskectomy d. sympathectomy

Answer 1

1. Ans: b) Penfield is the name of neurosurgical dissectors numbered 1 through 5.  

a) This is not the answer; Hudson is the name of a neurosurgical drill.

c) This is not the answer, Cushing is a dressing forceps.

d) This is not the answer, Kittner is a blunt dissector.

2. Ans: d) Mayfield is the commonly used 3-pin cranial fixation device.

a) This is not the answer; Cloward is a brain retractor.

b) This is not the answer; Greenberg is a cranial retractor.

c) This is not the answer; Layla is a brain retractor.

3. Ans: b) Kerrison has a pistol grip shape and is used to dissect bone for laminectomy

a) This is not the answer; Bayonet is a Tissue Forceps.

c) This is not the answer; Myerding is a retractor.

d) This is not the answer; Taylor is a laminectomy blade.

4. Ans: Removal of the large anterior portion of the vertebra using spinal decompression and fusion is called corpectomy.

b) This is not the answer; hypophysectomy is the removal of the pituitary gland

c) This is not the answer; diskectomy is a procedure to remove the damaged herniated disk portion

d) This is not the answer; sympathectomy is a procedure to remove one sympathetic ganglion.