MODULE 7 PART 10: BASIC ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY INSTRUMENTS

Question 1

Identify the orthopedic surgery instrument:

• Designed to hold bone fragments together until permanent fixation can be achieved
• Can have pointed tips, toothed tips, or serrated tips
• Available in a variety of sizes and styles depending on bone that is fractured, the types of fracture, certain styles of bone holders may be better suited than others

Answer 1

Bone holders

Question 2

Identify the orthopedic surgery instrument:

• Used to prepare the fractured bone for permanent fixation
• The intended use is to elevate the periosteum from the bone so that the implants can be placed
• Available in many shapes and sizes with the most popular styles being the freer, synthes, and adson.

Answer 2

Periosteal elevators

Question 3

Identify the orthopedic surgery instrument:

• Cupped tips with sharp edges and work with a squeezing action of the handles
• Used to break up bits and pieces of bone for grafting purposes
• Pieces of bone too small to reattach to the animal are broken down into small pieces and packed around the fractured lines to encourage new osteoblast formation and promote healing
• Can also be used to remove pieces of unnecessary bone

Answer 3

Bone Rongeur

Question 4

Identify the orthopedic surgery instrument:

• Have handles with squeezing and sprint action similar to Rongeurs
• Have cutting tips designed to cut through bones and to remove small pieces of bone

Answer 4

Bone cutters

Question 5

Identify the orthopedic surgery instrument:

• Single handed instruments that have a cupped tip surrounded by sharp edges
• Used to collect (harvest) bone graft material or to shape and scrape bony surfaces

Answer 5

Bone curettes

Question 6

Identify the orthopedic surgery instrument:

• Designed to hold and drive intramedullary pins for repair of a fracture or for other orthopedic procedures requiring the use of pins
• Manual drill
• Can hold wires with sizes from 0.035 inch up to 3/16 is used to tighten the chuck
• An extension wire is available to protect the surgeon from the pin, which may extend beyond the end of the chuck

Answer 6

Hand chuck (Jacob’s Chuck)