What is the more common name for the calcaneal navicular ligament? and which bone does
it support? - Spring Ligament and supports the head of the talus
Weber classification type B is considered what? - Transsyndesmotic
Weber classification type C is considered what? - Suprasyndesmotic
The Inter...
What is the more common name for the calcaneal navicular ligament? and which bone does
it support? - ✔Spring Ligament and supports the head of the talus
Weber classification type B is considered what? - ✔Transsyndesmotic
Weber classification type C is considered what? - ✔Suprasyndesmotic
The InternalBrace ligament augmentation has been used since ______?
A. 2006
B. 2008
C. 2010
D. 2012 - ✔D. 2012
The lateral button on the Tightrope XP is what shape? - ✔round
True/False: You drill all four cortices when implanting the TightRope XP - ✔True
True/Flase: It is recommended that you tie knots to secure your final fixation when using
the Tightrope XP. - ✔False
,How far above the ankle joint should you drill for the Tightrope XP? - ✔1.5cm above the joint
In the distal fibula plate, what size screw(s) can be used in the most distal holes of the plate? -
✔2.7mm locking and 3.0mm cancellous
What weber classification(s) is the locking third tubular plate most often used for?
A. Weber A
B. Weber B
C. Weber C
D. Weber A and C - ✔B. Weber B
A plate must over come all of the following movements, except?
A. Torsion
B. Axial loading
C. Flexing
D. Bending - ✔C. Flexing
What Weber classification(s) is the locking third tubular plate used in?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. All of the above - ✔C. C
, True/False: The TightRope implant is weaker in cyclic loading compared to a syndesmotic
screw - ✔False
Name2 features of the Syndemosis Tightrope - ✔low profile knotless fixation and allows
for natural dynamic joint biomechanics
The syndesmosis plate improves reduction and fixation by _____ the surface area
A. Changing
B. Increasing
C. Decreasing
D. None of the above - ✔B. Increasing
The Syndesmosis TightRope XP implant system also features a new trocar style drill bit that
reduced skiving off the fibula when drilling in the tansmalleolar plane _____ degrees anterior to
the coronal plane
A. 20
B. 25
C. 30
D. 35 - ✔C. 30
What is a Pilon Fracture? - ✔An injury that involves the articular weight bearing surface of
the distal tibia
Name the four impaction positions of the Talus for Pilon Fractures. - ✔Plantarflexed,
Dorsiflexed, Neutral , Die Punch Fragment
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