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| How many vertebrae compose the vertebral column of a normal adult? |
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| What is formed by five individual bones fused together to form one bone in adulthood and is part of the pelvic girdle? |
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| What is the name of the first cervical vertebra that supports the skull? |
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| What are inter-vertebral disks composed of? |
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Tough outer layer called annulus fibrosis.
Soft core called nucleus pulposus. |
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| What is the formation of osteophytes called? |
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| What are the three problems associated with lumbar disk disease? |
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Lumbar Spondylosis-advanced lumbar disk disease
Lumbar Stenosis-constriction of spinal canal
Lumbar Spondylolisthesis-forward displacement |
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| What diagnostic tests and procedures are useful in identifying lumbar disk herniations? |
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| What type of rongeurs are used to remove disk material and lamina during a diskectomy? |
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| What is the name of the positioning frame used during a laminectomy/hemilaminotomy? |
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| Surgical procedure for decompression of a nerve root that has been impinged by an extruded fragment of disk material in the cervical, thoracic or lumbar region of the spine. |
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| Laminectomy for diskectomy |
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| Surgical approach for spinal cord tumor. Exposure for insertion of pain control infusion pumps, cordotomy, and rhizotomy. |
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| Laminectomy or hemilaminotomy |
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| What retractors are used for exposure during a lumbar laminectomy for diskectomy with spinal fixation. |
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| Martin-Meyerding, Taylor, Adson Beckman, Angled Gelpi |
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| When using a curette in the intervertebral space to remove remaining fragments of disk material, care must be taken to not injure what? |
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| If destabilization of the spine has occurred following a laminectomy how is the fusion of the vertebrae performed? |
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| By placing struts of bone in and along the intervertebral spaces. |
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| What is typically placed in the wound before closure during a laminectomy? |
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