Arthroscopy Flashcards

1
Q

Crossfire outputs how many watts of RF power?

A

400

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2
Q

Crossfire is compatible with ALL of the following Stryker products EXCEpT?

A

TPS power drills and TPS foot pedal

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3
Q

Crossfire is the only (blank) on market?

A

Console with a 2 in 1 platform that can control powered resection and RF

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4
Q

Hemostasis

A

Process which causes bleeding to stop, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel. Involves coagulation, blood changing from a liquid to gel.

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5
Q

Name the cross blades in total offering

A

Smooth Bite
Aggressive Max
Dual Edge 4 mm, 5.5 mm
Tomcat HC 4 mm, 5.0 mm

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6
Q

T/F: Pressure in the joint will be nearly double the set pressure when there is little to no outflow in Dynamic Mode.

A

True

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7
Q

Crossflow features can be controlled by what devices outside of pump?

A

Shaver hand piece
iSwitch
SDC3 Voice Activation
Etc.

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8
Q

If your surgeon uses a drain cannula for his inflow source in a knee, which dynamic mode should be selected?

A

Dynamic - High

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9
Q

T/F: It is recommended to start Dynamic Mode set pressure lower than standard mode pressure settings because of added pressure buffer.

A

True

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10
Q

How do you connect competitor resection consoles to crossflow?

A

Competitive Integration Cables

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11
Q

MAP is a weighted average of:

A

Systolic pressure and diastolic pressure

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12
Q

T/F: Crossflow connects with Stryker resection consoles via USB

A

False

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13
Q

T/F: The outflow runway has two suction tubes, Shaver and RF

A

False

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14
Q

T/F: bleeding in the joint could occur if patient blood pressure increases and pressure within the joint drops.

A

True

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15
Q

T/F: Managed Outflow will reduce the risk of:

A

Extravasation

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16
Q

Crossfire is compatible with all Stryker products in arthro cases expect?

A

TPS Footpedal, TPS Power drills

17
Q

T/F: the Crossfire console is fully programmable via the Customizer

A

True

18
Q

T/F: Crossfire 2 console provides improved, best-in-class COAG capabilities

A

True

19
Q

T/F: only select Serfas probes and Anvers can be used with Crossfire?

A

False

20
Q

Crossfire outputs how many watts of RF power?

A

400

21
Q

The crossfire console ships with how many default settings?

A

Three

22
Q

T/F: pressing the arrow keys on Crossfire console will increase and decrease the CUt level on Serfas energy probes

A

True

23
Q

Crossfire is the only (blank) on the market

A

Console with a 2 in 1 platform that can control powered resection and RF

24
Q

Mac flow rates on crossflow allowed through 5.8 cannula with the different dynamic settings are as follows:

A

Dynamic High: 1.6L/min
Medium: 1.2 L/min
Dynamic Low: 0.4 L/min

25
Q

What are the top three all purpose cutters?

A

Aggressive Plus, Resector, Tomcat

26
Q

What are sizes and use cases for Dual Edge Crossblade Cutter?

A

3.5, 4.0, 5.5mm

All in one functionality for tissue resection and bone debridement

Shoulder - rotator cuff and sub acromial decompression (4 and 5.5mm) , labral repair and glenoid boney work

Knee- all stump and notchplasty (5.5)

27
Q

Tomcat - what are use cases and sizes

A

With serrated edges on the inner and putter cutting surfaces, tomcat is Stryker’s most aggressive soft tissue cutter

Knee - ACL and ACL stump resection

28
Q

No suction. What should I do with crossflow pump?

A

Look for:

  • the pump connected to crossfire via FireWire cable
  • endure Neptune or similar device is not cranked too high
  • any of outflow cassette lines clogged
  • ensure resection device has correct dedicated suction
  • tubing clamped? Should be unclamped
29
Q

What are contributors to aggressiveness of a shaver?

A

Number of teeth
Placement of the teeth (inner and outer)
Size of cutter

30
Q

What contributes to aggressiveness of a bur?

A

Faster the RPM speeder
Fewer number of flutes
Larger the bur
Forward motion vs reverse

31
Q

On crossfire 2, why would arc to scope damage decrease?

A

Scope is less resistant that tissue. It detects when the hand piece and disposable are getting close to scope.

32
Q

What is the default handpiece button mapping specifics?

A

I - trigger/ON
II - osc vs fwd/rev
III— fwd vs rev

33
Q

How much more resistant is SmoothBite cutter to arthrex’ Torpedo

A

100%

34
Q

How many window styles on Cutter does Stryker offer?

A

Four.

Tomcat, aggressive max, dual edge, smooth bite

35
Q

Sizes of diamond bur:

Why doesn’t it skip on bone?

A

4.0 and 5.5

Diamond is closer together on the head of the bur. Creates less skipping. Crossblade xl has a 71% reduced skip distance compare to average fluted bur.