Radiography In The OR- Vocabulary

Question 1

Arthroplasty

Answer 1

Creation of an artificial joint to correct ankylosis

Question 2

Asepsis

Answer 2

A state of sterility; condition in which living pathogens are absent

Question 3

Cancellous screw

Answer 3

Orthopedic screw designed to enter and fix porous and spongy bone

Question 4

Cannulated screw

Answer 4

Large screw used for internal fixation of non displaced fractures of proximal femur

Question 5

Cardiac pacemaker

Answer 5

An artificial regulator for cardiac rate and rhythm

Question 6

Cholecystectomy

Answer 6

Surgical removal of the gallbladder

Question 7

Closed reduction

Answer 7

Procedure in which bone fragments are reduced manually without surgical intervention

Question 8

Cortical screw

Answer 8

Narrow, orthopedic screw designed to enter and fix cortical bone

Question 9

Cystoscope

Answer 9

Lighted, tubular endoscope used for examination of the urinary bladder

Question 10

Dynamic compression plate

Answer 10

Screw and plate combination used to apply forces through the fracture site; used commonly for long bone shaft fractures in which stress may be great

Question 11

Fracture table

Answer 11

A special OR table used for hip pinnings and other orthopedic procedures to provide traction to the involved limb and permit performance of fluoroscopy during the procedure

Question 12

Hip pinning

Answer 12

Surgical procedure designed to reduce proximal femoral fractures through the use of various internal fixation devices

Question 13

Kirschner wire

Answer 13

Smooth or threaded metallic wire used to reduce fractures of the wrist, individual bones of the hands and feet; also may be used for skeletal traction

Question 14

Microdiskectomy

Answer 14

Micro surgical procedure performed on the spine to remove bony fragments or disk material that may be causing the neural impingement

Question 15

Open reduction

Answer 15

Reduction of fracture fragments through surgical intervention

Question 16

Operative cholangiogram

Answer 16

Radiographic procedure performed during surgery to visualize and locate undetected stones or obstructions within the biliary duct

Question 17

Reduce

Answer 17

As applied in orthopedic medicine, to align two bone fragments in the correct position as treatment for a fracture

Question 18

Retrograde urography

Answer 18

A nonfunctional exam of the urinary system during which contrast medium is introduced direction retrograde into the pelvicalyceal system via catheterization by a urologist during a minor surgical procedure

Question 19

Shower curtain drape

Answer 19

An isolation drape that separates the sterile field from the nonsterile environment; often used to permit the use of c-arm fluoro during a hip pinning procedure

Question 20

Traction

Answer 20

The process of putting a limb, bone, or group of muscles under tension with the use of weights and pulleys to align or immobilize the part

Question 21

DHS

Answer 21

Dynamic hip screw

Question 22

IM nail

Answer 22

Intramedullary nail

Question 23

K-wire

Answer 23

Kirschner wire

Question 24

ORIF

Answer 24

Open reduction internal fixation

Question 25

THR

Answer 25

Total hip replacement

Question 26

TKR

Answer 26

Total knee replacement