Arab Orthopaedic Board MCQs - Part 29

All the following comply to the progression of spondylolisthesis except:

The most common identifiable cause of back pain in a child is:

A high grade spondylolisthesis is associated most with:

A heart-shaped buttocks is most associated with a:

The most likely finding on physical examination of a patient with spondylolisthesis, would be:

The gait of a child diagnosed to have a high grade spondylolisthesis, would be, a:

Which of the following conditions is least associated with scoliosis:

Oblique lumbar views highlight the "Scotty dog." Which of the following does not fit with the description of the contents of the Scotty dog:

The slip angle is:

The sacral inclination is:

The pelvic incidence is:

Single-Photon-Emission Computed Tomography is beneficial to a patient with spondylolisthesis. This is includes all except:

Which of the following investigations is most useful to evaluate an atypical presentation, including pre-lysis of the pars interarticularis:

Which of the following provides the best information on the healing potential of a pars defect:

The key role of spinal orthotics in the treatment of spondylolysis is:

One of the major risks of an anterior interbody fusion of the lumbar spine, would be:

Long-tract clinical findings in the upper and lower extremities arising from involvement of the spinal cord by the spondylotic changes in the cervical spinal column is known as:

Low levels of high-energy phosphates such as adenosine triphosphate, adenosine diphosphate, and phosphoryl creatine have been found in trapezius muscles of patients with:

The biomechanical changes that occur with age result in a degenerative cascade. These include all, except:

Patients who have cervical myelopathy with <40% compression are likely to have additional factors. Thes include all except:

The normal anteroposterior diameter of the subaxial spine in normal adults measures:

The segmental anteroposterior diameter as well as the volume of the cervical spinal canal have been found to be reduced in:

Retrolisthesis of which of the following levels in the cervical spine could accentuate cord compression in elderly individuals with myelopathy:

Pain in the posterior neck muscles that is worsened by flexion of the head suggests:

Pain in the posterior aspect of the neck that is aggravated by extension and especially by rotation of the head to one side suggests:

Neck pain with fever, weight loss, or non-mechanical neck pain may point to a:

The symptoms of cervical radiculopathy that are aggravated by extension or lateral rotation of the head to the side of the pain is known as:

A ”finger escape sign” is:

A hyperactive scapulohumeral reflex is in favor of which of the following statements:

Tapping of the spine of the scapula or acromion results in scapular elevation and/or abduction of the humerus is known as:

By dividing the anteroposterior diameter of the spinal canal by the anteroposterior diameter of the vertebral body, is known as:

What should the value of the Pavlov ratio be, to make the diagnosis of spinal stenosis:

Translation of the cervical vertebra >3.5 mm and relative sagittal plane angulation of >11° is indicative of:

In the evaluation of a patient suspected to have cervical myelopathy computed tomography myelography may be preferable to magnetic resonance imaging because of all, except:

An MRI that shows a combination of low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images indicates all the following, except:

The pedicle diameter at the level of T4 is:

The pedicle diameter at the level of L5 is:

Besides C2 pedicle at what other level of the cervical spine, was the pedicle also of a larger interdiameter, than all other cervical vertebrae and a pedicle screw can be inserted:

Which of the cervical pedicle interdiameter was the smallest:

At what level of the cervical spine is the vertebral artery least at risk while inserting a pedicle screw:

The widest pedicle in the sagittal plane is at:

Most pedicle fractures related to screw insertion occur:

The artery of Adamkiewicz is the largest of feeders of the lumbar cord. It is most commonly located at which of the following levels:

The blood supply to the spinal cord is rich, but the spinal canal is narrowest and the blood supply is poorest at:

A large and complex venous channel extending from the base of the skull to the coccyx, that communicates with the superior and inferior vena cava system and azygous system, would be:

During anterior spinal surgery all the following principles are followed, except:

The most common site for infection to settle down in bone would be:

Should Infection settle in the metaphyseal region of bone, it would be explained least, due to:

At what age, common circulation ceases to exist between the metaphysis and epiphysis, through the physis?

In which of the the following bones, the epiphysis and metaphyses do not lie within a common joint capsule?