Arab Orthopaedic Board MCQs - Part 5

Which of the following approaches of the acetabulum offer, improved exposure of the quadrilateral surface and posterior column and allow buttressing of the quadrilateral surface:

Disruption of the transverse ligament of the atlas in adults occurs when the atlanto- dens interval is greater than:

The muscle associated with avulsion of the anterior tubercle of the atlas, would be:

Which of the following conditions is associated least, with the development of degenerative arthrosis of the hip, with time:

Which of the following conditions is associated with impingement of the femoral neck with and anterior acetabular rim:

Labral shearing and cartilage degeneration may occur in all the following activities as result of abnormal hip mechanics, except:

A deformity that features a bony prominence at the femoral head neck junction, is known as a:

A pincer type of impingement occurs least in which of the following conditions:

An anterior impingement test includes, all of the following range of motion, except:

Pincer impingement is associated with all the following radiographic signs radiographic signs except:

Coxa profunda is:

Protrusio acetabulum is:

A pistol grip sign is:

A double contour sign is:

The Bernese periacetabular osteotomy is indicated in all except:

Which of the alternative arthroplasty surfacing procedures has been associated with pseudotumor and ALVAL:

Patients with a THA, elevated serum ion levels greater than 5ug/liter were associated with a higher incidence of:

The most common position of the head in congenital muscular torticollis would be:

Plagiocephaly is known to occur in which of the following conditions:

Which of the following conditions is most likely associated with torticollis in a child:

The best imaging used to diagnose atlanto-axial rotatory subluxation would be:

The most common cause of heel pain for patients between 40-60 years of age would be:

The plantar fascia is a fibrous aponeurosis that originates from the plantar medial aspect of the calcaneal tuberosity and inserts distally on the:

The histologic appearance of a specimen obtained from a patient with plantar fasciitis, includes all the following except:

The site of tenderness that is most likely associated with plantar fasciitis, would be:

On Cadaveric sections the calcaneal spur was found in the:

An MRI of the foot in a patient with plantar fasciitis most likely shows:

A factors which does not hinder the heel pad function, as a shock absorber is:

The Baxter entrapment syndrome is associated with:

Which of the following condition accentuates most the Baxter nerve entrapment syndrome:

The second most common site for stress fractures to occur in the foot, would be:

Tarsal Tunnel syndrome is:

Which of the following statements does not apply to the tarsal tunnel:

Which of the following statements, least apply to Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome (TTS):

A fifty year old male presents to your clinic complaining of pain in the left heel. He gave no history suggesting an inflammatory process nor of any other systemic disease. He stated that he was overdoing work, this last month. On examination, he was noted to have bimanual tenderness over the body of the calcaneus. An xray was requested and is shown below. What would be the most likely diagnosis:

On not seeing an apparent lesion on plain x-ray, in a patient with heel pain, localized by bimanual pressure applied to the body of the calcaneus, what further study may help in making the diagnosis:

A young adult falls on his left hip and sustains a fracture of the femoral head. The fracture line passes above the femoral head fovea. This corresponds to which type, in the Pipkin classification:

Which of the following primary tumors which when metastasis occurs to the spine does not respond to any form of treatment other than surgery:

The bare area in which one could put a plate on the Radial head and not interfere with pronation or supination would be:

A twenty year old male is brought to the Emergency room after being hit by a car. X- rays reveal a comminuted fracture (Winquist type IV fracture of the femur. The patient was unconscious and the team refused any Emergency surgery. You decide to put him in traction. What is often missed while doing so and should be looked for:

The angle of Gissane measures:

In an open book fracture of the pelvis which of the following ligaments is commonly torn:

What would be your initial management of an open book fracture of the pelvis with significant hypotension:

A strict contraindication in the management of a patient with a diastasis of the symphysis pubis following trauma, would be:

Which of the following, is the preferred approach used, to reduce a displaced fracture of the iliopubic arch:

A Mortise view is an AP view of the ankle and is taken in:

The “Fleck sign” is often seen in which of the following conditions:

An open fracture with a vascular injury classified by the Gustillo-Anderson classification, would be

What radiologic sign, indicates vascularization in a talar neck fracture:

On aspiration of synovial fluid from a painful THA joint, what should be the WBC and percent of neutrophils be, to be considered a septic periprosthetic infection?