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| What can be used to stabilize the spine during cervical spine decompressions? |
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| What position will the patient be in? |
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| What type of incision is made? |
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| Midline over the cervical spinous processes |
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| What should be used to verify correct level placement? |
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| What instruments can be used to assist surgeon in verifying correct level placement? |
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| What should be tested prior to the start of the case? |
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| What is another name for a posterior cervical decompression? |
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| True or False: You pass the leksell rongeur with the handles facing downward and the jaws facing upward |
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| What should be in your hand once you pass a leksell, pituitary, or kerrison? |
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| Wet lap or raytech to clean the instruments |
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| What should be draped prior to the start of the case? |
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| True or False: Always ask the surgeon if he/she wants you to save bone chunks for a bone graft or specimen |
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| What type of retractor would be used for a posterior cervical decompression? |
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| If performing a discectomy, what might you need to have in the room, draped? |
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| What might we do to encourage venous drainage? |
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| Tilt the OR bed in a mild reverse trendelenburg |
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