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Joint Replacement Quiz

joint replacement

1. Which of the following terms does not fit the others?

A. TKA
B. arthroplasty
C. TKR
D. prosthesis
E. arthrodesis

2. Choose the best answer. A hemiarthroplasty is:

A. a prosthesis with stronger moving parts
B. a prosthesis with smaller component parts
C. replacement on only one side of the joint
D. the same as a unicompartment joint replacement

3. The most common indication for knee joint replacement is:

A. ACL reconstruction that fails
B. disabling painful arthritis
C. failed medial and lateral meniscectomies
D. knee trauma superimposed on obesity
E. chondromalacia

4. Knee joint replacement could result in (select all that apply):

A. pain, blood clot, infection, meniscal tearing, and revision
B. chondromalacia, stiffness, blood clot, infection, and polyethylene wear
C. osteomyelitis, loosening, revision, polyethylene wear and radioluceny
D. tenodesis, revision, meniscectomy, osteoarthrosis, blood clot

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