CDE Surgical Instruments

Question 1

What are the types of forceps?

Answer 1

Alligator

Allis tissue

Babcock tissue

Crile

Kelly

Halstead mosquito hemostatic

Brown-Adson thumb

Rat-tooth thumb

Question 2

Answer 2

Alligator Forceps

• Used during surgery to remove foreign bodies
• Right angle and the top blade is the only part that actually moves

Question 3

Answer 3

Allis Tissue

• Used during surgey to grasp organs and slippery/dense tissue
• Less delicate than Babcock forceps due to the sharp teeth present at the tip of the blade

Question 4

Answer 4

Babcock tissue forcepts

• Used during surgery to hold delicate tissue
• Similar to Allis Tissue forceps but the tips are smooth

Question 5

Answer 5

Crile Forceps

• Used to occlude bleeding before ligation (stops bleeding before closing off a blood vessel)
• Serrations run the full legth of the jaws, can be curved or straight

Question 6

Answer 6

Kelly Forceps

• Used to occlude bleeding before ligation (stops bleeding before closing off a blood vessel)
• Very similar to Crile forceps, but serrations only run about halfway up the distal length of the jaw, can be curved or straight

Question 7

Answer 7

Halstead Mosquito Hemostatic

• Used to occlude bleeding before ligation (stops bleeding before closing off a blood vessel)
• Smaller than the Crile or Kelly, serrations run the full length of the jaws, can be curved or straight

Question 8

Answer 8

Brown-Adson Thumb

• Used during surgery to grasp and hold tissue, muscle, or skin
• Fine serrations are present, there are no teeth at the tip

Question 9

Answer 9

Rat - tooth

• Used during surgery to grasp and hold tissue, muscle, or skin
• Difference between Brown-Adison and rat tooth is the rat tooth has teeth at the tip of the instrument

Question 10

What are the types of Scissors

Answer 10

• Suture wire cutting
• Bandage
• Littauer suture removal
• Mayo dissecting
• Metzenbaum dissecting

Question 11

Answer 11

Suture Wire Cutting Scissors

• Used to cut wire sutures
• Blades are serrated, can be curved or straight

Question 12

Answer 12

Bandage scissors

• Used to remove bandages
• There are many types of bandage scissors, but they will all have a longer bottom blade that has a blunt tip (helps to prevent cutting skin)

Question 13

Answer 13

Littauer suture removal scissors

• Used to cut all kinds of suture (but wire)
• Has a hook-shaped bottom blade
• Can be curved or straight

Question 14

Answer 14

Mayo dissecting scissors

• Used during surgery to cut body tissues and sutures
• Have blunt ends with a shorter broader shanks than Metzenbaum, can be curved or straight

Question 15

Answer 15

Metzenbaum dissecting scissors

• Used during surgery to cut delicate tissue
• Longer and more narrow shanks than Mayo scissors
• Can have curved or straight blades