Common Surgical Instruments Flashcards
Identify #1
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Jaws
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Identify #2
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Joint
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Identify #3
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Shank
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Identify #4
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Ratchet
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Identify #5
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Ring
Identify #6
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Jaw Insert
2 types of crushing tissue forceps
babcock tissue forceps
3 types of hemostatic forceps
rochester carmalt forceps
kelly hemostatic forceps
halsted mosquito forceps
how should tissue forceps be placed
tissues should be clamped with serrated portion of jaws
curved forceps - should point out of body cavity/away fron patient (tips up)
forceps should not be used as a substitute for tissue retractor
Identify the instrument
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Allis tissue Forceps
- should only be used on tissues to be discarded due to crushing effects of tips*
- frequently used for positioning of suction tubing and electrocautery wire on patient drape*
identify the instrument
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Babcock tissue forceps
- less traumatic than Allis tissue forceps*
- used to help grasp and retract robust soft tissues (stomach, bladder)*
identify the instrument
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Straight Doyen Intestinal Tissue Forceps
used for intestinal lumen occlusion (enterotomies, resection and anastomosis)
identify the instrument
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Straight Rochester-Carmalt Hemostatic Forceps
designed for jaw clamping, clamping pedicles/tissue
identify the instruments
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Straight and Curved Kelly Hemostatic Forceps
- tip clamping of small to medium vessels; carmalt > kelly > mosquito*
- “Kelly is a tease, she doesn’t go all the way”*
identify the instruments
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Straight and Curved Halsted Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps
tip clamping of small vessels
4 types of thumb forceps
brown-adson forceps
adson forceps
DeBakey forceps
Bishop- Harmon forceps
identify the instrument
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Brown Adson Tissue Forceps
general tissue handling bu serrated teeth can crush tissue
identify the instrument
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Adson Tissue Forceps
- less crush injury than with brown-adson, poor grip of fat or friable tissues*
- “rat toothed forceps”*
identify the instrument
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DeBakey Tissue Forceps
most frequently used thumb forceps, less traumatic than brown-adson
identify the instrument
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Bishop-Harmon Forceps
used to grasp tissue in ophthalmologic surgery
identify the instrument
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Bard-Parker #3 scalpel handle
most common, measurement scale on handle, accepts 10, 11, 12, & 15 blades
10 blade
most widely used
long flat blade used for making longer incisions
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11 blade
used for sharp penetration of hollow organs or for percision cutting
excision of cranial cruciate remnant or meniscal release
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12 blade
used for onychectomy in cats
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15 blade
occasionally used for SQ or fascial incisions
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identify the instrument
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Beaver Blade Scalpel Handle
blades: 62, 64, 65, 67; pencil grip at all times, intraocular surgery, intra-articular structures
5 types of surgical scissors
mayo scissors
metzenbaum scissors
stevens tenotomy scissors
spencer stitch scissors
vernon cartikage and wire scissors
identify the instrument
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Straight Mayo Dissecting Scissors
- thick blades; used to incise dense tissue (fascia, linea, alba, trimming skin)*
- “Mayo makes you fat”*