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Common Surgical Instruments Flashcards

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Identify #1

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Jaws

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Identify #2

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Joint

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Shank

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Ratchet

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Ring

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Jaw Insert

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2 types of crushing tissue forceps

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babcock tissue forceps

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3 types of hemostatic forceps

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rochester carmalt forceps

kelly hemostatic forceps

halsted mosquito forceps

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how should tissue forceps be placed

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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

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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*
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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)*
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identify the instrument

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Straight Doyen Intestinal Tissue Forceps

used for intestinal lumen occlusion (enterotomies, resection and anastomosis)

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identify the instrument

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Straight Rochester-Carmalt Hemostatic Forceps

designed for jaw clamping, clamping pedicles/tissue

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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”*
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identify the instruments

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Straight and Curved Halsted Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps

tip clamping of small vessels

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4 types of thumb forceps

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brown-adson forceps

adson forceps

DeBakey forceps

Bishop- Harmon forceps

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identify the instrument

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Brown Adson Tissue Forceps

general tissue handling bu serrated teeth can crush tissue

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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”*
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identify the instrument

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DeBakey Tissue Forceps

most frequently used thumb forceps, less traumatic than brown-adson

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identify the instrument

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Bishop-Harmon Forceps

used to grasp tissue in ophthalmologic surgery

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identify the instrument

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Bard-Parker #3 scalpel handle

most common, measurement scale on handle, accepts 10, 11, 12, & 15 blades

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10 blade

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most widely used

long flat blade used for making longer incisions

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11 blade

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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

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used for onychectomy in cats

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25
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15 blade

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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

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27
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5 types of surgical scissors

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mayo scissors

metzenbaum scissors

stevens tenotomy scissors

spencer stitch scissors

vernon cartikage and wire scissors

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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”*
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Straight Metzenbaum Scissors

thin delicate blade, used to incise soft tissues (SQ, intestine, bladder, etc)

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identify the instrument

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Stevens Tenotomy Scissors

narrow, delicate tipped precision scissors; precision cutting (ophthalmic and urologic surgery)

31
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identify the instrument

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Spencer Stitch Scissors

post-op suture removal

32
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identify the instrument

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Vernon Cartilage and Wire Scissors

  • incise thick, though tissue & orthopedic wire*
  • can be used to cut suture inta-operatively*
33
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4 types of needle holders

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mayo-hegar needle holders

olsen-hegar needle holders

castroviejo needle holders

derf needle holders

34
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identify the instrument

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Mayo-Hegar Needle Holders

size of driver jaws should match needle size

35
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identify the instrument

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Olsen-Hegar Needle Holders

combined needle driver/scissor

36
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identify the instrument

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Derf Needle Holders

ophthalmic needle drivers

37
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identify the instrument

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Castroviejo Needle Holders

microsurgery needle driver, ophthalmic and vascular surgery

38
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4 types of self-retaining retractors

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balfour retractors

finochietto retractors

gelpi retractor

weitlaner retractor

39
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hand-held retractors

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army-navy retractor

malleable retractor

hohmann retractor

senn retractor

snook hook/ spay hook

40
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identify the instrument

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Balfour Retractor

retract abdominal wall laterally, central bladder blade used to retract rib cage cranially

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42
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identify the instrument

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Finochietto Retractor

adjustable rib retractor

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identify the instrument

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Gelpi Retractor

ring retractor with self-retaining ratchet, retraction of solf tissues

44
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identify the instrument

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Weitlaner Retractor

ringed retracotor with self-retaining ratchet, retract soft tissue in a small superficial incision

45
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identify the instrument

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Army Navy Retractor

double ended blunt retractor, soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, typically used by assistant

46
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identify the instrument

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malleable Retractor

can be bent at various angles, retract viscera in abdominal and thoracic surgery

47
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identify the instrument

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Hohmann Retractor

lever muscle and soft tissue away from surgical field and bone during ortho sx

48
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identify the instrument

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Senn Retractor

double ended retractor, used for both soft tissue and orthopedic surgery

49
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identify the instrument

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Snook Hook/Spay Hook

used to blindly hook the uterine horn/mesometrium during OHE, can be used to retract thin layers of superficial tissue

50
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identify the instrument

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Kern Borne Holding Forceps

grip and manipulate bone during fracture reduction and repair

51
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identify the instrument

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Speed Lock Bone Holding Forceps

used to grip and manipulate bone during fracture reduction and repair

52
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identify the instrument

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Jacob’s Chuck

used to drive IM pins and K wires during orthopedic surgery

53
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identify the instrument

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Mallet

used to advance an osteotome for precise osteotomies

54
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identify the instruments

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Chisel and Osteotome

  • osteotome bevelled on both sides, chisel bevelled on one side*
  • osteotome more commonly used, used to create osteotomy in numberous procedures*
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identify the instrument

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Periosteal Elevator

reflect muscle and soft tissue from bone

56
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identify the instrument

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Freer Periosteal Elevator

small periosteal elevator, double ended, standard in every ortho surgery pack

57
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identify the instrument

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Lempert Rongeur

used to remove small fragments of bone or prepare bone for grafting

58
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identify the instrument

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Barraquer Eyelid Speculum

used to hold eyelids open during enucleations, surgery of cornea and third eyelid

59
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identify the instrument

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Jaeger Eyelid Plate

protect globe when making incisions into the eyelid

60
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identify the instrument

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Backhaus Towel Clamp

hold quarter draps or huck towels to patient skin

61
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identify the instrument

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Poole Suction Tip

suction large amount of fluid from body cavity

62
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identify the instrument

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Frazier Suction Tip

removal of small amounts of fluid from surgical field, most used for orthopedic and neurologic surgery

63
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identify the instrument

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Wing Tipped Dental Elevator

used to sever peridontal ligament by rotating around tooth

64
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identify the instrument

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Wedge Tipped Dental Elevators

luxators, used to weaken peridontal ligament and luxate tooth for extraction

65
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identify the instrument

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Curette

subgingival cleansing, root planing and curettage

66
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identify the instrument

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Scaler

removes dental deposits from above gumline

67
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identify the instrument

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Extraction Forceps

used to grasp loose/luxated teeth for extraction

68
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identify the instrument

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Calculus removal forceps

remove large pieces of calculi prior to scaling

69
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identify the instrument

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Dental Explorer

increases tactile sensation for detecting areas of enamel decay

70
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identify the instrument

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Periodontal Probe

used to measure pocket depths around tooth

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