Common Surgical Instruments Flashcards
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Jaws

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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
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
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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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Babcock tissue forceps
- less traumatic than Allis tissue forceps*
- used to help grasp and retract robust soft tissues (stomach, bladder)*
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Straight Doyen Intestinal Tissue Forceps
used for intestinal lumen occlusion (enterotomies, resection and anastomosis)
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Straight Rochester-Carmalt Hemostatic Forceps
designed for jaw clamping, clamping pedicles/tissue
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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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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
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Brown Adson Tissue Forceps
general tissue handling bu serrated teeth can crush tissue
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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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DeBakey Tissue Forceps
most frequently used thumb forceps, less traumatic than brown-adson
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Bishop-Harmon Forceps
used to grasp tissue in ophthalmologic surgery
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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

11 blade
used for sharp penetration of hollow organs or for percision cutting
excision of cranial cruciate remnant or meniscal release

12 blade
used for onychectomy in cats

15 blade
occasionally used for SQ or fascial incisions

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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
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Straight Mayo Dissecting Scissors
- thick blades; used to incise dense tissue (fascia, linea, alba, trimming skin)*
- “Mayo makes you fat”*