Instruments Flashcards
What is the name of the instrument?
What tissues should it be used on?
Allis Tissue Forcep
Discarded tissue d/t crushing effect
Do not use on tissues submitted for histopath
What are the types of crushing tissue forceps?
Allis Tissue forceps
Babcock Forceps
What are the types of non-crushing tissue forceps?
Doyen intestinal forceps
Name the instrument
Babcock tissue forceps
What are the uses for babcock tissue forceps?
Grasping tissue
crushing, but less traumatic than Allis TF
helpful in grasping and retracting soft tissue (stomach, bladder)
What are the uses for this instrument?
Straight doylen intestinal tissue forcep
intestinal lumen occlusions
enterotomies, resection, and anastomosis
Name the types of hemostatic forceps
Rochester carmalt forceps
Kelly hemostatic forceps
halsted mosquito forceps
Name the instrument
Rodchester-carmalt Hemostatic forceps
What are the uses of rodchester calmalt forceps
clamping pedicles/tissue
jaw clamping
Name the instrument
Kelly hemostatic forceps
What are the uses of kelly foreps?
tip clamping of small to medium vessels
Name the instrument
Halsted mosquito hemostatic forceps
What are the uses of mosquito forceps?
tip clamping of small vessels
Smaller than kellies and rod-carmalt
Name the types of thumb forceps
Brown-adson forceps
Adson forceps
DeBakey forceps
Bishop-harmon foceps
What is this?
Brown Adson tissue forceps
- 2 rows of parallel fne teeth
- general tissue handling
- BUT can crush tissue d/t serrated teeth
What is this?
Adson tissue forceps
- 2:1 teeth
- less crush than brown-adson
- poorly grips fat and friable tissue
What is this?
DeBakey tissue forcep
- parallel ribbed tips
- Soft tissue sx
- Less traumatic the B-ATF
What is this?
Bishop-Harmon Forceps
Ophthamologic sx
- 2:1 teeth parallel
- smaller than other thumb forceps
What type of scaple handle is this?
Bard-Parker #3
- # 10, #11, #12, and #15 blades
What type of scalpel handle is this?
Beaver Blader scalpel handle
What is the most commonly used scaple handle?
Bard-parker #3
What type of incision does a #10 blade make?
Used for longer incisions
What are uses of a #11 blade?
sharp penetration of hollow organs
percision cutting
Ex: Excision of cranial cruciate remnants or meniscal release
What are the uses for a #12 blade?
Onychectomy in cats
AKA declaw….I’m a dumbass and had to look it up
What are the uses for a #15 blade?
SQ or fascial incisions
Tell me about beavers
Uses blades #62,64,65,67; 64 is most common
Press cutting
used in pencil grip
incise the limbus for intraocular sx
orthopedic sx–>incision of intra-articular surfaces
Ex: meniscal release
What is this instrument?
Mayo scissors
- thick blades (~1/3 of instrument length)
- Plain edge
What type of tissues are mayo scissors use on?
Dense tissue (fascia, linea alba, trimming)
Straight blade: greater mechanical advantage
Curved blade: improved visualization of tissue, more versatile