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  • Sturdy clamp to grab fascia
  • Not for delicate structures
  • Good grip
  • Very traumatic
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Kocher clamp

big old kocher hot dog
got a good grib on it
little traumatic watching you eat that
not delicate

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Grasp delicate tissue in laser procedures, intestinal and laparotomy procedures. Similar to Allis forceps- less traumatic due to their wider, rounded grasping surface.

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Babcock forcepts

ovaries, delicate tissue

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Small teeth

  • Used in holding mucosa and serosa for colostomies and anastomosis
  • Approximating organ tissue
  • Atraumatic
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Allis clamp

Alli has small little teeth
of she has a colostomie she would loose it

Often used for grasping soft tissue such as breast tissue or bowel tissue

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clamp for

Fine dissection and clamping of vessels in abdominal surgery

  • Dissection of nerves and vessels in neck surgery and mastectomies
  • Clamp and tie of fine vessels
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Schnidt/Tonsil cramp

the has a schnit snout
very fine
nerves and vessels in the neck and mastectomies

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More robust and sturdy than Kelly

Clamp and tie of larger vessels

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Mayo clamp

-“Macho” Mayo

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Used to secure bovie jacket to drape

  • To secure suction tubing or cords in drapes
  • Keeps sterile field sterile b/c doesn’t penetrate below field
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Non-penetrating towel clamp

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Common hemostat for clamp and tying vessels

  • Curved or straight
  • Shorter, right angled tip
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Kelly clamp

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  • Will make hole in drape so do not use if non-sterile under drape
  • Can be used to approximate skin or bone that requires strength to close gap to suture

Grasp tissue, secure towels or drapes

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Penetrating towel clamp

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retractor

Once targeted tissue held back, locking mechanism allows retractor to remain in place (self-retaining)

  • Very sharp points to slip under fascia
  • Comes in various sizes
  • Traumatic—do not use near vessels

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

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Gelpi retractor

Does not require someone to hold it during the procedure.

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  • Teeth are sharp or blunt to slip under fascia
  • Traumatic—do not use near vessel

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

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Weitlaner retractor

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Atraumatic
Tissue or bone retraction
Helpful when closing fascia

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

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Army/Navy retractor

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12
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  • Hooks under fascia
  • Wide tip allows more tissue to be retracted

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

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Blunt Rake retractor

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13
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Hooks under fascia

  • Wide tip allows more tissue to be retracted
  • Do not put into fat –> tissue necrosis

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

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Sharp rake retractor

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14
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-Able to be bent to accommodate depth or curve needed

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

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Malleable retractor aka “Ribbon” retractor

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where would you be most likely to use Senn retractor

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Senn retractor

Common in plastic surgery, dissection of neck tissue (spine)

Double-ended retractor to retract mostly surface tissue

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  • Used to hold back small vessels and nerves
  • Atruamatic—carotid, thyroid surgery

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

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Vein retractor

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Primarily used in thyroid or parathyroid surgery to retract strap mm

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

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Goiter retractor

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  • Used in all abdominal cases
  • Comes in various sizes—sm/med/lg
  • Smaller for more superficial structures
  • Larger for deeper structures
  • Narrow (appy retractor) and wide
  • Very sturdy

-Good for dense subcutaneous fat

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

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Richardson retractor

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19
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-Holds abdominal structures out of way

  • Comes in different sizes and various blades
  • used to spread 8-10 cm incision

-Abdominal surgery—gastrectomy, open chole

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

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Balfour retractor

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20
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Used for dissection as well as cutting fine tissue

  • Used only for cutting TISSUES or VESSELS
  • Tie-clamp-cut
  • Mostly surgeon will be using
  • NOT for cutting suture

SCISSORS

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Metzenbaum

NOT FOR CUTTING SUTURE

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21
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this clamp is used to pass suture under vessel and for clamping and tying vessels

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Right angel clamp

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22
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this retractor is used in abdominal cases

it is sturdy and comes in various sizes

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renal vein retractor

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23
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this retractor comes in various sizes and is used for retracting muscle and commonly seen in abdominal surgery

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Deaver

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24
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when would you use straight mayo scissor

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Straight used for suture cutting never use to cut drapes

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25
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you would use these for cutting drapes

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Bandage scissors

26
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these forceps have

  • Small teeth to hold onto tissue
  • Gripping strength
  • Pick up slippery stones
  • bone chips for ortho/neuro cases
  • Atraumatic
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Russian forceps

picture a Russian with seriously small teeth picking up stones

27
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These forceps come in Many sizes

have serrated jaws

  • Used to pick up fascia or avascular tissue
  • Traumatic
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Rat tooth forceps

rats pick up fascia NOT fat

28
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these forceps have

-Good grip strength

they are used in abdominal and pelvic surgery

-Used with sponge on a stick to retract deep tissue in pelvis, blot blood, dissect tissue

Atraumatic

can be used to dissect tissue

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Ring forceps

aka sponge on a stick

29
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these forceps are smooth and used for fine tissue, nerves, vessels

  • Common in carotid, vascular, general surgery
  • Used to pass suture, ties, etc b/c doesn’t damage integrity of materials being passed
  • Atraumatic
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debakey forceps

little bakeys so it doesnt hurt

30
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these forceps have TWO SMOOTH tips

-Used to pick up skin
in suturing

-pick up peritoneum or delicate tisse

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Adson forceps

delicate guy that is smooth and going to get under your skin

31
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these forceps have one smooth side and one tooth side
short handle

and are used in skin suturing

the tooth side is for picking up dermis while smooth is to pick up skin

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Adson Brown

smooth =skin

tooth=dermis
(sink your teeth in deep)

32
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  • Used for holding heavy needle
  • Very sturdy
  • Pick up fascia for deep suturing
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Ferris Smith

big old finger pads\
Ferris got big after making that movie

33
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These forceps are strongly constructed

used for gouging out bone

neurosurgery

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Rongeur

34
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Suction

  • Mainstay of any surgery w/ potential blood loss
  • Plastic or metal tip, various sizes
  • Flared tip
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Yankauer suction tip

Yanky doodle dandy Lauri would take this to her island

35
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SUCTION

-Various tips
-Smooth tip
-More precise suctioning of small areas
-Smaller for more delicate tissue
used in spine surgery

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Frazier suction

Frazier looks like he would have no spine little guy needs surgery

36
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  • Porous
  • Used to suction large amount of blood
  • Irrigate abdomen first with large amount of saline
  • Caution—strong enough to suction up an organ

Will get clogged with adipose tissue

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Poole suction

37
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Drains are passed through skin with Schnidt clamp and tied into place with nonabsorbable suture

-Once fascia is closed, bulbe is attached to create vacuum suction by PA

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Blake or Jackson-Pratt drain

38
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Used to irrigate abdominal cavity before closing or any wound before closing (intraoperative irrigation)

  • Can add abx solution to irrigation
  • Should irrigate every layer as it is closed
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Asepto syringe

39
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why is a bovie used

what are the two ways you can operate a bovie

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for hemostasis and dissection

Monopolar setting determined by surgeon

Can be operated by foot pedal or finger control

40
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this is a double tonged forceps used for hemostasis

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bipolar

41
Q

what are the benefits of a Lap sponge

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Lap sponge

this can be used to help with initial dissection

clean rongeur

and can be seen on Xray

the scrub tech counts them

42
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how does a raytec sponge differ from a lap sponge

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not as absorbent as a lap sponge

43
Q

what scalpel blade would you use for large incisions

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10

44
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which scalpel blade would you use for smaller incision

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15

45
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clamp for Passing ties for abdominal surgery; Create passage for a drain during closure.

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Schnidt

46
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During ALIF (Anterior lumbar interbody fusion) 
procedures: right angle is used to
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pass suture to clamp when dissecting middle/median sacral artery which descends over the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebræ, the sacrum and coccyx.

47
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when would you use a weitlaner retractor

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Common in plastic surgery, spine/joint surgery.

Useful with small, deep incisions and soft tissue dissection at a superficial level.

Used to hold back tissue and expose surgical site

Curved shanks that lead to blades that have 2-6 prongs.

48
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T or F for weitlaner retractor is self training

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Finger ring retractor with ratchet lock

49
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how should the army navy retractor be used]

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Long and short side

  • Start with short to spread tissue
  • Switch to long as go deeper
  • Atraumatic
50
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Blunt Rake retractor want to avoid this

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Do not put sharp rake in fat- can lead to tissue necrosis

51
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how should you use senn retractors

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rake side is sharp or dull

  • Use rake side under fascia
  • Switch to narrow side to hold back mm/fat
  • Used in small incisions—neck, thyroid

SURGICAL RETRACTORS

52
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when would you use a malleable retractor

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-Used when suturing peritoneum of abdominal incision by pushing down colon while suturing on top

53
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what type of surgery would you be most likely to use a vein retractor

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vascular/head and neck surgery

54
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four pairs of muscles that require the goiter retractor

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Strap: four pairs of muscles in the anterior neck.

sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid and omohyoid muscles.

55
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rhichardson retractor would be most commonly used in these surgeries

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retractor seen commonly in abdominal surgeries

56
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when would you use a syn frame

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Used in spine surgery

Anterior lumbar interbody fusions, lateral approach

57
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when would you use curved mayo scissor

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Curved used for thicker vessels/tissue

58
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when would you use rongeur forceps

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Neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery

gouging out bone

59
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when would you use a Jackson-Pratt drain

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-Drains used for serous fluid/bile

NOT FOR BLOOD

60
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why are asepto syringes so .important

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Irrigation is very important especially in longer surgical procedures. Reduce risk postoperative infection. Vancomycin powder is used by some surgeons.

61
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when would you use a surgical drill

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ENT, neuro, spine surgery

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