instruments in surgical packs Flashcards
scalpel handles
scalpel blades
10,11,12,15 for #3 scalpel handle
20,23 fit a #4 or #8 scalpel handle
To shield underlying tissues while making an incision and to help make a straight incision line.
groove director
To retrieve the uterine horn from within a small animal.
grooves ovariectomy hook
To suture organs and vessels.
Half circle taper point suture needle (ferguson)
To suture skin, tendons, and ligaments
Half circle cutting edge suture needle
To suture skin, tendons, and ligaments.
Half-curved cutting edge suture needle
Cutting-edge needle used to suture skin, tendons, and ligaments.
Keith’s abdominal suture needle
Used to suture skin on animals that have had a necropsy. Some veterinarians like to use it to suture large-animal skin after abdominal surgery.
Postmortem needle
To apply or remove a Michel wound clip.
Michel wound clip and applying forceps
To hold wounds together or to roll out eyelids in cases of entropia.
Michel wound clips
To obtain a dermal biopsy.
keyes dermal punch
To grasp and hold the tongue atraumatically.
Young tongue seizing forceps
To clamp rubber tubing without cutting through it.
presbyterian hospital occluding forceps
Alligator forceps