Instruments, Suture, and Patterns Flashcards

Number 10 blade

Number 11 scalpel blade

Number 12 scalpel blade

Number 15 scalpel blade

Number 20 scalpel blade

Lister bandage scissors

Mayo scissors
Dissecting tough tissues

Surgery suture scissors
For use with Mayo-Hegar needle drivers

Suture removal scissors
Concavity prevents lifting the suture excessively

Metzenbaum scissors
For fine tissue

Olsen-Hegar needle drivers

Mayo-Hegar needle drivers

Allis tissue forceps
Slightly traumatic interdigiting teeth
Skin, Fascia, and Intestine

Babcock Tissue Forceps
Smooth broad tips to be less traumatic
Delicate tissue: bladder and intestine

Doyen Tissue Forceps
Non-crushing
Temporarily occuldes the bowel or intestine

Adson Thumb Forceps
To grasp, stabalize, or expose tissue layers during surgery

Adson-Brown Thumb Forceps
Designed for light careful tissue handling especially during suturing.

Rat-Tooth Thumb Forceps
Hold skin or dense tissue without slipping

Debakey Thumb Forceps
Atraumatic tissue forcep to avoid tissue damage during manipulation

Poole suction tip
Designed to avoid clogging on fat particles (esp in the abdomen)

Frazier suction tip
Ultra precise for surgeries

Yankauer suction tip
To avoid damaging any surrounding tissues
Most common, especially for oral secretions

Halsted Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps
Smallest, delicate
To clamp small blood vessels (collapses lumen)
Transversely grooved all the way down

Kelly hemostatic forceps
transversely grooved half way down
Crushing, primarily to stop bleeding

Carmalt hemostatic forceps
For cross clamping vessel-containing tissues
(ie. uterus)

Crile hemostatic forceps
Crushing, for larger vessels

Oschner hemostatic forceps
To clamp large tissue bundles or blood vessels
Interdigitary teeth at tip prevent slippage

Periosteal Elevator (Orthopedic)
Removes periosteum and other soft tissue from the bone surface
Blade comes in a variety of sizes

Bone Curette (Orthopedic)
To scrape the surface of relatively dense tissue (marrow, necrotic bone, cartilage, or abscess material)
Sharp edge, various sizes

Osteotome (orthopedic)
To cut/shape bone or cartilage
Tapered on both sides to a cutting edge
Used with mallet (steel or plastic)

Mallet (orthopedic)
Used to hit the osteotome to shape bone/cartilage

Jacob’s Chuck and Key (orthopedic)
Chuck: end piece that connects to a handle and can be used to place pins in broken bones
Key: Tightens and untightens the chuck’s hold on the orthopedic pin

Rongeur (orthopedic)
To cut and remove pieces of bone
Come in various types and sizes.

Finochietto retractors

Gelpi Retractors

Weitlander Retractors

Senn Retractors

Army-Navy Retractors

Ribbon retractor

Balfour retractors

Backhaus towel clamp

Non-penetrating towel clamps

Bard-Parker scalpel handel (#3 or #4)

7 Scalpel Handle

Snook ovariohysterectomy hook

Bulb Syringe

Simple interrupted pattern
Appositional

Simple continous pattern
Appositional

Cruciate pattern
Appositional

Ford interlocking pattern
Appositional

Vertical mattress pattern
Everting

Horizontal mattress pattern
Everting

Connell (within lumen) or Cushing (not within lumen) pattern
Inverting

Lembert pattern
Inverting

Intradermal pattern
Appositional

Graefe Fixation Forceps
Opthalmic

Barraquer Eye Speculum
Opthalmic instrument

Castroviejo Needle Holders
Opthalmic Instrument

Castroviejo Corneal Scissors
Opthalmic Instrument

Bonaccolto Forceps
Opthalmic instrument

Francis Chalazion Forceps
Opthalmic Instrument