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