Laparoscopic Flashcards
Anti-fog Solution
used to prevent lens from fogging up during endoscopic procedures
Endo Kittner
Endo peanut
Used for blunt dissectionduring laparascopic proceudres. The tip can also be use to apply pressure for bleeders.
Insufflation Tubbing
Used to dliver carbon dioxide from the insufflator to the abdominal cavity
Endo harmonic scalpel
Ultrasonic scalpel
Coagulating instrument that delivers ultrasonic energy between the jaws to coagulate and divide tissue through low-temperature cavitation
Veress needle
Insufflation needle
Used to enter the peritoneum and deliver carbon dioxide into the abdominal cavity to create a pneumoperitoneum
Endo right angle forceps
mixter forceps
Used to separate tissue planes and dissecting around tubular structures.
Blunt dissector
used for blunt dissection and separation of tissue planes
Dolphin Nose Dissector
used for fine dissection and separation of thin adventitial tissue
Maryland Dissector
used for fine dissection and separation of thin adventitial tissue
Endoscopic scissors
Endo shears
Used to cut and dissect tissues, ducts, vessels, and suture material
Endoscopic Hook Scissors
used to lift, isolate, and tarnsect tissues such as ducts and vessels
Endoscopic debakey forceps
used to grasp tissues and organs without causing trauma
Endoscopic allis forceps
used to lift, holds, and retracts slippery dense tissue
Endoscopic babcock forceps
Used to grasp and encircle delicate structures such as ureters, fallopian tubes, ovaries, appendix, or bowel
Claw Grasper
Used to penetrate and hold excised organs and tissues for extraction from the abdominal cavity