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Lecture 9: Special Surgical Instruments & Equipment - LA (Exam 1) Flashcards

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What is found in a large animal general pack

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  • Needle drivers (Mayo-hegar & olsen-hegar)
  • Scalpel handles w/ appropriate blades ( #3 & #4)
  • Scissors (Mayo, metzenbam, & lister bandage scissors)
  • Towel clamps
  • Hemostats
  • Thumb forceps
  • Tissue forceps
  • Hand-held retractors
  • Suction tips
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What blades are used w/ a #3 scalpel handles

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  • 10
  • 11
  • 15
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What blades are used with a #4 scalpel blade

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  • 20
  • 22
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What type of tissue are mayo scissors used for

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Thicker tissue

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What type of tissue are metzenbam scissors used for

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Thin, finer dissection

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Describe the lorna edna towel clamp

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  • Non penetrating towel clamp
  • Not commonly used
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What is this

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Lorna Edna Towel Clamp

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What are hemostats used for

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  • Clamping up vessels
  • Clamping off a bunch of different things
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9
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What should rochester oschner be used on & why

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Only on tissue that is being removed b/c they are quite traumatic

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10
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Which thumb forceps are traumatic

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Rat tooth forceps

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What is found in a LA laceration pack

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  • Less instruments
  • Many clinicians prefer olson hegar needle holders
  • Sterile towels for drapes
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Which hemostats should be used instead of mosquitoes in LA

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Kelly hemostats

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What is this

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Gelpi self retaining retractors

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What is this

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Weitlaner self retaining retractors

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What is this

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A balfour retractor used in abdominal retraction in SA

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What is this

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Doyen intestinal forcep

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17
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What do doyen intetestinal forceps do

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Occlude the lumen of the small intestine w/ minimal trauma

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What are the advantages of GI staplers

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  • Faster
  • Inert compared to suture
  • Reduce contamination
  • Preserve blood supply
  • Able to be used in areas of limited accessibility
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What are the disadvantages of GI Staplers

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  • Expensive
  • Leakage is possible
  • May be limited if the tissue is thickened (edema)
  • Need trained personnel
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Describe TA-90 GI stapler

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  • A thoracoabdominal stapler
  • Does not cut only shoots our a double row of stable
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Describe an ILA (intestinal linear stapler) & a GIA (GI anastomosis)

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  • Linear stapler
  • Cuts & divides @ the same time
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What is an LDS stapler

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  • Ligating dividing stapler
  • Useful on mesenteric vessels
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Elaborate ligating clips

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  • Quick ligation of vessels
  • Can slip off easily
  • Need appropriate size for the vessel
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Elaborate on skin staples

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  • Rapid closure of surgical incisions
  • Have been associated w/ surgical sit infections
  • Appose or evert tissue never invert the tissue
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What is this
Serra Emasculator
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What is this
Modified White Emasculator
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What are the serra & modified white used for
To simultaneously crush & cut
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What is this
Reimer Emasculator
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What is a reimer used for
To crush & separate cutting w/ the handle
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What is this
Sands Emasculator
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What are sands used for
Crush only
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What is this
Henderson Emasculator
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What is the henderson used for
Twist the cord
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Delete this
Henderson equine emasculator
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What is this
Burdizzo
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What is the burdizzo used for
* Crushing only * Young animals may not get a complete crush
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What is this
Newberry knife
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Elaborate on the newberry knife
* Cuts the scrotum * Prevents cutting other structures accidentally * Perpendicular cuts don'g allow for ventral drainage
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What is this
Elastrator bands
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Elaborate on elastrator bands
* Typically done by producer * YOUNG animals only * Difficult to provide analgesia for several week
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What animals are emasculators & henderson used on
More mature animals
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What is this & what is it used for
* Chain Ecraseur * Can be used in ovariectomies or the removal of other masses w/ blood supple
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List arthroscopy equipment
* Tower * Arthroscope * Light cable & fluid line * conical obturator * Ferris smith rongeurs * Currettes * Probe
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What is this
Arthroscope
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What is this
Obturator
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What is this
Cannula
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What is this
Ferris smith rongeurs
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What is this
Currettes
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What is this
Limited contact dynamic compression plates (LC-DCP)
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What is this
Locking compression plate
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What is this
Guarded epiglottic hook knife
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What does LASER stand for
Light Amplification by stimulated emission of Radiation
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What are lasers used for in equine URT surgery
* Scar the tissue to make it less flexible * Incise/excise mucosa or masses * Can get into tight space of larynx/pharynx
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What does lasers have a negative effect on
* Wound healing of a primary closed incision due to there being an area of thermal necrosis * generates an intense beam of light that can cut, seal, or vaporize tissue; Energized molecules emit a certain wavelength of light
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What are the advantages of lasers
* Decreased bleeding * Decreased swelling * Decreased pain * Kills bacteria as it cuts * Use through the endoscope * Precise cutting
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What are the disadvantage of lasers
* Requires specialized training * Equipment is expensive * Can result in excessive thermal damage to surround tisues
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When are lasers used in LA surgery
* Upper airway surgeries * Uterine cysts * Skin tumors * Neurectomy * Fusing Hock Joints (Facilitated ankylosis) * Hemostasis during laparoscopic surgery

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