New Instruments

Question 1

1. What is it?
2. What is it used for?

Answer 1

1. Army Navy Retractors
2. These are basic retractors with different length blades making them very versatile.

Question 2

1. What is it?
2. What is it used for?

Answer 2

1. Hohmann Retractors
2. This retractors are used to hold the soft tissues away from the bone when applying fixation devices.

Question 3

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 3

1. Bone-reduction-forcepswith-ratchet
2. This instrument is used to hold bone fragments together prior to fixation with screws, wires or plates.

Question 4

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 4

1. Meyerding Retractor
2. This is a large deep retractor used for working a depth in the abdomen or wounds, etc.

Question 5

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 5

1. Ribbon_or_malleable_retractor
2. This is a very versatile retractor that can be shaped to the surgeon’s desired configuration.

Question 6

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 6

1. Weitlaner-retractor-sharp-3-x-4-teeth
2. This is a widely used self retaining retractor when holding back superficial tissues.

Question 7

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 7

1. Gelpi retractor
2. This is a commonly used self-retaining retractor for soft tissues.

Question 8

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 8

1. Foerster-sponge-forceps curved-serrated-jaws
2. The sponge forceps is used for gripping sponges that can be used for soaking up blood deep in the abdominal or chest cavity.

Question 9

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 9

1. Uterine Vulsellum forceps
2. This forceps can be used to grasp the uterus when doing a cesarean section or the the rumen or cecum in the cow.

Question 10

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 10

1. Frazier suction tip
2. This is a widely used suction device. It has a hole in the top that allows the surgeon to control the amount of suction applied by using the thumb to occlude the hole.

Question 11

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 11

1. Jacobs Chuck
2. The hand chuck is used to hold K-wires or Steinmann pins for insertion into bone

Question 12

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 12

1. Brun-bone-curette
2. Curettes are used to remove soft necrotic bone or to clean up soft tissue attachments in a joint undergoing arthroscopy.

Question 13

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 13

1. Periosteum-elevator-A-O-Type
2. These elevators are used to peel back the periosteum from the bone to aid in plate application.

Question 14

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 14

1. Lane-bone-holding-forceps-with-ratchet
2. This forceps is used to help hold large segments of bone in apposition for the application of fixation devices.

Question 15

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 15

1. Mallet
2. The mallet is used to strike an osteotome or chisel for the cutting and/or removal of bone.

Question 16

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 16

1. US-army-pattern-chisel
2. The chisel is flat on one surface and beveled on the other side. It is used for cutting and removal of bone.

Question 17

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 17

1. Hibbs-osteotome
2. An osteotome is used to to cut bone. The cutting edge is beveled on both surfaces like a knife.

Question 18

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 18

1. Ruskin-Liston-bone-cutting-forceps-curved
2. This forceps is capable of cutting small segments of bone.

Question 19

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 19

1. Stille-Liston-bone-cutting-forceps-straight
2. This compound action forceps is designed to cut larger segments of bone than the Ruskin-Liston bone cutting forceps.

Question 20

What is it?

What is it used for?

Answer 20

1. Stille-Luer-duckbill-rongeur
2. Commonly called a duckbill rongeur because of it’s shape, it is used to bite off small segments of bone.