New Instruments Flashcards
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- What is it?
- What is it used for?
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- Army Navy Retractors
- These are basic retractors with different length blades making them very versatile.
2
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- What is it?
- What is it used for?
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- Hohmann Retractors
- This retractors are used to hold the soft tissues away from the bone when applying fixation devices.
3
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Bone-reduction-forcepswith-ratchet
- This instrument is used to hold bone fragments together prior to fixation with screws, wires or plates.
4
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Meyerding Retractor
- This is a large deep retractor used for working a depth in the abdomen or wounds, etc.
5
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Ribbon_or_malleable_retractor
- This is a very versatile retractor that can be shaped to the surgeon’s desired configuration.
6
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Weitlaner-retractor-sharp-3-x-4-teeth
- This is a widely used self retaining retractor when holding back superficial tissues.
7
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Gelpi retractor
- This is a commonly used self-retaining retractor for soft tissues.
8
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Foerster-sponge-forceps curved-serrated-jaws
- The sponge forceps is used for gripping sponges that can be used for soaking up blood deep in the abdominal or chest cavity.
9
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Uterine Vulsellum forceps
- This forceps can be used to grasp the uterus when doing a cesarean section or the the rumen or cecum in the cow.
10
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Frazier suction tip
- 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.
11
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Jacobs Chuck
- The hand chuck is used to hold K-wires or Steinmann pins for insertion into bone
12
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Brun-bone-curette
- Curettes are used to remove soft necrotic bone or to clean up soft tissue attachments in a joint undergoing arthroscopy.
13
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Periosteum-elevator-A-O-Type
- These elevators are used to peel back the periosteum from the bone to aid in plate application.
14
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Lane-bone-holding-forceps-with-ratchet
- This forceps is used to help hold large segments of bone in apposition for the application of fixation devices.
15
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Mallet
- The mallet is used to strike an osteotome or chisel for the cutting and/or removal of bone.
16
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- US-army-pattern-chisel
- The chisel is flat on one surface and beveled on the other side. It is used for cutting and removal of bone.
17
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Hibbs-osteotome
- An osteotome is used to to cut bone. The cutting edge is beveled on both surfaces like a knife.
18
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Ruskin-Liston-bone-cutting-forceps-curved
- This forceps is capable of cutting small segments of bone.
19
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Stille-Liston-bone-cutting-forceps-straight
- This compound action forceps is designed to cut larger segments of bone than the Ruskin-Liston bone cutting forceps.
20
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What is it?
What is it used for?
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- Stille-Luer-duckbill-rongeur
- Commonly called a duckbill rongeur because of it’s shape, it is used to bite off small segments of bone.
