orthopedic instruments Flashcards
To work under and lift the periosteum or soft tissues away from the bone.
periosteal elevator
To hold bone and bone fragments together for fixation with pins, screws, or plates. The clamp does so without causing further trauma to the periosteum.
lambert-lowman bone clamp
To hold bone and bone fragments together for fixation with pins, screws, or plates
Kern bone holding forceps
To cut through thick or heavy bone.
Gigli wire saw and handles
To cut bones.
Liston Bone cutting forceps
To remove or break up small chunks of bone, cartilage, or fibrous tissue.
Ruskin Rongeur
To smooth off rough edges of bones.
Bone rasp
To cut through or to shape bone.
Osteotome
To set pins or to strike osteotomes or any other matter that requires pounding during surgery.
Bone mallets
To scrape out cancellous bone from the medullary cavity to perform bone grafts or to scrape osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD) lesions.
Bone curette
To facilitate fracture stabilization by placing a stainless steel rod in the medullary cavity.
Intramedullary Pins
To place intramedullary pins into the bone.
Intramedullary pin check
To set an intramedullary pin into the medullary cavity.
Intramedullary Pin setter
To cut pins to the proper length.
Intramedullary Pin cutter
To repair fractures in combination with pins, plates, or external fixation apparatus.
orthopedic wire
To twist orthopedic wire to secure bone fragments.
wire twister
To repair fractures by inserting pins into the bone from the outside.
external fixation kits
To repair a fracture by applying a stainless steel plate with stainless steel screws, or just stainless steel screws.
bone plates and screws
To bend plates to fit the contours of the bone being repaired.
bone plate bender
To perform bone biopsies or to drill small holes into the skull or sinus.
Thomas schroeder splint
To build a Thomas splint.
Aluminum splint rod
To make circular and angled bends in an aluminum rod to create a Thomas splint.
Splint rod form
Orthopedic cast saw
