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Surgery Flashcards

1
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What number blade is this?

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10

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2
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What number blade is this?

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11

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3
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What number blade is this?

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12

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4
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What number blade is this?

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15

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5
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What is a 11 blade commonly used for?

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Stab incisions into
hollow viscera such as the bladder or stomach

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6
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What is a 15 blade commonly used for?

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It is used for more precise cuts
such as urethrostomies

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7
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What instrument is this and what are they used for?

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Mayo scissors.

Used for cutting tough tissues such as
the linea alba.

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8
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What instrument is this and what are they used for?

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Curved Metzenbaum scissors.

Delicate scissors for use in subcutaneous tissues. The curved allow for better visualisation of the tissue being cut.

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9
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What instrument is this and what are they used for?

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Straight Metzenbaum scissors.

Delicate scissors for use in subcutaneous tissues.

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10
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What instrument is this and what are they used for?

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Suture cutting scissors.

Blunt for cutting sutures and not skin.

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11
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What instrument is this and what are they used for?

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Iris scissors.

They have two sharp tips. They are used when fine cuts are required such
as during a feline urethrostomy.

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12
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Name this instrument.

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Olsen Hegar needle holders.

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13
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Name this instrument.

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Mayo Hegar needle holders.

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14
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Name this instrument.

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Gillie needle holders.

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15
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What do gold handles indicate?

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That they have tungsten carbide implants.

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16
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Name this instrument.

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Treves rat toothed forcepts.

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17
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Name this instrument.

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Dressing foreceps.

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18
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Name this instrument

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Adson rat-toothed foreceps.

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19
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Name this instrument.

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Debakey forceps.

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20
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Name this instrument.

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Halstead mosquito (straight) haemostatic forceps.

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21
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Name this instrument.

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Halstead mosquito (curved) haemostatic forceps.

22
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Name this instrument.

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Spencer wells haemostatic forceps.

23
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Name this instrument.

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Carmalt haemostatic forceps.

24
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Name this instrument.

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Allis tissue holding forceps.

25
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Name this instrument.

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Babcock tissue holding forceps.

26
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Name this instrument.

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Doyen atraumatic bowel clamps.

27
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Name this instrument.

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Balfour (three point) abdominal retractor.

28
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Name this instrument

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Finchietto thoracic retractor.

29
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Name this instrument.

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Gelpi retractor.

30
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Name this instrument.

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Travers retractor.

31
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Name this instrument.

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Senn retractor.

32
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Name this instrument.

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Langenbeck retractor.

33
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Name this instrument.

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Hohmann retractor.

34
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Name this instrument.

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Malleable retractor

35
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Name this instrument.

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Backhaus towel clamp.

36
Q

Name this instrument.

A

Crossover towel clamp.

37
Q

What type of needle is this?

A

Closed

38
Q

What type of needle is this?

A

Split

39
Q

What type of needle is this?

A

Swaged

40
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What are the problems with eyed needle holders?

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  • They use a double strand of suture material.
  • Multiple uses can make them blunt.
41
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What are the benefits of swaged needle holders?

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  • Minimal trauma.
  • Single use.
  • Optimal penetration properties.
42
Q

Which needle shapes can be described as blunt?

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  • Circular
  • Blunt point
  • Elliptic
43
Q

Which needle shapes can be described as compound?

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  • Tapercut
  • Short cutting point
  • Etc
44
Q

What needle shape is this?

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Taperpoint

45
Q

What needle shape is this?

A

Tapercut/taper cutting

46
Q

What needle shape is this?

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Regular cutting

47
Q

What needle shape is this?

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Reverse cutting

48
Q

What needle shape is this?

A

Spatula point

49
Q

What needle shape is this?

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Blunt point

50
Q

Name three anti-biotics that are commonly used prophylactically in small animal surgery.

A
  1. Co-amoxiclav (IV)
  2. Cefuroxime (IV)
  3. Metronidazole (IV)
51
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Name three anti-biotics that are commonly used prophylactically in equine surgery.

A
  1. Penicillin G
  2. Gentamicin
  3. Oxytetracyline

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