Surgery Instruments Flashcards
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Adson Dressing Forceps
Flat and short, no teeth
Used for applying and removing dressings
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Adson brown forceps
Flat and short in shape, multiple intermeshing teeth
Holds tissue and needles
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Adson tissue forceps
Long and skinny, small rat tooth intermeshing teeth
Used for delicate tissue
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Alligator forceps
Small, fine jaws at the end of a long shank
Used to retrieve objects and clamp tissue in very tight areas such as around the nose
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Allis tissue forceps
TIne teeth only at end
Used to retract tissue by grasping a small piece, will crush tissue
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Army navy retractor
Double ended, flat blades on both ends
Used for medium sized tissue, especially muscle
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Babcock tissue forceps
Similar to allis tissue forceps but no teeth
Used to retract tissue with less trauma than allis
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Backhaus towel clamp
Standard towel clamps
Used to clamp surgical drapes to the skin
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Balfour retractor
Self-retaining retractor with 3 blades
Used during abdominal surgery to hold the abdominal walls apart for better exposure
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Bishop Harmon thumb forceps
small, delicate
Used to handle delicate ocular tissues
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Bone curette
Small scoop, sharp edges
Used to scrape away unhealthy bone and cartilage, harvest cancellous bone for grafts
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Bone cutting forceps
Forceps w/ cutting jaws
Used to cut bone
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Bone Rongeurs
Forceps with cupped jaws
Used to bite off pieces of bone
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Crile hemostatic forceps
Larger than mosquito forceps, horizontal serrations over entire surface
Used to control bleeding in moderately sized vessels or to clamp tissue
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Deaver retractor
Hand held, flat retractor with question mark shaped end
Used for abdominal surgery
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Debakey thumb forceps
Fine jaws with ridges or grooves instead of teeth
Used for delicate tissue and vascular surgery
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Doyen forceps
Long skinny convex jaws
Used to atraumatically occlude and hold intestines
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Frazier suction tip
Long, narrow, one hole at the end
used for difficult to reach places, and for delicate tissue such as spinal cord
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Halsted Mosquito forceps
Jaws serrated over entire surface
Used to control bleeding in small vessels
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Hartman mosquito forceps
smallest hemostatic forceps
used to control bleeding in small vessels
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Hohmann retractor
Single blade with one point
used to expose bone during hip surgery
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Iris scissors
Very small delicate scissors
Used for ocular tissues and sutures
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Jones towel clamp
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Kelly forceps
Serrated horizontally half way
Used to control bleeding in moderate sized vessels or clamp tissues
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Lid speculum
Wire speculum
Used to hold the eyelids open during surgery
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Lister bandage scissors
Thick short blades, stop on lower blade
Used for cutting bandage materials
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Littauer suture removal scissors
Fine scissors with one hooked blade
used to cut all sutures except wire
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Mayo Hegar Needle holder
Cross hatch serrations in the jaw
Used for general surgery
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Mayo dissecting scissors
Heavy blades (blunt-blunt)
Used for cutting tough tissue such as connective tissue
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Metzenbaum dissecting scissors
Fine blades ( blunt-blunt ) Dissection of delicate tissue such as fat and thin muscle
DO NOT use to cut sutures
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Michelle trephine
Circular sharpened edge
Used to cut cylinder of bone from the skull or to biopsy bone
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Mixter Hemostatic forceps
Similar to rochester pean, but with right angle at tip
Used to clamp blood vessels in tight places
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Nerve Retractor
Single ended, one blunt, one curved end
Used for atraumatic retraction of the nerves
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Olsen Hegar Needle holder
Needle holder with scissors
Used if operating without an assistant
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Operating scissors (blunt-blunt)
Can be sharp-sharp, blunt-sharp
Utility scissors for cutting gauze, drapes and sutures
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Osteotome
Chisel and bevel on both sides
Used to cut and shape bone
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Periosteal elevator
Single or double sided, spoon like blade
Used to remove periosteum or other soft tissue away from bone
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Poole suction tip
Many holes
Used to remove large quantities of fluid from the abdomen
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Rake retractor
aka Volkman, hand-held, single ended
Used to retract small bits of fascia or muscle
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Rat tooth forceps
Long/skinny
Intended for skin and other dense or tough tissue
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Rochester carmalt hemostatic forceps
Jaw serrated longitudinally with crossed grooves at the end
Used to clamp and/or crush tissue
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Rochester Ochsner Hemostatic forceps
Rat tooth tip
Used to clamp large vessels and other tissues
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Rochester Pean hemostatic forceps
Larger than crile, horizontally serrated
Used to clamp large vessels and tissue
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Senn retractor
Hand-held, double ended one flat blade, one rake-like
Used to retract small bits of fascia and muscle
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Sponge forceps
Round jaw with serrations, hole in center
Used to grasp gauze sponges
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Sweetheart retractor
hand-held, heart shaped end
Used for abdominal surgery
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Wire suture cutting scissors
Very short heavy duty blades
Used to cut wire sutures
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Yankauer Suction Tip
Long suction tube with holes in the end
Used to remove fluid from body cavity
