Surgery Instruments Flashcards
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Kocher Clamp
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- Sturdy clamp to grab fascia, heavy tissue, bone
- Not for delicate structures
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Allis Clamp
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- Small atraumatic teeth
- No that sharp wont do too much damage
- Used in holding mucosa and serosa for colostomies and anastomosis
- Approximating organ tissue
- Often used for grasping soft tissue such as breast tissue or bowel tissue
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Babcock Forceps
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- Grasp soft tissue:bowel (less traumatic), ovaries, delicate tissue
- Grasp delicate tissue in laser procedures, intestinal and laparotomy procedures.
- Similar to Allis forceps- less traumatic due to their wider, rounded grasping surface.
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Schnidt Clamp
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- Fine dissection and clamping of vessels in abdominal surgery
- Dissection of nerves and vessels in neck surgery and mastectomies
- Clamp and tie off fine vessels
- Pass ties for abdominal surgery; Create passage for a drain during closure.
5
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Kelly Clamp
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- Common hemostat for clamp and tying vessels
- Curved or straight
6
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Mayo Clamp
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- Clamp and tie of larger vessels, tough tissue.
- Clamp used to load a peanut sponge
- Sturdy compared to Kelly
7
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Right Angle Clamp
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- Used to pass suture under vessel
- For clamping and tying vessels
- *****During ALIF procedures: right angle is used to pass suture to clamp when dissecting middle/median sacral artery which descends over the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebræ, the sacrum and coccyx.
8
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Non-penetrating towel clamp
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- Used to secure bovie jacket to drape
- Secure suction tubing or cords in drapes
9
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Penetrating Towel Clamp
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- Grasp tissue, secure towels or drapes
- Hold or reduce small bone fractures
- Will make hole in drapes- not used if non-sterile under drape
10
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Gelpi Retractor
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- Ratcheted
- Finger ring retractor
- Once targeted tissue held back, locking mechanism allows retractor to remain in place (self-retaining)
- Single sharp prong, turned outward at a 90 degree angle
- Does not require someone to hold it during the procedure.
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Weitlaner Retractor
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- Self-retaining
- Finger ring retractor with ratchet lock
- Used to hold back tissue and expose surgical site
- Curved shanks that lead to blades that have 2-6 prongs.
- Interdigitate when instrument closed
- Can be sharp or dull pronged
- Common in plastic surgery, spine/joint surgery.
- Useful with small, deep incisions and soft tissue dissection at a superficial level.
12
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Army Navy Retractor
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- Atraumatic Tissue or bone retraction
- Helpful when closing fascia
13
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Rake Retractor
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- Wide tip allows more tissue to be retracted
- Typically sharp teeth used to catch dermis or subcutaneous tissue in retraction
- Commonly used in plastic surgery
14
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Senn Retractor
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- Handheld
- Double-ended retractor to retract mostly surface tissue
- Common in plastic surgery, dissection of neck tissue (spine), any surgery involving shallow skin retraction
- One angled, blunt end
- Other end has three prong rake tip (sharp or blunt)
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Malleable Retractor
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- Able to be bent to accommodate depth needed
- Used when suture peritoneum in abdominal approach.
- Pushes colon dorsally allowing access to suture above malleable.
- Narrow or wide
16
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Vein Retractor
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- Used to retract small vessels and nerves
- Atraumatic- vascular/head and neck surgery
17
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Goiter Retractor
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- Used in thyroid or parathyroid surgery
- Retract strap muscles
- Strap: four pairs of muscles in the anterior neck.
- sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid and omohyoid muscles.
