Surgery Lab Quiz Flashcards
Should only be used on tissues to be discarded due to crushing effect of tips
Allis Tissue Forceps
Used for helping to grasp and retract robust soft tissues (stomach, bladder)
Babcock Tissue Forceps
Used for intestinal lumen occlusions
Doyen Intestinal Tissue Forceps
Used for clamping pedicles/tissues
Rochester-Carmalt Hemostatic Forceps
Designed for tip clamping of small to medium vessels
Kelly Hemostats
Designed for tip clamping of small vessels
Halsted Mosquito Hemostatic Forcpes
Forceps: Used frequently for general tissue handling
Brown Adson Tissue Forceps
Type of forcep: Poor grip of fat or other friable tissues
Results in less crush injury
Adson Tissue Forceps
Forcep: Most frequently used in soft tissue surgery
DeBakey Tissue Forcep
Forcep: Used to grasp tissue in ophthalmologic surgery
Bishop Harmon Forceps
For use with #10, #11, #12, #15 blades
Bard-Plaker #3 Scalpel Handle
For use with #64 and #67 blades
Beaver Blade Scalpel Handle
Used with pencil grip at all times
Used to incise limbus for intraocular sx
Used by some orthopedic surgeons for incision of intra-articular structures (meniscal release)
Beaver Blade Scalpel Handle
Used to incise dense tissues (fascia, linea alba, trimming skin)
Mayo Dissecting Scissors
Used to incise soft tissues (SQ tissue, intense, bladder, etc.)
Metzenbaum Scissors
Used for precision cutting, such as in ophthalmic and urologic surgery
Steven Tenotomy Scissors
Used for post-op suture removal
Spencer Stitich Scissors
Used to incise thick, tough tissue and orthopedic wire
Vernon Cartilage and Wire Scissor
Combined needle driver and scissor
Olsen Hegar Needle Holders
Ophthalmic Needle Drivers
Derf Needle Holders
Used for ophthalmic and vascular surgery - spring loaded handle
Castroviejo Needle Holders
Retract abdominal wall laterally
Balfour Retractor
Adjustable Rib retractor
Finochietto Retractor
Used for retraction of soft tissues (especially useful for retraction of muscle bellies during orthopedic or spinal surgery) Sharp points!
Gelpi Retractor
Useful for retraction of soft tissue in a small, superficial incision
Weitlaner Retractor
Double-ended blunt retractor - hand held retractor usually held by assistant
Army-Navy Retractors
Used for retracting viscera in abdominal and thoracic surgery
Malleable Retractor
Used to lever muscle and soft tissues away from surgical field and bone during orthopedic surgeries
Hohmann Retractor