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Surgery Lab Quiz Flashcards

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Should only be used on tissues to be discarded due to crushing effect of tips

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Allis Tissue Forceps

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Used for helping to grasp and retract robust soft tissues (stomach, bladder)

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Babcock Tissue Forceps

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Used for intestinal lumen occlusions

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Doyen Intestinal Tissue Forceps

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Used for clamping pedicles/tissues

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Rochester-Carmalt Hemostatic Forceps

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Designed for tip clamping of small to medium vessels

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Kelly Hemostats

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Designed for tip clamping of small vessels

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Halsted Mosquito Hemostatic Forcpes

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Forceps: Used frequently for general tissue handling

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Brown Adson Tissue Forceps

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Type of forcep: Poor grip of fat or other friable tissues

Results in less crush injury

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Adson Tissue Forceps

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Forcep: Most frequently used in soft tissue surgery

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DeBakey Tissue Forcep

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10
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Forcep: Used to grasp tissue in ophthalmologic surgery

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Bishop Harmon Forceps

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For use with #10, #11, #12, #15 blades

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Bard-Plaker #3 Scalpel Handle

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12
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For use with #64 and #67 blades

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Beaver Blade Scalpel Handle

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13
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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)

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Beaver Blade Scalpel Handle

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Used to incise dense tissues (fascia, linea alba, trimming skin)

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Mayo Dissecting Scissors

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Used to incise soft tissues (SQ tissue, intense, bladder, etc.)

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Metzenbaum Scissors

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16
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Used for precision cutting, such as in ophthalmic and urologic surgery

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Steven Tenotomy Scissors

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17
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Used for post-op suture removal

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Spencer Stitich Scissors

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18
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Used to incise thick, tough tissue and orthopedic wire

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Vernon Cartilage and Wire Scissor

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19
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Combined needle driver and scissor

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Olsen Hegar Needle Holders

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20
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Ophthalmic Needle Drivers

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Derf Needle Holders

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21
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Used for ophthalmic and vascular surgery - spring loaded handle

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Castroviejo Needle Holders

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Retract abdominal wall laterally

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Balfour Retractor

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23
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Adjustable Rib retractor

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Finochietto Retractor

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24
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Used for retraction of soft tissues (especially useful for retraction of muscle bellies during orthopedic or spinal surgery) Sharp points!

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Gelpi Retractor

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Useful for retraction of soft tissue in a small, superficial incision

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Weitlaner Retractor

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26
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Double-ended blunt retractor - hand held retractor usually held by assistant

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Army-Navy Retractors

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27
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Used for retracting viscera in abdominal and thoracic surgery

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Malleable Retractor

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28
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Used to lever muscle and soft tissues away from surgical field and bone during orthopedic surgeries

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Hohmann Retractor

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29
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Double end retractor - Used in soft issue and orthopedic surgery for retraction of tissues in small working spaces

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Senn Retractor

30
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Flat-think handle allow for better visualization of tissue - Used to blindly hook the uterine horn/mesometrium during OHE

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Snook Hook/ Spay Hook

31
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Used to grip and manipulate bone during fracture reduction and repair

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Kern Bone Holding Forceps

32
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Used to grip and manipulate bone during fracture reduction and repair - locking mechanism

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Speed Lock Bone Holding Forceps

33
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Used to drive IM pins and K-wires during orthopedic surgery

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Jacob’s Chuck

34
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Used in orthopedic surgery to advance an osteotome for making precise osteotomies

35
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Used to create osteotomy in numerous orthopedic procedures

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Osteotome and Chisel

36
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Used to reflect muscle and soft tissue from bone

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Periosteal Elevator

37
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Small Periosteal elevator

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Freer Periosteal Elevator

38
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Used to remove small fragments of bone, to recontour bone, or to prepare bone grafting

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Lembert Rongeur

39
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Wire self retaining instrument used to hold eyelids open during enuclecations, and surgery of the cornea and third eyelid

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Barraquer Eyelid Spectrum

40
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Used to protect globe when making incisions into the eyelid

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Jeger Eyelid Plate

41
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Penetrating clamp, used to hold quarter drapes or Huck towels securely to patient skin

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Backhaus Towel Clamp

42
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Used to suction large amounts of fluid from body cavity - blunt tip prevents trauma to organs

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Poole Suction Tip

43
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Fine tipped suction tip for removal of small amounts of fluid from surgical field

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Frazier Suction TIp

44
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Wing- tipped: Used to sever the periodontal ligament by rotating instrument around the tooth. Wedge tipped: Used to weaken periodontal ligament and luxate the tooth for extraction

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Wing Tipped Dental Elevator

45
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Used for subgingival cleansing, root planing and curettage

46
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Removes dental deposits from above gumline

47
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Strong, heavy instrument used to grasp loose/luxated teeth for extraction

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Extraction Forceps

48
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Uneven tip instrument useful in removing large pieces of calculi prior to scaling

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Calculus Removal Forceps

49
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Increases tactile sensation for detecting areas of enamel decay

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Dental Explorer

50
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Used to measure pocket depths around a tooth - establishes the state of health of the periodontium

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Periodontal Probe

51
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Absorbable, Multi-filament, Organic

Not Frequently Used in practice

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Chromic Gut

52
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Absorable: Broken down by hydrolysis
Stable in contaminated wounds
Rapidly degraded in infected urine

Multi filament: Braided

Uses: Dental Surgery

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Polyglactin 910 (Vicryl)

53
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Filaments from glycolic acid
Comes in coated and uncoated forms

Dental surgery

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Polyglycolic Acid

54
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Closure of enterotomies, cystotomies, body wall closures, fascia closure

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Glycomer 631

55
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Closure of cystotomies (non-infected bladders) SQ tissues

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Caprolactone

56
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Uses: Closure of cystotomies (non-infected bladders) SQ tissues

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Poliglecaprone 25 (Monocroyl)

57
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Uses: Closure of enterotomies, cystotomies, body wall closure, fascia closure

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Polidioxanone (PDS)

Monofilament

58
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Uses: Cardiovascular Surgery

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Silk

Multi-filament- braided; decreases number of bacteria require to induce infection

59
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SKin closure, orthopedic repair (lateral tiobiofabellar structure)

60
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Non-absorbale - very resistant to degradation (lack of hydrolyzable bonds)

Monofilament

Uses: Tendon, ligament, fascial, and joint capsule closures

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Polypropylene

61
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Skin sutures only!

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Polymerized caprolactam

62
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Non-absorbable - orthopedic applications (closure of sternotomy)

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Stainless Steel Suture

63
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More flexible suture is better for vessel ligation

Flexibility is related to material and size of suture

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Flexibility

64
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Process by which fluid and bacteria are wicked along multifilament fibers

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Capillarity

65
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Measure of a tissue or fibers ability to resist deformation or breakage

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Tensile Strength

66
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Amount of force necessary to cause a knot to slip - related to coefficient of static friction and plasticity of material

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Knot Strength

67
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Needle: Sharp tip that pierces and spreads tissues without cutting - intestine, SQ tissue, fascia

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Taperpoint Needle

68
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Needle: Combination of reverse cutting and taperpoint - Heavy - thick fascia, tendon, vascular grafts

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Tapercut Needle

69
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Needle: Cutting edge on concave portion of needle. Tends to cut out tissue

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Cutting Needle

70
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Needle: Cutting edge on convex surface reducing risk of tissue cut out - skin

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Reverse Cutting Needle

71
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Needle: Flat on top and bottom : opthalmic procedures

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Spatula Point needle

72
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Needle: Blunt point that dissects through friable tissues without cutting: soft parenchymal organs (liver, kidneys)

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Blunt point needle

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