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surgical instruments Flashcards

1
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What can all types of scissors be?

A

sharp or blunt

curved or straight

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2
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What are the two main types of scissors?

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Mayo

Metzenbaum

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3
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What instrument is this?

What is it used for?

A

Mayo scissors

cutting heavy fascia and sutures

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4
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What instrument is this and what is it used for?

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Metzenbaum scissors

cut delicate tissue

Have a longer handle : blade ratio

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5
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What is the difference between tissue and dressing forceps?

A

Dressing forceps have smooth or serrated tips

Tissue forceps have teeth

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6
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What type of instrument is this and what do you use it for?

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Rat tooth forceps

Tissue forceps

to hold skin / dense tissue

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7
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What instrument is this and what is it used for?

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Adson tissue forceps

for light careful handling of tissues

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8
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What instrument is this and what is it used for?

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Allis intestinal forceps

to hold intestine, fascia and skin

slightly traumatic

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9
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What instrument is this and what is it used for?

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Babcock intestinal forceps

used to atraumatically hold viscera

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10
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What instrument is this and what is it used for?

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Sponge tissue forceps

to atraumatically hold viscera

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11
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What instrument is this and what is it used for?

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Mosquito haemostats

Delicate

used to clamp and hold BV

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12
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What instrument is this and what is it used for?

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Kelly hemostat

Less delicate

to clamp and hold BV

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13
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What instrument is this and what is ti used for?

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Carmalt hemostats

Used to clamp ovarian pedicels due to longitudinal serrations

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14
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What instrument is this and what is it used for?

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Doyen intestinal forceps

non crushing, intestinal occluding forceps with longitudinal serrations

temporary bowel occlusion

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15
Q

What instrument is this and what is it used for?

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Payr pylorus intestinal forceps

crushing intestinal instrument to occlude the part of bowel being removed

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16
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What instrument is this and what is it used for?

A

Mayo hegar needle holder

no scissors

heavy

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17
Q

What instrument is this and what is it used for?

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Olsen hegar needle holder

needle holder and scissors

be careful as may accidentally cut suture material

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18
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What instrument is htis and what is it used for?

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Senn retractor

handheld

blade at each end

can be blunt (delicate) or sharp (trauma - fascia)

19
Q

What instrument is this and what is it used for?

A

Hohmann hand held retractor

lever tissue away from bone in orthopaedic procedures

20
Q

What instrument is this and what is it used for?

A

Weitlaner self retraining retractor

can be blunt or sharp

has ratchet

rake tips

21
Q

What instrument is this and what is it used for?

A

Gelpi self retaining retractors

single point tips

ratchet to hold tissues apart

22
Q

What instrument is this and what is it used for?

A

Backhaus towel clip

secure drapes to a patients skin

23
Q

What instrument is this?

A

Army navy handheld retractor

24
Q

What instrument is this?

A

Poole suction tip

25
Q

What no blade is this?

A

no 15

26
Q

What instrument is this?

A

DeBakey thumb forceps

for delicate tissue

27
Q

What instrument is this?

A

no 11 scalpel blade

28
Q

What instrument is this and what is it used for?

A

Mixter forceps

for blunt dissection to isolate neurovascular / other tubular structures

29
Q

3 main types of scissors

A

mayo

metzenbaum

suture and ligature

30
Q

what forceps would you use to stabilise and retract tissue?

A

Allis

Babcock

31
Q

What forceps would you use to dissec neurovascular structures?

A

Mixter

Lahey

32
Q

What forceps would you use to occluse hollow organs?

A

Doyens (int)

Rochester - carmalt (uterus)

33
Q

What forceps would you use to occlude vessels and vascular pedicels?

A

Halstead / mosquito (small)

Kelly (medium)

Carmalt (large)

Kocher (large and rat tooth)

34
Q

What forceps would you use for tangential occlusion of BV after incision?

A

Cooley

Satinsky

35
Q

4 hand held retractors

A

Senn

Langenbeck

Army - Navy

Malleable

36
Q

5 self retaining retractors

A

Balfour (abdomen)

Gosset

Gelpi

Weitlane

Finochietto (thorax)

37
Q

What are the advantages of swaged on needles?

A

unlikely to detach

fast use

less fraying

less tissue trauma

sterile

38
Q

How can needles be classified?

A

size (length, diameter)

shape (straight, curved, J ,compoud curve)

39
Q

What type of needle is this?

A

non cutting

round bodied

40
Q

What type of needle is this?

A

taper point

non cutting

41
Q

What type of needle is this?

A

taper cut

42
Q

What type of needle is this?

A

standard cutting

43
Q

What type of needle is this?

A

reverse cutting

44
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what type of needle is this?

A

side cutting

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