Surgical instruments Flashcards
Use: designed to grasp and hold tissues and small objects (suture needles) and thus serve as an extension of the surgeon’s fingers.
Consist of two blades attached at the proximal end, and the tips come together to hold tissue as finger pressure is applied on the blades.
Thumb Forceps
Types of thumb forceps and there uses:
Anatomic/traumatic (smooth tipped) thumb forceps not for sx
Rat tooth/tissue forceps used for manipulating the skin and tough connective tissue
Adson forceps 1-to-2 toothed tip but affords precise control of instrument pressure used to grasp thin skin and light fascial planes
Brown-Adson forceps two longitudinal rows of small, fine, intermeshing teeth broad but delicate tissue grip
Russian forceps broad, round tip with grooved perimeter and concave center
DeBakey and Cooley forceps longitudinal grooves and fine horizontal striations used for vascular, thoracic, and intestinal surgeries
Use: crushing instruments designed to collapse vessels until hemostasis occurs.
Most have transverse grooves on the inner jaw surface that increase tissue purchase.
Hemostatic forceps
Types of hemostatic forceps:
Halstead mosquito forceps Kelly and Crile forceps Rochester-Pean forceps Rochester-Carmalt forceps Rochester-Ochsner forceps
These are the smallest and most frequently used hemostatic forceps. Should only be used on small vessels
Halstead mosquito forceps
These forceps are sturdier than Halstead mosquito forceps; can be used on larger vessels. (name two types and how they are different from each other)
Kelly and Crile forceps (the Crile has transverse grooves on the entire inner jaw surface while the Kelly only has grooves on half)
These forceps have deep transverse grooves over the entire surface; Used to clamp large tissue bundles or vessels.
Rochester-Pean forceps
These forceps have longitudinal grooves with a few horizontal cross-striations at the tips; made to assist in pedicle ligation.
Rochester-Carmalt forceps
These forceps have transverse grooves and 1-to-2 interdigitating teeth located at the jaw tip to help prevent tissue slippage; considered traumatic and should be reserved for tissue that is to be removed.
Rochester-Ochsner forceps
These tissue forceps have slightly bowed, flexible jaws with longitudinal striations; least traumatic to tissue
Doyen-DeBakey intestinal forceps
These tissue forceps have teeth are oriented perpendicular to the direction of pull; can be traumatic and should only be used on heavy tissue planes or on tissue to be excised
Allis tissue forceps
These tissue forceps pull in a direction perpendicular to the tissue; less traumatic than Allis tissue forceps
Babcock intestinal forceps
These tissue forceps are used to grab sponges and clean or swab tissues/cavities
(Foerster) Sponge forceps
These clamps have atraumatic longitudinally grooved jaws that contain two bends; mainly used for vascular surgery
Satinsky clamps
Use: designed to spread the wound edges to facilitate exposure of the surgical field; can be finger-held, hand-held, or self-retaining.
Retractors
Types of finger-held retractors:
Senn retractor Volkman finger retractor Parker retractor Farabeuf Meyerding
This retractor has either blunt or sharp retractor prongs on one end and a right-angled fingerplate on the other; used to retract skin and superficial muscle layers; less useful for retracting large muscle mass.
Senn retractor (finger-held)
This retractor has sharp or blunt retractor prongs and a single-ring handle
Volkman finger retractor
This retractor is larger with deeper, flat blades on both ends; allows retraction of more tissue
Parker retractor (finger-held)
Types of hand-held retractors:
Army-Navy retractors Hohmann retractors Kelly retractor Meyerding Lahey retractor
These retractors are a standard 21.5 cm (8.5 in) length; have double-ended retracting blades of two different lengths, which allows the surgeon to select a blade according to tissue depth.
Army-Navy retractors (hand-held)
These retractors have a wide variety of blade widths (6 to 70 mm); the blade has a blunt projection that is useful in exposing bone while retracting muscle.
Hohmann retractors (hand-held)