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Surgical instruments Flashcards

1
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What is the most common material for surgical instruments to be made of in the veterinary industry?

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Stainless Steel

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What are the benefits of stainless steel as a material for surgical instruments?

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Strong, high resistance to corrosion with an attractive finish

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How can instruments made of Tungsten Carbide be identified?

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They have gold coloured handles

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What are the benefits of Tungsten Carbide as a material for surgical instruments?

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Hard and resistant to wear

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What are the disadvantages to Tungsten Carbide as a material for surgical instruments?

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It is expensive, inserts are usually used instead of the whole instruments being made out of it

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What is the most desirable material for surgical instruments to be made out of?

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Tungsten Carbide

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What are the advantages of Chromium-plated carbon steel surgical instruments?

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Cheaper

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What are the disadvantages of Chromium-plated carbon steel surgical instruments?

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Tend to rust, pit and blister in contact with chemicals and saline
Tend to blunt quicker

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9
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What are Ophthalmic instruments most commonly made of?

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Titanium

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What are the advantages of Titanium surgical instruments?

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Lightweight

Improves visibility by reducing glare when using microscopes for ophthalmic surgery

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11
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What size scalpel blades would fit and size 3 handle?

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10, 11, 12 and 15

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12
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What size scalpel blades would fit a size 4 handle?

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20, 21 and 22

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13
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What size scalpel handle is most commonly used in small animal surgery?

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size 3

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14
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What size scalpel handle is most commonly used in large animal surgery?

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Size 4

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15
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What scalpel handle is most commonly used in ophthalmic surgery?

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Beaver handle

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16
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What are examples of Dissecting forceps?

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DeBakey
Brown-Adson
Adson

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17
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What type of dissecting forceps should be used for handling viscera?

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Plain dissecting forceps - DeBakey or Brown-Adson

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18
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What Dissecting forceps should be used for handling dense tissues?

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Toothed forceps - Adson

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19
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What scissors are most commonly used for routine surgery?

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Mayo Scissors

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20
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What scissors have finer, long handles and tend to be used for delicate tissues?

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Metzenbaum scissors

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21
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What scissors are used for cutting sutures?

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Carless Scissors

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22
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What scissors are used for removing sutures?

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Payne’s scissors

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23
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What scissors are small, curved with the cutting surface of one blade hollowed out?

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Payne’s scissors

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24
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What are examples of Haemostatic or artery forceps?

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Spencer Wells
Dunhill 
Crile's
Cairn's 
Kelly
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25
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What are examples of Mosquito forceps?

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Halstead mosquito forceps

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26
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What are Spencer wells?

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Artery forceps

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27
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What are Dunhills?

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Artery forceps

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28
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What are Crile’s?

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Artery forceps

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29
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What are Kellys?

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Artery forceps

30
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What are the most commonly used Bowel clamps in veterinary surgery?

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Doyen’s bowel clamps

31
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What are Doyen’s?

A

Bowel clamps

32
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What is the name of sponge holding forceps?

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Rampley’s sponge-holding forceps

33
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What are Rampley’s?

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Sponge-holding forceps

34
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What are examples of Tissue forceps?

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Allis tissue forceps
Babcocks forceps
Duvalls

35
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What forceps should be used to grasp viscera?

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Duvalls

36
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What are Allis tissue forceps?

A

Tissue forceps

37
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What are Babcocks?

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Tissue forceps

38
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What are examples of Towel Clips?

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Backhaus
Mayo forceps
Gray’s cross action forceps

39
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What towel clips have ringed handles and curved pointed tips?

A

Backhaus and Mayo

40
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What towel slips work with a strong spring action?

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Gray’s cross action forceps

41
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What are examples of Needle-holders?

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Gillies
Olsen-Hegar
McPhails
Mayo-Hegar

42
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What Needle-Holders have a ratchet action?

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Olsen-Hegar
McPhails
Mayo-Hegar

43
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What Needle-Holders have a scissor action?

A

Gillies

Olsen-Hegar

44
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What Needle-Holders use a spring ratchet that opens the jaws when squeezed?

A

McPhails

45
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What Needle-Holders have a ratchet but not Scissor action?

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Mayo-Hegar

46
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What Needle-Holders have a ratchet and a scissor action?

A

Olsen-Hegar

47
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What Needle-Holders have a scissor action but no Ratchet?

A

Gillies

48
Q

What are examples of Hand-held retractors?

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Langenbeck 
Senn
Czerny 
Army Navy 
Malleable
49
Q

What are examples of Abdominal wall retractors?

A

Gossett

Balfour

50
Q

What are examples of muscle and joint retractors?

A

Gelpi
West’s
Travers

51
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What are examples of retractors for the chest?

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Finochietto

52
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What are Langenbecks?

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Hand-Heled retractors

53
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What are Senn?

A

Hand-Held retractors

54
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what are czernys?

A

hand-held retractors

55
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what are army navys?

A

hand-held retractors

56
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what are malleable?

A

hand-held retractors

57
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What are Gossetts?

A

Abdominal wall retractors

58
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what are balfours?

A

abdominal wall retractors

59
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What are Gelpis?

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Muscle and joint retractors

60
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What are Wests?

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Muscle and joint retractors

61
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What are travers?

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muscle and joint retractors

62
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What are Finochiettos?

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Chest Retractors

63
Q

What orthopaedic instrument is tapered on both sides of the cutting edge?

A

Osteotome

64
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What orthopaedic instrument is tapered on one side only ?

A

Chisel

65
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What surgical instrument has a U shaped edge?

A

Gouge

66
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What is a gouge used for?

A

to remove large pieces of cartilage or soft bone

67
Q

What are Curettes used for?

A

to scoop the surface of dense tissue to remove loose or degenerate tissue

68
Q

What orthopaedic instrument has an oval shaped cup?

A

Curettes

69
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What orthopaedic instrument is used lift periosteum and soft tissue from the surface of the bone

A

Periosteal elevators

70
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What are Periosteal elevators used for?

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To lift periosteum and soft tissue from the surface of the bone

71
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What are Rongeurs used for?

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to cut out small pieces of dense tissue such as bone or cartilage

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