Surgical Instruments: Basic Flashcards
ELECTROSURGICAL PENCILE
Bovie, cautery.
Uses an electrical current to coagulation and cut blood vessels, and tissues to provide homeostasis; also used for dissection.
HARMONIC SCALPEL
Ultrasonic scalpel.
Has anufacturer packaged disposable hand piece
Grasping instrument that delivers ultrasonic energy to coagulate and divide tissue.
HALSTEAD FORCEPS
Mosquito, hartman forceps
Used for occluding bleeders in small or superficial wounds before cauterization.
Plastic, pediatric, thyroid, and hand procedures
CRILE FORCEPS
Hempstead, snap, clamp, Kelly forceps,
Occluding bleeders, blunt dissection when separating planes and tissues.
Curved or straight
KELLY FORCEPS
Hemostat, crile forceps, clamp
Horizontal serrations run half the length of the Jaws.
Occluding bleeders before cauterization or ligation.
ROCHESTER-PÉAN FORCEPS
Péan, mayo, kelly-péan,
Occluding larger blood vessels and tissue before ligation, in a deeper wound
CARMALT FORCEPS
Cross hatch pattern the length of the jaws.
Occluding larger blood vessels and tissues. Forceps that the kittner is loaded on to.
MIXTER FORCEPS
Right angle forceps, gemini, Lahey, obtuse, ureter clamp
Clamp, dissect, and occlude tissue, often used to place or tie a vessel loop under and around a tubular structure.
Adson Forceps
Tonsil schnidt, fancy clamps, t&a
Clamps small vessels in a deep wound, or holds tonsil sponges.
Straight Mayo Scissors
Aka: suture scissors
Used for cutting sutures
Curved mayo scissors
Aka: heavy tissue scissors
Dissect or undermine heavy fibrous tissues
Curved metzenbaum scissors
Aka: metz scissors, tissue scissors
Dissect ad undermine delicate tissues
Lister Bandage Scissors
Cut dressings, drapes, and also used in cesarean to open uterus without harm to the baby.
Wire scissors
Wire cutters
Cuts small Guage wire and sutures
Has serrations
NO. 3 knife handle
Holds blades 10, 11, 12, and 15
Used to hold blades to create a scalpel to make incisions.
NO. 3 long knife handle
Used for precision cutting deep within a wound
Blades 10, 11, 12, and 15
NO. 7 knife handle
Holds blades 10, 11, 12, and 15.
Used when precision cutting is needed in a confined space or deep wound.
NO. 10 blade
Making skin incisions
Grab blade with needle holders
NO. 11 blade
Used for puncturing the skin or to initiate the opening of an artery.
Commonly loaded onto the number 7 handle
NO. 12 blade
Aka: sickle knife, tonsil blade
Sometimes used in a tonsillectomy, parotid surgery, septoplasties, and cleft palate surgery. Can also be utilized for removal of calculi in the ureter and kidney.
No. 7 or no. 3 handle
NO. 15 blade
Creating small precise incisions.
Used for pediatric or plastic/reconstructive surgery
NO. 4 knife handle
Larger tip to accommodate larger blades.
Used w/ no. 20 blade to create a larger and/ or deeper incisions in heavy tissue areas.
Will hold no. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 blades
No. 20 blade
Used w/ no. 4 handle to create larger/deeper incision on heavy tissue or bone
Beaver Handle
Round handle with ball tip that screws into the handle to tighten blade into place.
Used when precision cutting is needed in a confined space or in a small structure.
ENT, ophthalmic, neurology, podiatry, and small orthopedic procedures
Pain Adson Tissue Forceps
Used for grasping delicate tissue
Horizontal serrations
Toothed Adson Tissue Forceps
Rat tooth
Aligns the edges of the wound during stapling of the skin; grasps superficial tissues to place steri-strips
Brown-Adson Tissue Forceps
Two rows of teeth that interlock
Grasping superficial delicate tissues. Plastic/hand surgeries.
Plain tissue forceps
Semken dressing forceps
Atraumatic with horizontal serrated tips
Grasping tissue and dressing applications
Toothed tissue forceps
Gasping moderate to heavy tissue and used during wound closure.
The tips have two teeth on one side and one tooth on the other side.
Debakey tissue forceps
Elongated narrowed blunt tip
Grasps numerous types of tissue, commonly used in cardiac, vascular, and gastrointestinal procedures
Bonney tissue forceps
Victor’s
1x2 interlocking teeth, followed by horizontal serrations
Used to grasp heavy tissue, muscle, or bone.
Used in obstetrics or orthopedics
Ferris-Smith tissue forceps
Big ugly
Grasps heavy tissue, muscle and bone.
Orthopedics, spinal, and obstetric surgery
Singley tissue forceps
Oval shaped tip with central finest rated, horizontal serrated jaws
Used for grabbing intestinal tissue, delicate tissues or dressing materials, sponges.
Used in general, urology, thoracic, and ob/gyn surgeries
Russian tissue forceps
Star, Russian star, russians
Rounded tips with Starburst pattern serrations
Used for grasping dense tissues and wound closures
Commonly used in OB/GYN
Towel Clip (penetrating)
Backhaus towel clip, roeder, Jones towel clip
Used for holding towels in place when draping, when gasping tough tissue and reduction of small bone fracture
Nonpenetrating towel clip
Atraumatic towel clamp
Used for attaching bovie and suction to the drapes
Foerster sponge forceps
Fletcher sponge forceps, sponge stick, ring forceps
Can be curved or straight. Oval rings with horizontal serrations.
For creating a sponge stick, for grasping tissues such as the lungs, or for removing uterine contents.
Allis Forceps
Curved or straight with multiple interlocking teeth.
Used for lifting, holding, and retracting slippery dense tissue that is being removed.
Tonsils, vaginal, breast, and thyroid tissues. Or for grasping bowel during a resection.
Babcock forceps
Grasping and encircling delicate structures such as the ureter, fallopian tubes, bowel, ovaries, and appendix.
Kosher forceps
Koch, ochsner forceps
Jaws have horizontal serrations and 1x2 large interlocking teeth at the tip.
Used for gasping tough, fibrous, slippery tissues, such as muscle and fascia.
Army-navy retractor
Hand-held double ended retractor with an oval finestration in the handle and a lateral curve to the blades. One end is longer than the other.
Used for retraction of small superficial incisions to allow better exposure
Goblet Retractor
Bolt retractor
Double ended, cupped blades, crescent shaped tips. One end is longer than the other.
Retraction of smaller superficial incisions to allow better exposure.
Senn retractor
Cat paw
One end has sharp or dull claws, the other is a small, narrow, laterally bent blade.
Retraction of skin edges and deeper tissues of small incisions.
Murphy Retractor
Rake Retractor
Used for superficial retraction of wound edges
Volkman Retractor
Rake/Israeli retractor
Two-six claws, blunt/sharp
Used for superficial retraction of wound edges
Ribbon Retractor
Malleable Retractor
Used for retraction of organs and intestines in a wound
Parker Retractor
Park bench retractor, nested right angle, double round
Used for retraction and exposure of a small or shallow wound.
Skin Hook
Joseph hook, gillies hook,
Small with one or two hooks at one end
Retraction of skin edges
Weitlaner Retractor
Self retaining finger ringed instrument with ratchet release on shanks.
Holds wound edges open.
Gelpi Retractor
Self retaining, two outward turned sharp prongs
Provides wound exposure, ranging from superficial to deep.
Frazier Suction Tip
Diameter of suction tube 3F-15F
Used for sectioning in confined spaces such as the nasal cavity, in lumbar and cervical procedures, or in craniotomies.
Poole suction tip
Abdominal sucker
Disposable or reusable
Outer sheath and inner cannula
Suctioning large amounts of blood/ fluids from body cavity.
Yankauer Suction Tip
Tonsil/oral suction tip
Used for suctioning in all types of wounds. Effective suctioning without aspiration damage to the surrounding tissue.
Crile-wood needle holder
Fine needle holder/driver
Crisscross pattern on the inner jaws.
Used for holding delicate to intermediate sized needles while suturing.
Mayo-hegar needle holder
Heavy needle driver
Broader jaw
Used for holding heavy needles when suturing.
Ryder needle holder
Fine needle driver
Tapered jaws with carbide inserts
Used for holding delicate to intermediate sized needles. Often used for vascular procedures.
Skin stapler
Used during wound closure for skin approximation
Staple remover
Removal of skin staples from a wound.
Hemoclip applier
Clip applier, weck clip, ligaclip
Used for occluding vessels or other tubular structures
Surgiclip applier
Hemoclip, ligaclip
Used for occluding vessels or other tubular structures.
