Surgical Instruments (Exam #4) Flashcards
What are the two types of Needle Drivers, and how do they differ?
- Mayo = serrations
- Webster = smooth
What type of scalpel blade is used for skin incisions?
10 blade
What type of scalpel blade is used for open small vessels, make stab incisions?
11 blade
What type of scalpel blade is used for small/precise incisions?
15 blade
What type of scalpel blade is a larger version of a 10 blade, and what is it used for?
20 blade
- Used for skin incisions
What type of forceps is used for atraumatic, angled or straight; used to grasp fine tissue and blood vessels?
DeBakey Thumb Forceps
What type of forceps is used to grasp dense tissue or hold tissue during wound debridement/closure?
Russian Thumb Forceps
What type of forceps is used to clamp vessels, grasp bleeding tissue, suture/ligate vessel?
Mosquito Locking Forceps
Which three Locking Forceps are just smaller/larger versions of each other?
- Mosquito: finer tip than Hemostat
- Hemostat
- Kelly: larger version of Hemostat
What type of forceps is used for used to pass ties/suture materials, tunneling for suture placement?
Tonsil Locking Forceps
What type of forceps is used to clamp hard-to-reach vessels and place sutures behind/around vessels?
Right Angle Locking Forceps
What type of forceps is used to fold sponge in jaws to retract tissue and absorb fluids in surgery, tissue removal?
Ring Locking Forceps
What type of forceps is used to hold tubular organs, stomach, bladder, appendix?
Babcock Locking Forceps
What are the four types of TRAUMATIC Locking Forceps?
- Kocher
- Rochester Peon
- Allis
- Towel Clips
What type of forceps is used to hold tough structures (i.e. mastectomy, thyroid), grasp tissue that will be removed?
Allis Locking Forceps
- Traumatic
What type of forceps is used for Mesenteric hemostasis?
Rochester Peon Locking Forceps
- Traumatic
What type of forceps is used for hemostasis, hold tough cartilage and ribs?
Kocher Locking Forceps
- Traumatic
What are the two Self-Retaining Retractors?
- Weitlaner
- Gelpi
What type of Manual Retractor is used for shallow, superficial retraction, including visceral tissue?
Army Navy Manual Retractor
What type of Manual Retractor is used for shallow, superficial retraction, but NOT visceral tissue?
Goulet Manual Retractor
What type of Manual Retractor is common in many specialties because diff. sizes for various tissues?
Richardson Manual Retractor
What type of Manual Retractor can bend to shape; often used in abdomen or chest?
Malleable/Ribbon Manual Retractor
What surgical tool is used to cut, coagulate, desiccate or destroy tissue?
Electrosurgery = “Bovie”
What are the three types of Suction, and what is each used for?
- Yankauer: general multi-purpose suction tip
- Poole: used for large volume (ex. irrigation, “washout”)
- Frazier: very fine suction tip
When are counts performed?
Prior to procedure start, during and after
What can be thrown out during surgery?
NOTHING!!!!
NO LIKE LITERALLY DO NOT THROW ANYTHING OUT (except yourself, bc you’re trash)
