Surgical Instruments Identification Flashcards by Renee DeAngelis

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What instrument is this?

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Olsen-Hegar needle drivers
(+ scissors!)

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Mayo-Hegar needle drivers
(- scissors!)

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What instrument is this?

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Derf needle holder
(small, delicate)

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What instrument is this?

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Bard-Parker #3 scalpel handle
(No. 10, 11, 12, 15 blades - small animal)

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Bard-Parker #4 scalpel handle
(No. 20-29 blades - large animal)

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Debakey forceps
(atraumatic)

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Adson forceps
(rat tooth)

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Adson Brown forceps
(multiple intermeshing teeth)

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Lister bandage scissors

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Mayo scissors
(heavy, thick blades)

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Metzenbaum scissors
(lighter, thin blades)

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Iris scissors
(small, fine)

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Suture scissors
(notched bottom)

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What instrument is this?

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Wire cutting scissors
(angled, serrated lower jaw + notch)

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What instrument is this?

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Snook hook
(long, flat, thin handle)

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Covault spay hook
(thinner, ball at the end)

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Backhaus towel clamp
(penetrating)

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What instrument is this?

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Lorna (Edna) towel clamp
(non-perforating)

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What instrument is this?

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Rochester Carmalt hemostatic forceps
(longitudinal grooves entire length + cross striations on tip)

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What instrument is this?

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Kelly hemostatic forceps
(transverse striations on distal tip - Kelly didn’t go crazy all the way)

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What instrument is this?

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Halsted mosquito hemostatic forceps
(small, delicate - transverse striations entire length)

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What instrument is this?

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Crile hemostatic forceps
(transverse serrations entire length - similar size to Kelly)

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What instrument is this?

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Allis tissue forceps
(crushing - interlocking teeth)

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What instrument is this?

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Babcock tissue forceps
(crushing - smooth, flat tips)

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What instrument is this?

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Doyen intestinal forceps
(non-crushing, occluding - longitudinal striations)

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What instrument is this?

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Army-Navy retractor
(double-ended, blunt, hand-held, fenestrated handle)

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What instrument is this?

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Weitlaner retractor
(self-retaining, W fingers)

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What instrument is this?

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Gelpi retractor
(self-retaining, pointy)

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What instrument is this?

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Senn retractor
(hand-held, blunt end and forked end, right angle)

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What instrument is this?

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Baulfor abdominal retractor
(self-retaining, lateral)

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What instrument is this?

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Barraquer eyelid speculum
(self-retaining)

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What instrument is this?

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Poole suction tip
(blunt tip, fenestrations)

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What instrument is this?

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Frazier suction tip
(fine tipped, no fenestrations)

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What instrument is this?

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dental elevator

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What instrument is this?

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curette
(double-ended, non-triangular working ends)

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What instrument is this?

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scaler
(double-ended, sharp triangular working ends)

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Curette vs. scaler:

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What instrument is this?

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extraction forceps

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What instrument is this?

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periodontal probe
(blunt tipped)

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What instrument is this?

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dental explorer
(sharp tipped)