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SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS QUIZ
Right Angle Clamp For tunneling under a vessel or passing a suture suture around tissue or vessel - Glassman Clamp Used to clamp bowel - Bulldog Clamp Used to clamp small blood vessels. - Disposable Bulldog Clamp - Goulet (Bull) Retractor Used to retract shallow or superficial incisions - A Deaver retractor (manual) is used to retract deep abdominal or chest incisions. Available in various widths. - Army Navy Retractor Alias - US Retractor Use - Tissue or Bone Retraction Additional Info - Common to the both major and minor orthopedic and general surgery trays - Surgical Instrument - Richardson Retractor Alias - Rich Use - Retraction within cavities
Additional Info - Available in multiple sizes as well as single and double ended. This is one of the most common general surgery retractors - Harrington (Sweetheart) Handheld Retractor - Harrington retractor in action - Balfour retractor - Ribbon or malleable retractor Can be bent to different sizes. - Ribbon retractor in action - Senn Retractors Senn retractor:
- rake one end, flat blade on the other
- retract tissue and bone - Balfour abdominal retractor with blade - Balfour Retractor in action - Iron Intern Arm in action - Iron Intern retractor arm (with accessory retractors). -
Weitlaner retractor in action - Scalpel blades #20 looks similar to #10, except #20 is larger - #11 scalpel blade in action - Scalpel Handles #7 (for small blades) - Bard-Parker #3 and #4 comparison #4 is larger - Mayo scissor (top) Metzenbaum scissor (bottom) Metzenbaum are thinner - Curved Mayo Scissors Alias - None Use - Cutting Additional Info - Common to most surgical trays, used for cutting dense tissue where "Metz" scissors are too delicate - Metzenbaum Scissors Alias - Metz Use - Cutting Additional Info - The most common scissors use for cutting delicate tissue. -
Debakey Forceps Alias - Debakey's Use - Grasping Additional Info - One of the most common surgical forceps, used for grasping soft tissue, blood vessels and bowel - Allis Clamp Surgical Instrument - Allis Clamp Alias - None Use - Grasping Additional Info - Often used for grasping soft tissue such as breast tissue or bowel tissue - Castro-Viejo Needle Driver Alias - Castro's Use - Suturing Additional Info - Castro viejo needle drivers are most common to Vascular, Ophthalmic, and delicate Cosmetic Surgery. The come in both locking and non-locking varieties depending on surgeon preference and are used for very fine suture in the 5-0 and smaller range. - Adson (thumb) tissue forceps Common tissue (thumb) forceps with "teeth" - Adson grasping forceps - Plain forceps - Mosquito hemostatic forceps
Frazier suction tip (also known as a neuro tip, but can be use to suction ears) - Suture (removal) scissors - Backhaus towel clamps - Surgical Instrument - Babcock Alias - None Use - Grasping Additional Info - For grasping soft tissue or bowel. - Ring (sponge) "hemostat" Although it is referred to as a "hemostat", it is used to hold sponges - Surgical Instrument - Kocher Alias - None Use - Grasping Additional Info - Used to grasp bone or fascia - (Laparoscopic Instruments) Trocar Release fluid or gas build-ups Sharp stylet inside cannula - Alligator grasping forceps -
Dissecting forceps - Micro scissors - Spider® Surgical Laparoscopy System Uses only one incision for gas, camera, instruments - GIA Stapler (gastrointestinal) divides, cuts and auto staples tissues, like intestines (The inside of the stapler portion) - The Fish®, Glassman Viscera Retainer Use: Help suture abdomen closed while protecting intestines - Unipolar cautery Cuts and coagulates/burns tissue to stop bleeding and destroy tissue (like a wart) (Bovie© is a registered name- sometimes cauterizers are referred to as "Bovie©" like "Klenex©" instead of facial tissue) - Unipolar Cutting Cautery - Bipolar Cautery: used to stop bleeding of small vessels. Used with a foot switch. - Diathermy Pad
