Surgical Instrument - Debakey Forceps

Surgical Instrument - Adson Forceps Alias - Debakey's

Alias - Adson's Use – Grasping
Use – Grasping Additional Info - One of the most common surgical forceps, used for
Additional Info - Most commonly used for suturing the skin. grasping soft tissue, blood vessels and bowel.

Surgical Instrument - Allis Clamp

Use – Grasping
Additional Info - Often used for grasping soft tissue such as breast tissue or
bowel tissue Surgical Instrument - Deep Gelpi Retractor
Use - Self Retaining Retractor
Additional Info - Most commonly used in orthopedic and spine surgery.

Surgical Instrument - 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 - Double Action Rongeur

Alias – Leksell
Use – Cutting
Additional Info - Used for cutting bone in othopedic and spine surgery.

Surgical Instrument – Babcock

Use – Grasping
Additional Info - For grasping soft tissue or bowel.

Surgical Instrument - Kelly Clamp

Alias – Snap
Use - Grasping or Clamping
Additional Info - The most basic clamp available in virtually all surgical
Surgical Instrument - Carmalt Clamp instrument sets.
Use – Clamping
Additional Info - Larger than a kelly clamp and often confused with the
Peon Clamp of the same size; Carmalt clamps have the characteristic jaw
structure pictured.

Surgical Instrument – Kocher

Surgical Instrument - Deaver Retractor Alias – Ochsner
Use – Retracting Use – Grasping
Additional Info - Available in multiple widths and common to many surgical Additional Info - Used to grasp bone or fascia.
trays for general, orthopedic and GYN surgery.
Surgical Instrument - Mayo Scissors
Alias - Suture Scissors
Use – Cutting
Additional Info - General purpose and suture cutting scissors, normally not Surgical Instrument - Russian Forceps
used on tissue. Alias – Russians
Use – Grasping
Additional Info - A multi purpose pick up in most instrument sets.

Surgical Instrument - Metzenbaum Scissors

Alias – Metz
Use – Cutting
Additional Info - The most common scissors use for cutting tissue.
Surgical Instrument - Shallow Gelpi Retractor
Use - Self Retaining Retraction
Additional Info - Common to spine and orthopedic surgery.

Surgical Instrument - Weitlaner Retractor

Alias - Self Retainer
Use – Retraction
Additional Info - Available with both sharp and dull jaws.

Surgical Instrument - Mosquito Clamp

Use – Clamping
Additional Info - Pictured above it the Kelly Clamp and below the small
Mosquito Clamp.

Surgical Instrument - Yankauer Suction Tip

Use - Suction

Surgical Instrument - Poole Suction

Use – Suction
Additional Info - All of the holes around the poole suction allow it to suck
up large amounts of fluid without getting clogged. Perfect after irrigating
the abdominal cavity.

Suture Name – Chromic

Construction – Monofilament
Strength - 21-28 days
Surgical Instrument - Richardson Retractor Absorption - 90 Days
Alias – Rich Color - Brown or Blue Dyed
Use – Retraction Additional Info - Chromic suture is made from either beef serosa or sheep
Additional Info - Available in multiple sizes as well as single and double submucosa. It is most commonly used in OB-GYN surgery and facial plasic
ended. This is one of the most common general surgery retractors. or oral surgery.
Suture Name – Ethibond
Construction – Braided Suture Name – PDS
Absorption - Non-Absorbable Construction – Monofilament
Color - Dyed Green Strength - Size 4-0 and smaller 60% @ 2 weeks, 40% @ 4 weeks, and 35% @
Additional Info - Most commonly used in orthopedic surgery to reconnect 6 weeks
high tension tissue. A #5 Ethibond suture, the largest, can be used to repair Size 3-0 and larger 80% @ 2 weeks, 70% @ 4 weeks, and 60% @ 6 weeks
a ruptured Achilles tendon. Absorption - 183 - 238 days
Color - Clear or Violet
Additional Info - PDS is a long lasting absorbable monofilament suture for
soft tissue approximation, it is commonly used to approximate fascia in
open abdominal cases.

Suture Name – Gortex

Construction – Monofilament
Absorption - Non-Absorbable Suture Name – Prolene
Color – White Construction – Monofilament
Additional Info - Common uses for gortex suture would be for suturing the Absorption - Non-absorbable
anastomosis of cardiac or vascular grafts, or to suture a gortex patch in a Color - Clear or Blue
ventral hernia repair. Additional Info - Prolene sutures often come double armed as pictured
above. This allows a surgeon to create an anastamosis with vascular graft.
Prolene suture for vascular surgery will often come as a "long" (36")or
"short" (18") stitch. The long stitch is used for the anastimosis, the short
stitch is used to repair a small hole in the vessel typically.

Suture Name – Monocryl

Construction – Monofilament
Strength - 50%-70% 1 week, 20% - 40% @ 2 weeks
Suture Name – Silk
Absorption - 91-119 Days
Construction – Braided
Color - Violet or Undyed Clear
Absorption - Non-Absorbable
Additional Info - One of the most common sutures used in all surgical
Color – Black
services for skin closure, also used commonly in cosmetic surgery for
Additional Info - Commonly used to tie in surgical drains, repair small holes
general soft tissue closure.
in the bowel or tie off large blood vessels.

Suture Name - Nylon Ethilon Suture Name – Vicryl

Construction – Monofilament Construction – Braided
Absorption - Non-Absorbable Strength - 75% @ 2 weeks, 50% @ 3 weeks, 25% @ 4 weeks
Color - Black, Green or Clear Absorption - 56-70 Days
Additional Info - Most commonly used for suturing the skin when using an Color - Violet or White
interrupted stitch, sewing in a surgical drain, and very small Ethilon sutures Additional Info - One of the most common sutures used in all surgical
are used for repairing lacerated nerves or blood vessels services to approximate soft tissue.