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Surgical Instruments

This document provides an overview of common surgical instruments used in various procedures. It describes different types of knives, scissors, forceps, clamps, retractors, and other tools used for cutting, grasping, exposing, suturing and stapling tissues as well as viewing and suctioning. Specific instruments are outlined including their purposes such as rongeurs for gnawing bone, osteotomes for cutting bone, curettes for scraping tissue, and various forceps, clamps, and retractors used for manipulation of tissues and control of bleeding. A wide assortment of tools is required to perform different surgical tasks.

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Surgical Instruments

This document provides an overview of common surgical instruments used in various procedures. It describes different types of knives, scissors, forceps, clamps, retractors, and other tools used for cutting, grasping, exposing, suturing and stapling tissues as well as viewing and suctioning. Specific instruments are outlined including their purposes such as rongeurs for gnawing bone, osteotomes for cutting bone, curettes for scraping tissue, and various forceps, clamps, and retractors used for manipulation of tissues and control of bleeding. A wide assortment of tools is required to perform different surgical tasks.

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  • Surgical Instruments Overview: Provides an overview of surgical instruments with images and brief descriptions of their functions.
  • Knife Blades and Scissors: Describes the functions and types of knife blades and scissors used in surgical procedures.
  • Specialized Scissors and Instruments: Details specialized scissors like Metzenbaum and Tenotomy, and instruments like Rongeur and Osteotome for surgical cutting and bone preparation.
  • Other Surgical Instruments: Explains the use of various instruments including curettes, elevators, forceps, and retractors, highlighting their surgical applications.
  • Clamps and Forceps: Focuses on grips and clamps like Allis and Babcock used for tissue handling in surgeries.
  • Clamping and Holding Instruments: Discusses instruments like towel clips, mosquito clamps, and speculum, emphasizing their roles in surgical procedures.
  • Hemostats and Retractors: Outlines hemostats and retractors such as Crile and Kelly, used for blood flow control and surgical exposure.
  • Speculums: Describes the use of different types of speculums, such as Balfour and Nasal, in surgical procedures for opening or viewing body cavities.

Surgical Instruments

❖ Instruments
➢ Cutting & Dissecting
➢ Grasping & Holding
➢ Clamping & Occluding
➢ Exposing & Retracting
➢ Suturing & Stapling
➢ Viewing
➢ Suctioning

• Knife Handles
➢ Come in various widths &
lengths
➢ Blades are attached by
slipping the slit in the blade
into the groove on the handle

• Knife Blades
➢ Are used for short shallow
Incisions
➢ Are used for large skin
Incisions
➢ Are used for initial puncture
of tiny deep incisions

• Scissors
➢ Blades of scissors may be straight,
angled, or curved
➢ Tips may be pointed or blunt,
handles may be long or short
➢ Should be used only for their
Intended purpose

• Straight mayo
(Suture) Scissors

• Curved mayo scissors


• Metzenbaum scissors

• Tenotomy Scissors

• Iris scissors

• Ronguer
➢ Are like pliers with a heavy, pointed
jaw. With their heavy construction,
rongeur are used for gnawing holes
in bones during surgery. The scoop
shaped tip of the rongeur is used for
gouging the bone.

• Osteotome
➢ Is an instrument used for cutting
Or preparing bone.
• Curette
➢ Is a surgical instrument designed for scraping or
Scraping or debriding biological tissue or debris in
a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure.

• Freer elevator
➢ is made for use in neurosurgical procedures that
require elevation and separation of periosteum and other
soft tissue. This elevator is a multipurpose tool that can be
used for elevation but also to scrape bone as well as
some dissection.

• Forceps
➢ An instrument resembling a pair of pincers or tongs,
Used for grasping, manipulating, or extracting, especially
such an instrument used by a surgeon.

• Kocher
• Allis
➢ Is a commonly used surgical instrument.
Clamp is a surgical instrument with sharp teeth,
Used to hold or grasp heavy tissue. It is also
Used to grasp fascia and soft tissues such
as breast or bowel tissue.

• BABcock

• Sponge stick
• Towel clip
➢ Are instruments that have proved to be
indispensable in surgeries. One of their
primary functions is to hold drapes in place,
to keep only the operating field exposed.

• Adsons

• Ferres smith
➢ Is a specialized surgical instrument used
for Handling delicate internal tissues.

• Mosquito clamp
➢ A small, straight or curved hemostatic
Forceps used to hold delicate tissue
Or compress a bleeding vessel.
• Crile
➢ A clamp for temporary stoppage
of blood flow.

• Kelly clamp
➢ A curved hemostat without teeth.

• Tonsil clamp

• Peon
➢ Is a surgical tool used in many
surgical procedures to control bleeding.

• Deaver

• weitlaner
• Balfour

• Nasal speculum

• Vaginal speculum

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