Tonsillectomy (ENT)

Question 1

Adson tonsil-Schnidt forceps

Answer 1

used to clamp small vessels in a deep wound and for holding tonsil sponges

Question 2

Colver tonsil pillar grasping forceps

Answer 2

Question 3

Davis-Crowe mouth gag

Answer 3

Question 4

Ring retractor blades

Answer 4

Question 5

Wieder tongue blade

Answer 5

Tongue Depressor

used to depress and thus retract the tongue away from the operative site.

Question 6

Hurd dissector

Answer 6

Pillar retractor

Used to retract the soft palate for oral procedures and dissects tonsil tissues.

Question 7

Tonsil snare

Answer 7

Used to sever the tonsil tissue through a guillotine action

Question 8

Jones adenoid curette

Answer 8

Question 9

Barnhill adenoid curette (small, medium, large)

Answer 9

Used to remove the adenoid tissue via scraping action

Question 10

Laryngeal mirror

Answer 10

Used to visualize the pharyngeal and laryngeal areas from the back of the throat

Question 11

7 knife handle

Answer 11

Holds #10, #11, #12, and #15 blades

Question 12

Tonsil snare wire

Answer 12

Question 13

Suction-coagulator tip

Answer 13

Neurocautery suction, suction coag

used to remove the tonsil and adenoids by cauterizing the tissues and at the same time suctioning fluid, debris,a nd plume from the operative site.

Question 14

Tonsil sponges

Answer 14