general surgery instruments

Question 1

mosquitos

Answer 1

to stop bleeding

Question 2

jacobson mosquitos

Answer 2

to stop bleeding (finer)

Question 3

3 scapel handle

Answer 3

holding a scapel blade

Question 4

4 scalpel handle

Answer 4

-holding large-sized scalpel blade for cutting heavy tissue or bone

Question 5

5 scalpel handle

Answer 5

holding a scalpel blade; used mainly in podiatry procedures

Question 6

7 scalpel handle

Answer 6

holding a scalpel blade
- longer thinner handle fits in deeper and narrower areas

Question 7

straight mayo scissors

Answer 7

cutting suture, dressings, drains

Question 8

curved mayo scissors

Answer 8

cutting heavy tissue or muscle; dissecting heavy tissue

Question 9

metz scissors

Answer 9

cutting or dissecting delicate tissue

Question 10

balfour retractor

Answer 10

-deep abdominal retraction during a laporotomy

Question 11

weitlaner retractor

Answer 11

superficial would exposure

Question 12

joseph skin hooks

Answer 12

retracting skin

Question 13

gelpi perineal retractor

Answer 13

superficial would exposure

Question 14

richardson retractor

Answer 14

would exposure

Question 15

u.s. army-navy

Answer 15

superficial would exposure

Question 16

senn retractor

Answer 16

superficial would exposure

Question 17

cushing vein retractor

Answer 17

retracting blood vessels

Question 18

green retractor

Answer 18

superficial retraction of soft tissue

Question 19

volkmann retractor

Answer 19

superficial would exposure

Question 20

deaver retractor

Answer 20

hold back at the abdominal or chest wall during abdominal or thoracic procedures

Question 21

harrington sweatheart retractor

Answer 21

deep wound exposure in the abdomen

Question 22

malleable retactors (ribbon)

Answer 22

wound retraction

Question 23

poole suction

Answer 23

suctioning large quantities of fluid/blood

Question 24

yankauer suction

Answer 24

suctioning fluid or blood; may be used to suction secretion from the oropharynx

Question 25

kelly hemostatic clamp

Answer 25

clamping large blood vessels or tissue

Question 26

crile hemostatic clamp (hemostat)

Answer 26

clamping blood vessels or tissue

Question 27

halstead mosquito clamp

Answer 27

clamping delicate blood vessels or tissue

Question 28

pean

Answer 28

clamping blood vessels or tissue

Question 29

schnidt hemostat

Answer 29

clamping tissue; holding tonsil sponge

Question 30

glassmen resection clamp

Answer 30

clamping colon during resection

Question 31

doyen intestinal forceps

Answer 31

clamping colon tissue

Question 32

allen intestinal forceps

Answer 32

clamping colon tissue

Question 33

backhaus towel clamp

Answer 33

grasping tissue that will be removed; securing towels or drapes; holding or reducing small bone fractures

Question 34

edna towel clamp

Answer 34

securing drapes; securing suction, electrosurgical unit cords, or camera cords to the drapw

Question 35

foester sponge froceps

Answer 35

grasping tissue; holding raytec sponges

Question 36

adson dressing forceps

Answer 36

grasping tissue, applying dressings

Question 37

adson tissue forceps

Answer 37

grasping skin layer during wound closure

Question 38

debakey tissue forceps

Answer 38

grasping fine tissue; commonly used in all types of surgery

Question 39

singley tissue forceps

Answer 39

grasping intestinal tissue sponges

Question 40

bonney tissue forceps

Answer 40

grasping heavy tissue or bones

Question 41

allis

Answer 41

grasping, lifting, and retracting organs or tissue that are being removed.

Question 42

babcock

Answer 42

grasping delicate tissue ( fallopain tube, bowel, vas defferns

Question 43

pennington forceps

Answer 43

grasping tissue, especially during intestinal or rectal surgeries, cesarean section

Question 44

bakes common bile duct dilators

Answer 44

dilating the common bile duct

Question 45

mayo-hegar needle holder

Answer 45

holding heavy (large) suture needles

Question 46

webster needle holder

Answer 46

holding fine suture needles; used mostly in plastic or ENT surgery

Question 47

EEA stapler

Answer 47

anastomosing bowel to the stomach or bowel to bowel

Question 48

GIA stapler

Answer 48

places two double rows of staples while simultaneously cutting the tissue between rows

Question 49

grooved director (mickey-mouse)

Answer 49

probing fistulas, ducts, etc