Instruments Flashcards
(24 cards)
- Comes in various sizes and configurations ;
- Usually have a blade at one end & the blade
have one or two cutting edges. - Some have detachable and replaceable blades
like adenotome & dermatome - May be also known as scalpels
Knives
- Blades may be straight, angled or curved , pointed or blunt a the tips and the handles maybe long or short ;
- Used only to cut or dissect tissues ;
Scissors
Used to cut delicate tissue; also known as TISSUE OR OPERATING SCISSOR. May be curved or straight
METZENBAUM SCISSORS
Used to cut sutures and supplies ; also known as SUTURE SCISSOR.
STRAIGHT MAYO SCISSORS
- Used to cut heavy and tough tissues (fascia, muscles, uterus & breast)
- Available in regular and long sizes.
CURVED MAYO SCISSORS
- Have short, heavy blades
- They are used instead of suture scissors to cut
stainless steel sutures - Heavy wire cutters are used to cut bone fixation wires.
WIRE SCISSORS
Used to cut drains and dressings and to open items such as plastic packets.
- Bandage is used to cut the uterus and umbilicus during CS operation.
DRESSING / BANDAGE SCISSORS
Includes biopsy forceps and punches, curettes (has a sharp edge with loop, ring or scoop on the end), snares (a loop of wire may be put around a pedicle to dissect tissue such as a tonsil, then the wire cuts the pedicle as it retracts into the instrument and the wire is replaced after use).
DISSECTORS
Electronic instruments used to cut the skin, tissues, and vessels (yellow button)
- Also used to coagulate bleeding vessels by heat (blue button)
CAUTERY TIP AND MACHINE
Used to hold delicate tissues ; are tapered with serrations at the tip ; maybe straight or angled, short or long and delicate or heavy.
THUMB / SMOOTH / NON-TOOTHED FORCEPS
Have a single tooth on one side that fits between two teeth on the opposing side; use to hold tough tissues.
TOOTHED / PICK UP / RAT TOOTH FORCEPS
Has a scissor action. Each jaw curves slightly inward with a row of teeth at the end ; Holds tough tissue gently but securely
ALLIS FORCEPS
The end of each jaw is rounded to fit around a structure or to grasp tissue without injury.
BABCOCK FORCEPS
Used to grasp calculi such as kidney stones or gall stones;
Either curved or straight forceps ;
Have blunt loops or cups at the end of the
jaws
STONE FORCEPS
Curved or angled points on the ends of the jaws penetrate tissue to grasp firmly;
- May have a single tooth or multiple teeth
TENACULUM
Includes vice-grip, pliers and other types of heavy holding forceps use to stabilize the bone.
BONE HOLDERS
Used primarily to clamp blood vessels; For shallow layers of tissues
CRILE / STET / TAG FORCEPS
For deep layers of tissues or cavity
Kelly Forceps
Used to crush tissues or clamp blood vessels;
Fine tips are used for small vessels and structures while longer and sturdier jaws are needed for larger vessels, dense structures
and thick tissues.
CRUSHING CLAMPS
Used to occlude peripheral or major blood vessels TEMPORARILY;
- Minimizes tissue trauma;
- Jaws, either straight, curved or S shaped, have opposing rows of finely serrated teeth
NON CRUSHING VASCULAR CLAMPS
Used for Abdominal operation
ARMY-NAVY RETRACTOR
Used for deeper retraction
- Exploratory in abdominal surgery
DEAVER RETRACTOR
Used to protect the organ
- Minimizes trauma
HARRINGTON RETRACTOR
Used in cesarean section
SINGLE END RICHARDSON RETRACTOR
