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Instruments Flashcards

1
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Backhaus Towel Clamp Use?

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Attaching drape to skin and to secure suction tubes/cautery lines

  • are contaminated once placed
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Scalpel handle size 3 holds

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blades 10, 11, 12, 15

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Scalpel handle size 4 holds

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blades 20, 21, 22, 25

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Scalpel - Finger tip grip

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  • cuts with belly of blade
  • long, precise, firm strokes
  • single line preferred to choppy strokes
  • long incisions
  • blade perpendicular to the tissue
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5
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Scalpel - pencil grip

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  • short incisions
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Straight/Curved Mayo Scissors

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Straight: used for cutting tissues near body surface

Curved: for use within a cavity/deeper wound

  • sharp or blunt dissection - tough fascial planes/connective tissue
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Metzenbaum scissors

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For sharp and blunt dissection of DELICATE tissues only

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8
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Suture scissors

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used to cut suture

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9
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Bandage scissors

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used to cut bandage without injuring skin

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Rat tooth (Adson) forceps - very focal hold -> tissue damage

  • preferred for skin, fascia
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DeBakey Forceps

  • atraumatic
  • used for blood vessels/delicate tissue
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Smooth Thumb Forceps

  • more traumatic thn rat tooth
  • Used to remove dressings, sutures, grasp swabs, etc
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Mosquito Forceps

  • use on small vessels/point bleeders

Traumatic

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Kelly Forceps (Crile if grooves on entire surface)

  • used on moderate sized vessels

Traumatic

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Rochester Carmalt Forceps

  • Primarily for the ligation of stumps and pedicles
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Mayo-Heger Needle Holder

holds needle

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Olsen Hager Needle Holders

Hold needle, cut suture

18
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Matthieu

holds needle

Closure controlled by palm pressure

Not commonly used in small animal surgery

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Gillies Needle Holder

holds needle, can cut suture

20
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Allis Tissue Forceps

used to grasp and retract tissue

strong grip but very traumatic so restrict to tissue being removed or tough fascial planes

not for use on skin or viscera

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Senn Retractor

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Lagenbeck retractor

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Ribbon Retractor

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Army and Navy Retractor

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Hohmann Retractors

commonly used in orthopedic surgery

26
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Gelpi Retractor (self retaining)

soft tissue retractor, retracts muscle, fascia

sharp pointed tips for minimal tissue contact and minimal trauma

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Weitlaner Retractor (self retaining)

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Gosset Retractor

Abdominal retractor

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Balfour Retractor

Abdominal retractor

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Yankaur Suction tip

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Poole Suction Tip

32
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Frazier-Ferguson Suction Tip

Surgery - Clinics (2 decks)

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