Lecture 2: Common Surgical Instruments Flashcards
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Name the blade:
No. 10
Name the blade:
No. 15
Name the blade:
No. 11
Name the blade:
No.12
What is the most common use for a 10 blade?
Small animal surgery, incision and excision of tissues
What is the most common use for a 15 blade?
Precise incisions in smaller tissues
What is the most common use for an 11 blade?
Ideal for stab incisions into fluid-filled structures or organs
What is the most common use for a 12 blade?
Elective dissection onychectomy (declawing) in cats
Name the scissors
Metzenbaum scissors
Name the scissors
Mayo scissors
When would you use Metzenbaum scissors?
For sharp and blunt dissection or incision of fine tissues
When would you use Mayo scissors?
For cutting dense, heavy tissue such as fascia
Name the scissors
Iris Scissors
Name the scissors
Bandage scissors
How would you hold scissors? What type of grip?
Wide-based tripod grip
Name the scissors
Stitch (suture removal)
Name the scissors
Sharp-blunt
Name the scissors
Wire scissors
Where on the suture should you grasp it with needle holders?
ONLY at the suture’s end where it will not be in the knot
Name the needle holders
Mayo-Hegar
Name the needle holders
Olsen-Hegar
Name the needle holders
Castroviejo
Name the needle holders
Mathieu
Needles should be placed __________________ to the needle holder to allow for the greatest manuverability
perpendicular
