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What is the most common material for surgical instruments to be made of in the veterinary industry?

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Stainless Steel

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What are the benefits of stainless steel as a material for surgical instruments?

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Strong, high resistance to corrosion with an attractive finish

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How can instruments made of Tungsten Carbide be identified?

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They have gold coloured handles

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What are the benefits of Tungsten Carbide as a material for surgical instruments?

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Hard and resistant to wear

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What are the disadvantages to Tungsten Carbide as a material for surgical instruments?

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It is expensive, inserts are usually used instead of the whole instruments being made out of it

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What is the most desirable material for surgical instruments to be made out of?

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Tungsten Carbide

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What are the advantages of Chromium-plated carbon steel surgical instruments?

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Cheaper

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What are the disadvantages of Chromium-plated carbon steel surgical instruments?

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Tend to rust, pit and blister in contact with chemicals and saline
Tend to blunt quicker

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What are Ophthalmic instruments most commonly made of?

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Titanium

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What are the advantages of Titanium surgical instruments?

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Lightweight

Improves visibility by reducing glare when using microscopes for ophthalmic surgery

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What size scalpel blades would fit and size 3 handle?

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10, 11, 12 and 15

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What size scalpel blades would fit a size 4 handle?

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20, 21 and 22

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What size scalpel handle is most commonly used in small animal surgery?

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size 3

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What size scalpel handle is most commonly used in large animal surgery?

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Size 4

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What scalpel handle is most commonly used in ophthalmic surgery?

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Beaver handle

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What are examples of Dissecting forceps?

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DeBakey
Brown-Adson
Adson

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What type of dissecting forceps should be used for handling viscera?

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Plain dissecting forceps - DeBakey or Brown-Adson

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What Dissecting forceps should be used for handling dense tissues?

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Toothed forceps - Adson

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What scissors are most commonly used for routine surgery?

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Mayo Scissors

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What scissors have finer, long handles and tend to be used for delicate tissues?

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Metzenbaum scissors

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What scissors are used for cutting sutures?

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Carless Scissors

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What scissors are used for removing sutures?

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Payne’s scissors

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What scissors are small, curved with the cutting surface of one blade hollowed out?

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Payne’s scissors

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What are examples of Haemostatic or artery forceps?

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Spencer Wells
Dunhill 
Crile's
Cairn's 
Kelly
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What are examples of Mosquito forceps?
Halstead mosquito forceps
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What are Spencer wells?
Artery forceps
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What are Dunhills?
Artery forceps
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What are Crile's?
Artery forceps
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What are Kellys?
Artery forceps
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What are the most commonly used Bowel clamps in veterinary surgery?
Doyen's bowel clamps
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What are Doyen's?
Bowel clamps
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What is the name of sponge holding forceps?
Rampley's sponge-holding forceps
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What are Rampley's?
Sponge-holding forceps
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What are examples of Tissue forceps?
Allis tissue forceps Babcocks forceps Duvalls
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What forceps should be used to grasp viscera?
Duvalls
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What are Allis tissue forceps?
Tissue forceps
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What are Babcocks?
Tissue forceps
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What are examples of Towel Clips?
Backhaus Mayo forceps Gray's cross action forceps
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What towel clips have ringed handles and curved pointed tips?
Backhaus and Mayo
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What towel slips work with a strong spring action?
Gray's cross action forceps
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What are examples of Needle-holders?
Gillies Olsen-Hegar McPhails Mayo-Hegar
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What Needle-Holders have a ratchet action?
Olsen-Hegar McPhails Mayo-Hegar
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What Needle-Holders have a scissor action?
Gillies | Olsen-Hegar
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What Needle-Holders use a spring ratchet that opens the jaws when squeezed?
McPhails
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What Needle-Holders have a ratchet but not Scissor action?
Mayo-Hegar
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What Needle-Holders have a ratchet and a scissor action?
Olsen-Hegar
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What Needle-Holders have a scissor action but no Ratchet?
Gillies
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What are examples of Hand-held retractors?
``` Langenbeck Senn Czerny Army Navy Malleable ```
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What are examples of Abdominal wall retractors?
Gossett | Balfour
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What are examples of muscle and joint retractors?
Gelpi West's Travers
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What are examples of retractors for the chest?
Finochietto
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What are Langenbecks?
Hand-Heled retractors
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What are Senn?
Hand-Held retractors
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what are czernys?
hand-held retractors
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what are army navys?
hand-held retractors
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what are malleable?
hand-held retractors
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What are Gossetts?
Abdominal wall retractors
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what are balfours?
abdominal wall retractors
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What are Gelpis?
Muscle and joint retractors
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What are Wests?
Muscle and joint retractors
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What are travers?
muscle and joint retractors
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What are Finochiettos?
Chest Retractors
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What orthopaedic instrument is tapered on both sides of the cutting edge?
Osteotome
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What orthopaedic instrument is tapered on one side only ?
Chisel
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What surgical instrument has a U shaped edge?
Gouge
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What is a gouge used for?
to remove large pieces of cartilage or soft bone
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What are Curettes used for?
to scoop the surface of dense tissue to remove loose or degenerate tissue
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What orthopaedic instrument has an oval shaped cup?
Curettes
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What orthopaedic instrument is used lift periosteum and soft tissue from the surface of the bone
Periosteal elevators
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What are Periosteal elevators used for?
To lift periosteum and soft tissue from the surface of the bone
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What are Rongeurs used for?
to cut out small pieces of dense tissue such as bone or cartilage

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