Sx Procedures & Equipment

Question 1

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Halstead mosquito forceps

Ta_ll_er than Hartman (bigger)

HAS GROOVES ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH

Clamp small vessels (occlude/crush/hold firmly in place)

Usually smaller than Kelly

Question 2

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Hartman mosquito forceps

Clamp or occlude small capillaries that have been cut or are about to be cut.

Has grooves along the entire length

Question 3

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Crile forceps

Occlude small vessels like small uterine horns, or small to medium vessels.

Has grooves along the entire length

Question 4

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Kelly forceps

Occlude small to medium sized vessels

ONLY HAS TRANSVERSE GROOVES ON DISTAL HALF

Question 5

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Rochester carmalt forceps

A _c_ombination of transverse and longitudinal

Clamp large tissue bundles that contain blood vessels.

Occlude blood flow when perpendicular to vessel.

Has longitudinal and transverse grooves at the distal tip.

Often found in spay packs, crush ovarian pedicles or uterus

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Rochester-Pean Forceps

Clamp blood vessels or control large tissue bundles.

Only has transverse grooves along the entire length

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Ferguson Angiotribe Forceps

Crush powerfully and create a fold in tissues.

Common in spay packs, can be applied to uterine horns and spermatic cord

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Allis tissue forceps

Hold with maximal power, causes tissue trauma.

Only the tips come into contact and interlock.

Not good on friable tissue

Question 9

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Adson tissue forceps

Pick up, hold and maneuver delicate tissue.

Doesn’t have a lot of surface area, just the tip grabs it

Question 10

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Brown-Adson tissue forceps

Pick up, hold and maneuver delicate tissue.

Has alligator teeth, more teeth and larger surface area than Adson.

Used to suture skin, muscle layer, fascia.

Used in spays/neuters a lot

Question 11

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Tissue forceps (rat-tooth)

Grasp skin and other dense tissues so as to place sutures.

Can cause extensive damage to delicate tissues.

Has teeth at the end, more so than Addison. The teeth interdigitate

Question 12

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Babcock intestinal forceps

Grasp delicate tissue, such as intestines or uterus, without crushing or traumatizing it.

Has no teeth

Question 13

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Doyen intestinal forceps

Used to occlude and hold intestine.

Really long and thin, space even when closed, used a lot in foreign body procedures.

Has longitudinal grooves along the length

Question 14

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Backhaus towel forceps

Secure the drapes to a patient’s skin by creating a small puncture

Question 15

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Roeder towel clamp

Roller

Used for fixing drapes into skin of patient.

Has two balls on the end to prevent it from going too deep into the tissue

Question 16

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Jones towel forceps

Used to secure towels and surgical draping during procedure.

Have to force them open, more commonly used in delicate tissues, such as ophthalmology

Question 17

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Lorna towel clamp

Secure drapes to a patient or items to a surgical field *without puncturing the skin or instruments. Can be used for delicate wires, attach suction tubes to drapes*

Question 18

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Olsen-Hegar Needle Holder

Drive suture thru tissue that needs it, also helps in tying and cutting sutures. Tip has criss cross, more texture, good SA to grab needle. Has scissor blade behind jaw

Question 19

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Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder

Same as Olsen-Hegar, just no scissor blade. Used to drive suture thru tissue and helps in tying

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Mayo Scissors

Used in blunt dissection, and used to cut thru bulky connective tissue

Mayo makes you fat

Question 21

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Metzenbaum Scissors

Blunt dissection, cut thru soft tissue

Really long and thin, very delicate blades (not for cutting sutures)

Question 22

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Lister Bandage Scissors

Remove bandages and other dressings. One blade ends in blunt triangle designed to push skin out of the way and avoid cutting the skin

Question 23

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Spencer Delicate Suture Scissors

Remove suture from an incision line. One tine ends in a sharp curve, designed to slip under the suture tie

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Littauer Suture Scissors

Same as Spencer, but with thicker blades. Choice depends on what type of suture you’re trying to remove

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Senn Rake Retractor Hold open wound or incision so surgeon can visualize underlying tissues. Hand-held

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Army-Navy Retractor (or U.S. Army Retractor) Hand-held, used to hold open wound or incision so surgeon can visualize tissues. Not great, both sides are blunt

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Weitlaner Retractor (*there's no D!)* used to maintain muscle retraction during orthopedic sx. *Self-retaining*. Some use in neuro *There's a W at the end of one of the blades :-)*

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Gelpi Retractor Maintain wound exposure during orthopedic and neuro sx. *Self-retaining* *Kind of looks like bull horns? A G shape?*

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Balfour Retractor Holds abdominal wall open during sx. Self-retaining *Looks like a medieval torture device. Or some kind of sex saddle*

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Bone curette *Like a melon baller* Used to scrape out cancellous bone from the medullary cavity so as to perform bone grafts or to scrape osteochondrosis dessicans (OCD) lesions Common in fx repairs

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Periosteal Elevator Used to pry periosteum (bone covering) or muscle from the bone surface. Bladelike structure at one or both ends, with either sharp or blunt edges

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Ruskin Rongeur Used to remove or break up small chunks of bone, cartilage, or fibrous tissue. * both sides of the tip are hollow, can grab tissue* * double action: add'l joint, smoother cutting action, but larger*

Question 33

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The Bone Mallet: * set pins * strike osteotomes or any other matter that requires pounding during surgery. The Osteotome is used to cut through or to shape bone.

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Yankauer Suction Tip Suction fluid out of sx fields. Rougher suctioning, good 4 esophagus and large volumes

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Frazier Suction Tip Suction fluid out of sx field. Good for orthopedic sx and delicate areas

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Poole Suction Tip Primarily used in thorax or abdomen because it has an outer sleeve with small holes to prevent suctioning things you don't want to get suctioned *Pool filter?*

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Snook's OHE Hook Fish out and exteriorize uterine horn thru smaller incision in a small animal

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Trephine *Shaped like a T!* Perform bx or drill small holes into skull or sinus

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Mayo Stand Kidney Dish (or Suction Bowl)