Thoracic Instruments
Instrument that has appearance of misshapen pancake spatula
What is a Davidson scapular retractor
This instrument is used during a femorofemoral bypass graft to allow the graft a pathway through tissue
What is a tunneler?
For CABG, this end of the bypass graft is anastomosed first
What is the distal end?
2 surgical paths for repair of a AAA
What is open and endoscopic?
Releases constriction of the lungs by fibrin layers
What is a lung decortication?
Used for collection of mucus or bronchial washing specimens
What is a Luken's tube
This small straight or curved self retaining clamp is used to block off vessel lumens during bypass, thrombectomies or embolectomies.
What is a bulldog clamp?
For cardiopulmonary bypass, this type of stitch is used to anchor the canulas
What is a pursestring?
This shunt is used to bypass during a carotid endarterectomy
What is a Javid shunt?
Incision used for a pneumonectomy
What is posterolateral?
scope used to view thymomas, pericardial cysts and to facilitate removal of lymph noded near the great vessels
What is a mediastinoscope?
This instrument is used to divide the sternum
What is a sternal saw?
The canulas for cardiopulmonary bypass are most commonly placed in these two structures
What is the right atrium and ascending aorta?
These balloon catheters are used to remove thrombi from arteries.
What are fogarty catheters?
When a VATS goes open
What is a thoracotomy?
This instrument has an open triangular shaped end used to grasp lung tissue
What is a Duval or Lovelace clamp?
This large atraumatic vascular clamp is used to partially or completely occlude vessels
What is a Satinsky clamp?
This medication is used to stop the heart for CPB
What is cardioplegia?
This is the creation of a connection between and artery and vein for hemodialysis
How do we check for leaks following a lung transplant
What is a bronchoscopy?
This retractor looks like a wisk.
What is an Allison lung retractor?
These specialized scissors with various angles are used to make small cuts into the receiving coronary vessel to allow for anastomosis of the graft during CABG
These two heart valves are the most commonly replaced
What is the bicuspid/mitral/left AV valve and aortic (semilunar) valve?
This bypass is required if one of the external iliac arteries are blocked with plaque
What is a femorofemoral bypass graft?
If you open the pleural cavity, you need to use the following upon completion
What is a chest tube attached to a pleurovac system