Knifes
The most common surgical knife handles
What is #3, #4, #7?
Also known as "Suture Scissors"
What is Straight Mayo?
Weitlander
What is Retracting or Exposing?
Atraumatic clamp used to manipulate the intestines and fallopian tubes
What is Babcock?
The most common surgical knife blades
What is #10, #11, #12, #15?
Used on thin, fine tissue
What is Metzenbaum (Metz)?
Vanderbilt
What is Clamping and Occluding?
A clamp used to occlude a blood vessel
What is Hemostat?
The instrument used to load a knife blade onto a knife handle
Used on fibrous connective tissue like fascia and large tendons
What is curved mayo?
Pick-up
What is Grasping and Holding?
Suction slightly bent with a hollow tube, grip handle, and bulbous tip
What is yankauer?
Microsurgical blade and handle for small, delicate surgery
What is Beaver?
Used on dressings or to cut down drapes
What is Lister Bandage?
Deaver
What is Retracting or Exposing?
Tube-like instrument with round ends used to expand the circumference of an orifice
What is Dilator?
Elevators
What is Cutting and Dissecting?
Used to smooth out bone
What is Rasp?