It can have detachable blades, ratchet handles, locks, and be able to attach to beds, It does not need to be hand held to work.
What is a self-retaining retractor?
100
It is an instrument used for cutting cloth, flesh, paper, and other materials.
What are scissors?
100
Also called "mouse-toothed" it is used to approximate the edges of the wound during stapling.
What is the Toothed Adson Tissue Forceps?
200
The small "hand-like" ends come together to with small teeth.
What is an Allis Clamp?
200
It is named after a famous cardiac surgery that developed it.
What is a DeBakey Forceps?
200
It has multiple parts. It is used on lower abdominal surgery.
What is a Balfour Retractor?
200
This type can be used to cut sutures.
What is a Straight Mayo Scissor?
200
Named after a famous cardiac surgeon, it is an atraumatic tissue forceps with an elongated, narrow blunt tip.A set of parallel fine serrations runs the length of 1 jaw and a center row of serrations on the other tip that interlocks.
What is a DeBakey Forceps
300
The ends that hold tissue looks like large triangles.
What is a Duval Lung Clamp?
300
It ends look like praying hands
What is an Allis Clamp?
300
It is used to hold the abdominal wall open. It has 2 rings (O's). (Nick-named the Irish Retractor).
What is the O'Sullivan O'Connor Retractor?
300
This type of scissors are preferred because they allow the surgeon to see the tip.
What are curved scissors?
300
It is used to grasp heavy tissue, muscle, and bone. It is also called Ferris-Smith Forceps, or "Big Ugly's".
What is the Bonney Forceps?
400
It's a name that is used for a boy or girl.It is used to clamp off larger vessels.
What is a Kelly Clamp?
400
It can have teeth or be smooth. It is used on the skin.
What is an Adson Forceps?
400
It is equipped with multiple blades of varying sizes, racheted clamps, and attaches to the OR Table.
What is a Bookwalter Retractor?
400
This scissor has spring loaded blades.
What is a Castroviejo?
400
It is used for grasping delicate superficial tissues. It has 2 rows of multiple teeth on each tip that interlock.
What is the Adson-Brown Tissue Forceps?
500
It is one of the smallest clamps. (It is also an annoying insect)
What is a Hallstead or Mosquito Clamp?
500
It is used to grasp dense tissue. The ends have a ring of rounded teeth.
What is a Russian Forceps?
500
It has 2 finger-like blades on a racted handle. It is used in superficial abdominal cases (hernias). The blades can be sharp or dull.
What is a Weitlander Retractor?
500
It has blades with a 25 to 90 degree angle used to extend venotomy or arteriotomy incisions.
What are Potts-Smith scissors?
500
It is used for grasping dense tissues. It has a round tip with a starburst pattern serrations.