Surgical Instruments and Terminology

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Objectives
 Describe various surgical instruments  Discuss the names of various surgical

instruments

 Perform surgical procedures  Chosen based on action  These tools are used for
     

Holding Pulling Clamping Cutting Crushing Closing a wound

Definitions
 Excision removal of tissues by surgical cuts  Ecraseur an instrument that permits

excision by a crushing action  Incision surgical cut made into a tissue of organ  Cannula a tube that is inserted into a body cavity for drainage of fluid

Scissors
 Four different types
   

Utility Suture Surgical Dissecting

 Utility


Cut material that may dull the blade

 Suture
 

Remove sutures Type of utility

 Operating
   

Surgical Cut soft tissue Different sizes Blade can be straight, curved, blunt or pointed

 Dissecting


Separate and differentiate tissues

Forceps
 Three Types
  

Thumb forceps Clamping forceps Needle holders

 Look like tweezers

 Thumb forceps


Used for
   

Grasping Compressing Cutting Pulling tissue

 Clamping forceps
 

Hemostats Control blood flow

 Needle holders
  

Locking forceps Similar to hemostats Holds suture needles when installing stitches

Scalpels
 Very sharp knife  Handle and blade are packaged separately  Used to make surgical cuts called incisions  Different sizes and styles  Tenotome- dissecting scalpel used for fine

dissection and cutting or dividing tendons

Tubes
 Cannula  Wound healing  Different lengths  Types
 

Trocar Catheters

 Trocar
 

Release fluid or gas build-ups Sharp stylet inside cannula

 Catheters
 

Either metal or rubber Inserted into body structures