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NCM 103 #RD Year
NCM 103 #RD Year
USE • To sculpt bone; to aid in cutting a bone graft; to use with a mallet
Curette/Adenoid
VARIETIES • Approximately 8 1/2 inches long with curette openings ranging from 6 to
21 mm wide and 15 to 30 mm long; some are angled
Curette/Bone
USE • To scrape bone; to debride tissue; to scoop tissue out of small areas; to
Curette/Dermal
ALSO KNOWN AS • Fox dermal curette, Myles antrum curette, ring curette, Walsh
dermal
Curette/Ear
USE • To scrape inner ear (i.e., stapes); to remove debris from ear canal
3 mm
ALSO KNOWN AS • Billeau curette, Buck curette, ear loop, Shapleigh curette
Curette/Uterine
2 inches long
Curette/Uterine, Large
Cutter/Bone
ALSO KNOWN AS • Bone biter, Liston bone cutting forceps, rib shears
Elevator/Freer
USE • To take tissue off cartilage (e.g., nasal septum); to scrape plaque from large
orthopedic procedures; to press small balls of bone wax onto bone edges
Elevator/Rib
ALSO KNOWN AS • Doyen raspatory, Doyen rib elevator, rib stripper and elevator
Elevator/Periosteal
USE • To scrape and remove periosteum from bone in preparation for a bone
incision
Elevator/Septum
nerve vessels and bone in neurosurgical procedures; to use as a bone wax tamp
Handle/Scalpel
USE • To accommodate knife blades of many sizes (e.g., #10, #15, #11)
VARIETIES • Various lengths from short to long; usually straight but can be angled
Knife/Ear
USE • To create a fine puncture in the tympanic membrane for ear drainage in
myringotomy
Mallet
USE • To exert force on an object (e.g., to drive a nail into a bone); to use a chisel
or osteotome as a guide
ALSO KNOWN AS • Cooper mallet, Cottle mallet, Gerzog mallet, hammer, Lucae
mallet, Mead
Osteotome/Lambotte
VARIETIES • Curved or straight; 9 inches long; 6, 13, 19, 25, 32, or 38 mm wide
Rasp
ALSO KNOWN AS • Aufricht rasp, Cottle rasp, Fomon rasp, Lewis rasp, Maltz
rasp, Putti rasp,Wiener rasp
Rasp/Nasal, Wiener
Rongeur/Double-Action
Rongeur/Kerrison
orthopedic procedures
Rongeur/Rib
ALSO KNOWN AS • Bethune rongeur, Coryllos rongeur, rib cutter, rib shears,
Sauerbruch
USE • To hold Gigli saw blade for controlled severing of bone during amputation
Scissors/Bandage
Scissors/Castroviejo
USE • To cut vascular tissue during open heart procedure; to extend a coronary
artery
Scissors/Iris
USE • To cut delicate tissue during plastic, hand, and minor vascular surgery
VARIETIES • Small, fine sharp/sharp blades; straight or curved; 4 1/2 inches long
Scissors/Jansen
Scissors/Mayo
Scissors/Potts
Scissors/Strully
surgery
Scissors/Tenotomy
VARIETIES • Short narrowed tip; straight or slightly curved blades; small size
VARIETIES • Blades 4 3
Forceps/Adson
Forceps/Adson-Brown
VARIETIES • 7 × 8 or 9 × 9 teeth; 4 3
4 inches long
Forceps/Adson-Hypophyseal
4 inches long
Forceps/Bayonet
Forceps/Biopsy, Kevorkian
Forceps/Bipolar