SURGICAL

INSTRUMENTS
FLASH CARDS
COMMONLY USED IN A SMALL BONE AND JOINT
PROCEDURES
VOLKMANN RETRACTOR
USED FOR DEEP WOUND RETRACTION
MALLEABLE RETRACTOR
USED FOR EXPANDING SUPERFICIAL WOUND
SENN
ALLOW EASIER PLACEMENT OF LIGATURES AROUND THE
FORCEPS AND ALSO USED IN SURGERY FOR TEMPORARY
OCCLUSION OF A VESSEL
KELLY CLAMP
USED FOR RETRACTING SOFT TISSUE
GREEN GOITER
HOLD AND MANIPULATE TISSUES
ADSON FORCEP
USED TO RETRACT INCISIONS THAT
ARE SMALL AND SHALLOW OR
LAYERS OF SKIN
ARMY NAVY
USED FOR MAKING SKIN INCISONS
NO. 10 BLADE
 WIDELY USED FOR MANUAL SUPERFICIAL RETRACTION
(SKIN/SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE) PURPOSES. MAY BE USED
IN APPENDICECTOMY.
LANGENBECK
USED FOR CUTTING SUTURES
MAYO SCISSORS
USED FOR CLAMPING LARGE TISSUE AND
VESSELS
PEAN
TO GRASP TISSUE IN VASCULAR
PROCEDURES
DEBAKEY TISSUE FORCEP
CURRETTE SHARP
USED WHEN PRECISION CUTTING IS
NEEDED IN A CONFINED SPACE OR A
DEEP WOUND
NO. 7 KNIFE HANDLE
POPULAR RETRACTOR USED DURING
NEUROSURGERY OR AS RIB
SPREADERS
VEIN RETRACTOR
USED FOR GRASPING AND REMOVING
KIDNEY STONE, GALLSTONE, AND
POLYPS.
RANDALL STONE FORCEPS
USED FOR CLAMPING BLOOD VESSELS
BEFORE CAUTERIZATION OR
LIGATION
CRILE FORCEPS
USED FOR CREATING SMALL PRECISE
INCISIONS
NO. 15 BLADE
USED FOR CUTTING DELICATE
TISSUES
METZENBAUM
USED FOR CLAMPING, DISSECTION,
OR GRASPING TISSUE.
MIXTER/RIGHT-ANGLED FORCEPS
SELF-RETAINING; SHARP OR DULL;
USED FOR EXPOSING SUPERFICIAL
WOUND
WEITLANER
USED TO HOLD AN INCISION OR WOUND OPEN DURING
SURGICAL PROCEDURES. USED IN ABDOMINAL
SURGERY.
BALFOR WITH SELF-RETAINING
RETRACTOR
USED FOR DEEP WOUND RETRACTION
DEAVER
SOMETIMES USED DURING TONSILLECTOMIES, PAROTID
SURGERIES, SEPTOPLASTIES, AND CLEFT PALATE
SURGERY
NO. 12 BLADE
USED TO RETRACT THE SOFT TISSUES
SKIN HOOKS
USED FOR HOLDING BACK MULTIPLE
LAYERS OF DEEP TISSUE
RICHARDSON RETRACTOR
 USED WITH THE NO. 4 HANDLE TO CREATE A LARGER
AND/OR DEEPER INCISION AND ON HEAVY TISSUES AND
BONE.
NO. 20 BLADE
 USED TO HOLD OR PICK UP SMALL
PIECES OF TISSUE SUCH AS THE ENDS
OF ARTERIES.
TENNACULUM
USED FOR GRASPING TOUGH, FIBROUS, SLIPPERY
TISSUES SUCH AS MUSCLE AND FACES.
KOCHER (OCHSNER)
MOSQUITO FORCEPS
USED TO GRASP DENSE TISSUES
RUSSIAN TISSUE FORCEP
USED TO HOLD OR GRASP HEAVY
TISSUE
ALLIS FORCEP
USED FOR CREATING A SPONGE STICK, FOR GRASPING,
TISSUES SUCH AS THE LUNGS, OR FOR REMOVING
UTERINE CONTENTS.
FOERSTER (OVUM)
USED FOR GRASPING MODERATE TO
HEAVY TISSUE AND USED DURING
WOUND CLOSURE
TISSUE FORCEPS WITH TEETH
USED TO GRASP DELICATE TISSUE
BABCOCK FORCEP
USED FOR GRASPING TISSUE, SECURING TOWELS OR
DRAPES AND HOLDING OR REDUCING SMALL BONE
FRACTURES.
BACKHAUS TOWEL CLAMP
USED FOR FINE HANDLING OF TISSUE
AND TRACTION DURING DISSECTION
FORCEPS WITHOUT TEETH
DESIGNED FOR EASY REMOVAL OF
SUTURES
SUTURE/STITCH SCISSORS
PADAYON!!!