Basic

Surgical Instruments
 Categories
Suctioning and
Accessory Aspirating
Grasping and
Holding

Clamping and
Occluding Probing and Suturing
Dilating and Stapling

Retracting
Cutting and and Exposing
Dissecting
Viewing
Name: Electrosurgical Pencil
Other Names: ESU, Bovie
Category: Accessory
Use(s): Coagulate blood vessels,
cut tissue
Name: Electrosurgical Pencil
Other Names: ESU, Bovie
Category: Accessory
Use(s): Coagulate blood vessels,
cut tissue
Name: Electrosurgical Pencil
Other Names: ESU, Bovie
Category: Accessory
Use(s): Coagulate blood vessels,
cut tissue
Name: Harmonic Scalpel
Other Names: Ultrasonic Scalpel
Category: Accessory
Use(s): Grasp and divide tissue
Name: Hallstead Forceps
Other Names: Mosquito forceps
Category: Clamping
Use(s): occluding small bleeders
grasping fine suture (with suture-boots)
Name: Crile Forceps
Other Names: hemostat, snap, clamp
Category: Clamping
Use(s): occluding bleeders
Name: Kelly Forceps
Other Names: hemostat, clamp
Category: Clamping
Use(s): occluding bleeders
Name: Rochester-Pean Forceps
Other Names: Pean, Mayo
Category: Clamping
Use(s): occluding larger bleeders
Name: Schnidt Forceps
Other Names: Tonsil, Adson
Category: Clamping
Use(s): clamp small vessels deep in wound,
hold tonsil sponges,
‘tie on a passer’
Name: Mixter Forceps
Other Names: right-angle forceps
Category: Clamping
Use(s): clamp, dissect, and occlude
Name: Straight Mayo Scissors
Other Names: Suture Scissors
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Cutting Suture
Name: Curved Mayo Scissors
Other Names: Heavy Tissue Scissors
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Cutting tissue
Name: Curved Metzenbaum Scissors
Other Names: Metz, tissue scissors
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Cutting delicate or deep tissue
Name: Lister Scissors
Other Names: Bandage scissors
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Cutting dressings and drapes,
open uterus in C-Section
Name: Wire Scissors
Other Names: Wire cutters
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Cutting heavy wire
Name: No. 3 Knife Handle
Other Names: #3 scalpel handle
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Holds blade #: 10, 11, 12, and 15
used on skin
Name: No. 3 Long Knife Handle
Other Names: long knife, long handle
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Holds blade #: 10, 11, 12, and 15
used in deep wounds
Name: No. 7 Knife Handle
Other Names: #7 scalpel handle
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Holds blade #: 10, 11, 12, and 15
used in confined space or deep wounds
Name: No. 10 Blade
Other Names: n/a
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Skin incisions
Name: No. 11 Blade
Other Names: n/a
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Puncturing skin
Name: No. 12 Blade
Other Names: n/a
Category: Cutting
Use(s): tonsillectomy
Name: No. 15 Blade
Other Names: n/a
Category: Cutting
Use(s): pediatric or plastic surgery
Name: No. 4 Knife Handle
Other Names: #4 scalpel handle
Category: Cutting
Use(s): Holds blade #: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25
larger or heavier tissue
Name: No. 20 Blade
Other Names: n/a
Category: Cutting
Use(s): large or deep incisions
Name: Beaver Handle
Other Names: Round Handle
Category: Cutting
Use(s): precision cutting
Name: Adson Dressing Forceps
Category: Grasping
Use(s): grasping delicate tissue
Name: Adson Tissue Forceps
Other Names: Adson with teeth, rat tooth
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Align edges of wound/skin
Name: Brown-Adson Tissue Forceps
Other Names: Brown forceps
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Grasping delicate tissue (plastic surgery)
Name: Plain Dressing Forceps
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Grasping tissue and dressings

Regular

Adson
Name: Plain Tissue Forceps
Other Names: rat-tooth
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Grasping moderate to heavy tissue
Name: DeBakey Tissue Forceps
Other Names: DeBakes
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Grasping tissue
Name: Singley Tissue Forceps
Other Names: Tuttle thoracic tissue forceps
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Grasping delicate tissue, dressings, and sponges
Name: Bonney Tissue Forceps
Other Names: Victors
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Grasping heavy tissue, muscle, or bone
Name: Ferris-Smith Tissue Forceps
Other Names: Big uglys
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Grasping heavy tissue, muscle, or bone
Name: Russian Tissue Forceps
Other Names: Star forceps, Russians
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Grasping dense tissue,
bone graft
Name: Towel Clip (penetrating)
Other Names: Backhaus towel clamp
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Holding towels,
grasping tough tissue or bone
Name: Nonpenetrating Towel Clip
Other Names: Atramatic towel clamp
Category: Grasping
Use(s): Attach Bovie and suction to drapes
Name: Foerster Sponge Forceps
Other Names: sponge stick
Category: Grasping
Use(s): making sponge-sticks,
grasping delicate tissue
Name: Babcock Forceps
Other Names: n/a
Category: Grasping
Use(s): grasping delicate structures
Name: Allis Forceps
Other Names: n/a
Category: Grasping
Use(s): grasping slippery or dense tissue
Name: Kocher Forceps
Other Names: Ochsner, Koch
Category: Grasping
Use(s): grasping tough fibrous tissue
Name: Kocher Forceps
Other Names: Ochsner, Koch
Category: Grasping
Use(s): grasping tough fibrous tissue
Name: Army-Navy Retractor
Other Names: U.S. Army
Category: Retracting
Use(s): retracting small incisions
Name: Parker Retractor
Other Names: Park bench, double round
Category: Retracting
Use(s): retracting small or shallow wound
Name: Goelet Retractor
Other Names: Bolt retractor
Category: Retracting
Use(s): retracting small incisions
Name: Senn Retractor
Other Names: Cat paw retractor
Category: Retracting
Use(s): retracting skin edges
Name: Ribbon Retractor
Other Names: Malleable retractor
Category: Retracting
Use(s): retracting organs and intestines
Name: Skin Hook
Other Names: Joseph hook
Category: Retracting
Use(s): retracting skin edges
Name: Weitlaner Retractor
Other Names: Weity
Category: Retracting (self-retaining)
Use(s): hold wound edges open
Name: Frazier Suction Tip
Other Names: n/a
Category: Suction
Use(s): suctioning narrow spaces
Name: Poole Suction Tip
Other Names: abdominal sucker
Category: Suction
Use(s): suctioning large amounts of fluid
Name: Yankhaur Suction Tip
Other Names: tonsil suction, oral suction
Category: Suction
Use(s): suctioning all types of wounds (very common)
Name: Crile-Wood Needle Holder
Other Names: fine needle driver
Category: Suturing and Stapling
Use(s): holding small to medium suture needles
Name: Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder
Other Names: heavy needle driver
Category: Suturing and Stapling
Use(s): holding large suture needles
Name: Ryder Needle Holder
Other Names: fine needle driver
Category: Suturing and Stapling
Use(s): holding small to medium suture needles
(often in vascular)
Name: Webster Needle Holder
Category: Suturing and Stapling
Use(s): holding small suture needles

Note: No Serrations