Veterinary Surgical Instruments

Allis

Used to hold tissues and can be used as a retractor. Use caution as it can cause tissue damage.

Mayo-Hegar needle driver

Used to drive suture needles through tissue.

Rochester-Pean forceps

Used to clamp blood vessels or large tissue bundles

#3 knife handle

Mayo Scissors

Used to cut through tissue; fasica, straight or curved.

Halsted Mosquito Hemostats

Used to clamp small vessels. Jaw forms a small point.

Kelly Hemostats

Used to clamp small to medium- sized blood vessels. Only the distal half of the jaws contain transverse grooves.

Crile Hemostats

Used to clamp small to medium- sized blood vessels.

Babcock Tissue Forceps

Used to grasp delicate tissue without damaging it (i.e. intestines, uterus, etc.)

Bard-Parker Handle #3

most useful for small animal surgery

detachable blades #10, 11, 12, and 15

Bard-Parker Handle #4

most commonly used for large animal surgeries

detachable blades #20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25

No. 20 blade

mostly used in large animal procedures

fits handles #4 or #8

No. 15 blade

used for small or very precise incision or curved incisions. Commonly used for declaw in cats

fits handle #3

No. 11 blade

used to puncture; fine point

fits handle #3

No. 12 blade

fits handle #3

No. 23 blade

mostly used in large animal procedures

fits handles #4 or #8

No. 10 blade

used for general procedures; most common blade

fits handle #3

Lister bandage scissors

used to remove bandages and other dressings; blunt triangle blade designed to push skin away as the tip is slipped under material; angled to allow fingers to get under scissors

Scissors

Instruments designed to cut tissue, suture wire or bandage material

Suture Scissors

designed to move sutures from incision line

Wire cutting Scissors

used in orthopedic procedures to cut wire

~compact blades

~4 3/4 inches long

~serrated surface

Olsen-Hegar Needle Holder

to drive suture needles through tissue that requires suturing and to assist in tying sutures. can cut the suture as well

Needle Holder

Hold curved suture needles during suturing

Perform suture ties

Thumb Forceps

Special tissue forceps

Hold and easily release tissue with a simple finger motion (tweezers)

Rat-tooth thumb forceps

To grasp skin and other dense tissues so as to place sutures. Can cause extensive damage to delicate tissue.

Adson Thumb Forceps

- used to GRASP TISSUE in suturing

- usually in 4 inch lengths

- manufactured with or without teeth

Brown- Adson Thumb Forceps

Preferred skin thumb forceps. Broad and inter-meshing tips give "delicate" grip ideal for fascia/skin/connective tissue.

Backhaus Towel Clamps

used to attach towels and drapes to the pt. and pointed tips that curve and join like ice tongs

retractors

surgical instrument used for holding back skin, fat or muscle to provide good visibility of the surgical site

Hemostatic Forceps

used to stop bleeding by crushing tissue and vessels.

Scapel

a surgical knife used to make incisions.

dressing forceps

Very long hemostats.

Can be used to pack orifices or handle contaminated bandage dressings

Tissue Forcep

used for grasping portions of tissue. Maintain the hold with the use of ratchet device on the handle. Designed for little of no tissue trauma.

Rochester Carmalt Forcep

Used to clamp tissue bundles that contain blood vessels. Longitudinal grooves and cross grooves at the tip.

Senn Retractor

used to hold back tissue from the surgical wound. 1 smooth blade, 1 blade with 3 sharp or blunt prongs

Snook Hook

Used for spays, hand held. Exposes the horn of the uterus

Gelpi Retractor

maintain wound exposure during general, orthopedic and neurosurgery

Metzenbaum DIssecting Scissors

Uses- cutting delicate tissue

Iris Scissors

Used for intraocular tissue. Sharp points

Wire cutting scissors

Cutting wire sutures, serrated side.

Rochester-Ochsner forceps

Used in orthopedic and large animal surgery

Ferguson Angiotribe forceps

Tough tissue bundles

Roeder towel clamps

bead or ball attached to jaws to prevent towel from slipping toward the box lock of the forceps.

Army-Navy retractor

Double-ended, smooth blade used to retract skin, fat, and muscle.

Malleable retractor

thin metal easily bent to desired shape.

Weitlaner retractor

Blunt prongs face out to hold tissue edges open. used in medium to large sized operative site.

Wilson rib spreaders

Used to retract ribs during thoracic procedures.

Balfour retractor

Provides increased exposure of abdominal cavity.