Ch 11. Plastic and Reconstructive Instruments

Name: Areola Marker

Other Name: Cookie cutter, nipple washer

Use: Used for marking an incision line around the areola for a reduction mammoplasty and for marking tissue to become the new areola during reconstruction mammoplasty.

Category: Accessory

Name: McKissock Keyhole

Other Name: Reduction marker

Use: Used for marking the incision outline for a reduction mammoplasty.

Category: Accessory

Name: Dermamesher

Other Name: Skin Mesher

Use: Used for expansion of a split-thickness skin graft.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Dermatome

Other Name: Paget dermatome

Use: Used for harvesting a split-thickness skin graft.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Dermatome Blade

Other Name: Paget blade

Use: Used for harvesting a split-thickness skin graft.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Watson Skin Graft Knife

Other Name: Humby knife

Use: Used for harvesting a split-thickness skin graft or for wound debridement.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Iris Scissors

Other Name: Humby knife

Use: To cut tissues during fine dissection.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Kaye Facelift Scissors

Other Name: Life Scissors

Use: Used for cutting and dissecting tissue during a rhytidectomy.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name:Littler Plastic Surgery Scissors

Other Name: Littler Scissors

Use: To cut tissues during fine dissection.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name:Steven Tenotomy Scissors

Other Name:

Use: To cut tissues during fine dissection.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name:Jamison Scissors

Other Name:

Use: To cut tissues during fine dissection.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name:Reynolds Scissors

Other Name:

Use: To cut tissues during fine dissection.

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Name: Mammoplasty Hook

Other Name: Breast hook

Use: Used for retracting breast tissue during mastectomy or mammoplasty.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Joseph Single Skin Hook

Other Name:

Use: Used for retracting skin edges of small wounds.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Joseph Double Skin Hook

Other Name:

Use: Used for retracting skin edges of small wounds.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Single Cottle Tenaculum

Other Name:

Use: Used for retracting skin edges and deeper tissues of small incisions.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Double Cottle Tenaculum

Other Name:

Use:Used for retracting skin edges and deeper tissues of small incisions. Often used during nasal procedures.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Mathieu Retractor

Other Name: Cat Paw Retractor

Use:Used for retracting skin edges and shallow wound edges.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Meyerding Finger Retractor

Other Name: Cat Paw Retractor

Use:Used for retracting small wounds.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Ragnell Retractor

Other Name:

Use: Used to retract superficially and then deeper in a small wound.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Jarit Cross Action Retractor

Other Name: Holzheimer retractor, Cricket retractor, finger retractor, Heiss retractor

Use: Used for retracting a small, shallow wound edge.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Briggs Mammoplasty Retractor

Other Name:

Use: Used for retracting breast tissues during a mammoplasty.

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Name: Liposuction Cannula

Other Name:

Use: Used for aspirating adipose tissue during a liposuction procedure

Category: Suctioning and Aspirating

Name: Webster Needle Holder

Other Name:

Use: Used for holding small suture needles during delicate procedures.

Category: Suturing and Stapling

Name: Haley Needle Holder

Other Name:

Use: Used for holding small suture needles during delicate procedures.

Category: Suturing and Stapling