Surgical Instruments

How are instruments classified?

– Cutting & Dissecting

– Grasping & Holding

– Clamping & Occluding

– Exposing & Retracting

– Suturing & Stapling

– Viewing

– Suctioning

– Dilating & Probing

– Measuring

– Microinstruments

– Powered instruments

____ have sharp edges. They are used to dissect, incise, separate, or excise tissue.

Cutting instruments

Knife Handles

Knife Blades

Blades with numeric prefix of “1” fit with ___ or ____

#3 & #7

#10 Blade Knife

What number blade knife is this?

#15

What number blade knife is this?

#11

____ are used inside deep incisions

Long handles

____ are used for small delicate cases

Beaver knifes

Scissors

Straight Mayo (Suture) Scissors

Bandage/Dressing Scissors

Curved Mayo Scissors

Metzenbaum Scissors

Tenotomy scissors

Iris Scissors

Ronguer

Osteotome

Curette

Freer Elevator

Rasp

Grasping & Holding

These instruments are used to grasp tissue and hold it in place without injuring surrounding tissues

Grasping & Holding

Forceps

Kocher

Allis

Babcock

Sponge Stick

Towel Clip

Adsons

Tissue

Ferris Smith

DeBakey

Russians

Clamping & Occluding

These instruments are used to apply pressure

Clamping & Occluding

Anatomy of a Clamp

Mosquito

Crile

Kelly

Tonsil

Peon

Comparison between the Mosquito, Crile, Kelly, Tonsil, and Peon

Right Angle

Bowel Clamp

Vascular Clamp

Bulldogs

Used to pull Soft tissue and muscle aside to expose surgical site

Exposing and Retracting

Two types of Exposing and Retracting

– Hand held

– Self retaining

Skin Hooks

Senn

Cushing Vein Retractor

Volkman

Army-Navy

Malleable (Ribbon)

Richardson

Kelly

Harrington

Deaver

Weitlaner

Cerebellar

Gelpi

Balfour

Bookwalter

Webster

Crilewood

Mayo Hegar

Castroviejo

Skin Stapler

Weck Hemoclip Applier

Ligaclip Applier

Staplers

Nasal Speculum

Vaginal Speculums

Rectal Speculums

Rigid Endoscope

Laparoscopic Trocars

Laparoscopic Instruments

Thorascopic Trocars

Arthroscopy Cannulas

Cystoscopy Sheath

Camera & Light Cord

Flexible Bronchoscope

Flexible Ureteroscope

Proctoscope

Yankauer

Frazier

Poole

Uterine Dilators

Uterine Sound

Urethral Sounds

Lacrimal Duct Probe

Vascular Tunnelers

Rulers

Depth Gauge

Total Hip Trials

Castroviejo Needle Holder

Micro Scissors

Bishop Harman Forceps