Application vet- Tools

Needle holders are?

Used to hold a needle while pacing sutures into a patient

Mayo- Holds heavy instruments no scissors

Olsen- needle holders include locking jaw and scissor combo to hold needle and cut suture

Alligator forceps usage?

Grasping and holding delicate tissue (small)

Tissue forceps are?

Used to grasp tissue and have teeth that grip the tissue

Dressing forceps are?

Use to grasp and hold tissue but no teeth (smooth)

Rat tooth forceps usage?

Hold large thick tissues

Spay hook usage?

Located the uterus and uterine horns in small female animals

Adson brown tissue forceps are?

Have several small and delicate teeth that are used for light handling of delicate tissue

Allis tissue forceps?

Intestinal forceps that lock in place to hold and grasp tissue (bowel tissue/ intestinal tissue/skin)

Babcock tissue forceps?

Intestinal delicate forceps flared ends to hold intestine and bladder tissue that is delicate and easily damaged (laparotomy)

Sponge forceps are??

Straight or curved and used to hold gauze sponges or other absorbent material to clear away bleeding/debris

Hemostatic forceps?

Hemostats are hinged locking instruments used to clamp and hold off blood vessel

Mosquito hemostat usage?

Small with fine tip to hold delicate blood vessels (to remove small objects off skin)

Kelly hemostats usage?

Larger in size and partially serrated to better hold and grasp blood vessels

Crile hemostats usage?

Similar in size and shape to Kelly but fully serrated clamp blood vessels or tissue before cauterization or litigation

Carmalt hemostats usage?

Heavier and hold off the ovarian stump during spay surgery

Rochester carmalt usage?

Occlude large blood vessel around tissue before litigation (around a wound or heavier tissue - curve reduces damage

Doyen intestinal forceps usage?

Clamps are non crushing intestinal forceps with serration lengthwise to hold intestinal vessels and tissue without damage (short periods to tie off larger vessels)

Mayo scissors usage?

Cut heavy tissues and sutures

Metzenbaum usage?

More delicate thinner in size and used to cut and separate delicate tissues

Lister usage?

Push skin out the way when slipped under the bandage material

Literature suture removal usage?

Suture removal

Utility bandage usage?

Place beneath tightly fitting bandages

Refractors purpose?

Hold open an animals body cavity for exploration

Senn refractors usage?

Blades at each end to be blunt /sharp

Holman retractors usage?

Flat with a pointed appearance like a arrow

Gelpi refactors usage?

Ends hold tissues apart (single points on end)

Weitlaner retractor?

Rat like teeth on the ratchet ends