For Your Reference - Surgical Instruments - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 - Box 3-6 - AAPC

bougie

slender, flexible instrument for exploring and dilating tubes

cannula

tube enclosing a trocar that allows escape of fluid or air after removal of the trocar

clamp

instrument used to compress tissue

curet

spoon shaped instrument for removing material from a wall of a cavity or other surface

elevator

instrument for lifting tissue or bone

forceps

instrument for holding or extracting

gigli saw

flexible wire saw

hemostat

small clamp for stopping blood flow from a vessel

rasp

surgical file

retractor

instrument used to maintain exposure by separating a wound and holding back organs or tissues

rongeur

gouge forceps

scalpel

surgical knife with a sharp blade

scissors

a cutting instrument with two opposing blades

sound

instrument for exploring a cavity or canal

trocar

sharp pointed instrument contained in a cannula used to puncture a cavity