Instruments used in general surgery
Surgical instruments can be generally divided into six classes by function. These classes are:
- Cutting instruments
- Grasping or holding instruments
- Haemostatic forceps (instruments used to stop blood flow)
- Retractors
- Clamps and distractors
- Accessories and implants
Instruments used in general surgery are:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] [8][9][10] [11][12][13]
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Instrument class | Image | Uses | Specific instruments | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Articulator | Galotti articulator | |||
Bone chisel | Cutting instrument | |||
Cottle cartilage crusher | ||||
Bone cutter | Cutting instrument | |||
Bone distractor | Clamps and distractors | |||
Ilizarov apparatus | Accessories and implants | |||
Intramedullary kinetic bone distractor | Clamps and distractors | |||
Bone drill | Cutting instruments | |||
Bone lever | Accessories and implants | |||
Bone mallet | Accessories | |||
Bone rasp | Cutting instruments | |||
Bone saw | Cutting instruments | |||
Bone skid | ||||
Bone splint | ||||
Bone button | ||||
Caliper | Accessories and implants | Castroviejo caliper | ||
Cannula | Accessories and implants | Spackmann Cannula | ||
Cautery | Accessories and implants | |||
Curette | for scraping or debriding biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure Cutting instrument | |||
Depressor | ||||
Dilator | Accessories and implants | |||
Dissecting knife | cutting instrument | |||
surgical Pinzette | Grasping/holding | |||
Dermatome | cutting instrument | |||
Forceps, Dissecting | Grasping/holding | Adson | ||
Forceps, Tissue | Grasping/holding | Allis Babcock | ||
Forceps (Other) | Sponge Forceps | |||
Acanthulus or Acanthabolos | Thorn removal | |||
Bone forceps | Grasping/holding | |||
Carmalt forceps | haemostatic forceps | kalabasa | ||
Cushing forceps | grasping/holding | Non-toothed dissecting forceps | ||
Dandy forceps | haemostatic forceps | |||
DeBakey forceps | grasping/holding | Non-toothed dissecting forceps designed for use on blood vessels | ||
Doyen intestinal clamp | clamps and distractors | Non-crushing clamp designed for use on the intestines | ||
Epilation forceps | ||||
Halstead forceps | haemostatic forceps | |||
Kelly forceps | haemostatic forceps | |||
Kocher forceps | haemostatic forceps | |||
Mosquito forceps | haemostatic forceps | |||
Hook | retractor | |||
Nerve hook | retractor | |||
Obstetrical hook | retractor | |||
Skin hook | retractor | |||
Lancet (scalpel) | cutting | |||
Luxator | ||||
Lythotome | ||||
Lythotript | ||||
Mallet | ||||
Partsch mallet | ||||
Mammotome | ||||
Needle holder | grasping/holding | Castroviejo Crilewood Mayo-Hegar Olsen-Hegar | ||
Occluder | ||||
Osteotome | cutting | |||
Epker osteotome | cutting | |||
Periosteal elevator | cutting | |||
Joseph elevator | cutting | |||
Molt periosteal elevator | cutting | |||
Obweg periosteal elevator | cutting | |||
Septum elevator | cutting | |||
Tessier periosteal elevator | cutting | |||
Probe | ||||
Retractor | retractor | |||
Deaver retractor | retractor | |||
Gelpi retractor | retractor | |||
Weitlaner retractor | retractor | |||
USA-Army/Navy retractor | retractor | |||
O'Connor-O'Sullivan | retractor | |||
Mathieu Retractor | retractor | |||
Jackson Tracheal Hook | retractor | |||
Crile Retractor | retractor | |||
Meyerding Finger Retractor | retractor | |||
Little Retractor | retractor | |||
Love Nerve Retractor | retractor | |||
Green Retractor | retractor | |||
Goelet Retractor | retractor | |||
Cushing Vein Retractor | retractor | |||
Langenbeck Retractor | retractor | |||
Richardson Retractor | retractor | |||
Richardson-Eastmann Retractor | retractor | |||
Kelly Retractor | retractor | |||
Parker Retractor | retractor | |||
Parker-Mott Retractor | retractor | |||
Roux Retractor | retractor | |||
Mayo-Collins Retractor | retractor | |||
Ribbon Retractor | retractor | |||
Alm Retractor | retractor | |||
Self Retaining Retractors | West, Travers and Norfolk & Norwich | |||
Weitlaner Retractor | ||||
Beckman-Weitlaner Retractor | ||||
Beckman-Eaton Retractor | ||||
Beckman Retractor | ||||
Adson Retractor | ||||
Rib spreader | ||||
Rongeur | cutting instrument | |||
Ultrasonic scalpel | cutting | |||
Laser scalpel | cutting | |||
Scissors | cutting | |||
Iris scissors | cutting | |||
Kiene scissors | cutting | |||
Metzenbaum scissors | To dissect soft tissue, etc. | cutting | ||
Mayo scissors | To cut suture, etc. | cutting | ||
Tenotomy scissors | cutting | |||
Spatula | ||||
Speculum | retractor | |||
Mouth speculum | retractor | |||
Rectal speculum | retractor | |||
Sim's vaginal speculum | retractor | |||
Cusco's vaginal speculum | retractor | |||
Sponge bowl | accessories and implants | |||
Sterilization tray | accessories and implants | |||
Sternal saw | cutting | |||
Suction tube | accessories and implants | |||
Surgical elevator | ||||
Surgical hook | --> | retractor | ||
Surgical knife | ||||
Surgical mesh | accessories and implants | |||
Surgical needle | accessories and implants | |||
Surgical snare | ||||
Surgical sponge | ||||
Surgical spoon | ||||
Surgical stapler | accessories and implants | |||
Surgical tray | ||||
Suture | ||||
Tongue depressor | ||||
Tonsillotome | ||||
Towel clamp | clamp | |||
Towel forceps | clamp | |||
Backhaus towel forceps | ||||
Lorna towel forceps | ||||
Tracheotome | ||||
Tissue expander | accessories and implant | |||
Subcutaneous inflatable balloon expander | accessories and implants | |||
Trephine | cutting instrument | |||
Trocar | cutting instrument | |||
References
- ↑ Living with an Ilizarov/Taylor Spatial Frame UK newspaper article
- ↑ ilizarov.com (English)
- ↑ Children with Tracheostomies Resource Guide, by Marilyn K. Kertoy, p. 15 (Google book search)
- ↑ Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
- ↑ Rob Toreki (1 December 2004). "Cannulas". The Glassware Gallery. Interactive Learning ←Paradigms Incorporated.
- ↑ Practical approach to nephrostomy
- ↑ See Mr R McElroy for details of various operations and the unintended effects of chemical cauterization
- ↑ Ring, Malvin (July 2001). "How a Dentist's Name Became a Synonym for a Life-saving Device: The Story of Dr. Charles Stent". Journal of the History of Dentistry 49 (2): 77–80. PMID 11484317. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ↑ How do they get the hole through a hypodermic needle?
- ↑ Bonfils-Roberts, E (May 1972). "The Rib Spreader: A Chapter in the History of Thoracic Surgery" (PDF). Chest 61 (5): 469–474. doi:10.1378/chest.61.5.469. ISSN 0012-3692. PMID 4558402. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ↑ "General Instrument Sourcebook - KMedic" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ↑ Bailey & Love’s SHORT PRACTICE OF SURGERY (23rd ed.). ISBN 0-340-75949-6.
- ↑ Gould, George M. (1934). Gould's Pocket Pronouncing Medical Dictionary (10th (rev) ed.). P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Inc.
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