S&a Surgical Instruments

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Littauer Suture Removal Scissors;

Used to remove stitches following routing surgery, wound repairs etc.;

Note hooked portion of scissors for ease of removal of sutures;

Length= 4 & 1/2 inches long

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Spencer Suture Removal Scissors;

Similar to Littauer but smaller;

Typically about 3 & 1/2 inches long;

Have hooked portion as well

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Wire Cutting Scissors;

Have short, thick jaws with serrated (etched) edges;

Used for cutting wire sutures (jaw fracture repairs)

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Back 4

Lister Bandage Scissors;

Used for cutting bandage material;

Blunt tipped end slides under bandaging

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Mayo Dissecting Scissors;

Heavy scissors;

Blades may be straight or curved;

Used for cutting tough tissue such as heavy connective tissue

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Back 6

Metzenbaum Scissors;

Blade is straight or curved;

Used for cutting delicate tissues such as fat or thin muscle

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Operating Scissors;

Sharp-blunt;

Blunt-Blunt;

Sharp-sharp;

Cut through or snip tissue;

Separate tissu by inserting tips into the tissue and speading the points;

Separate tissue by exerting a steady force of the tips against the tissue until separation is adequate;

Cut suture material

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Mayo-Hegar Needle Drivers;

Used to hold curved suture needles;

NO built in scissors

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Olsen-Hegar Needle Drivers;

Used to hold curved suture needles (similar to mayo hegar);

Scissors built in- advantage dual function for tying sutures and cutting, disadvantage- cutting before you're ready

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Hemostatic Forceps

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AKA hemostats;

Utilized for hemostasis;

Clamp and hold blood vessels;

Different sizes with straight or curved jaws

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Kelly Hemostatic Forceps;

Transverse serrations;

Serrations only cover HALF of the jaws;

Jaws can be straight or curved

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Halsted Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps;

Transverse serrations;

Serrations cover entire jaw;

Smaller, finer jaws than kelly hemostats;

Jaws can be straight or curved;

Length=5.5 inches

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Hartman Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps;

Similar to Halsted;

Length= 3.5 inches

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Crile Hemostatic Forceps;

Larger than mosquito hemostats;

Transverse serrations cover entire jaw;

Jaws can be straight or curved;

Used on larger blood vessels than mosquito hemostats

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Rochester-Ochsner Forceps;

Similar to Rochester-Pean foreceps but have teeth;

Used to clamp blood vessels or to grasp tissue;

Most commonly used in orthopedic or large animal surgery;

May be used to grasp the claw during an onychectomy

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Rochester-Carmalt Forceps;

Larger than a Kelly or Crile;

Longitudinal serrations;

Used for clamping tissue and containing blood vessels;

Curved or straight

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Rochester-Pean Forceps;

Large version of Crile forceps;

Used for clamping tissue bundles and large blood vessels

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Brown-Adson Tissue Foreceps;

Designed to hold and easily release tissue;

Multiple intermeshing teeth of jaws;

Often used to grasp delicate tissue

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Adson Tissue Forceps;

Similar to Brown-Adson forceps;

Have a single "rat tooth";

Wider area for easier handling;

Commonly used to hold skin when suturing

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Back 20

Rat Tooth Tissue Forceps;

Different series of teeth;

Used for grasping skin and fascia

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Back 21

DeBakey Vascular Tissue Forceps;

Long, narrow jaws with multiple small teeth;

Atraumatic forceps used for handling blood vessels;

Used for vascular surgery

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Dressing Forceps;

Used for handling dressings;

Jaws have no teeth- just transverse serrations

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Allis Tissue Forceps;

Multiple teeth in the jaws;

Used to grasp intestine, fascia and skin;

Also used for retraction- can clamp to skin on both sides of the abdominal incision for better access to abdomen

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Back 24

Backhaus Towel Clamp/Forceps;

Secure drapes or towels to a patient's skin;

Sharp pointed jaws;

Autoclave in closed position

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Jones Towel Clamp/Forceps;

Same purpose as Backhaus towel clamps;

No ratchets- spring motion allows instrument to be opened and closed;

Instrument always in closed position

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Weitlaner Retrators;

Self-retaining;

Used most commonly for muscle retraction in orthopedic surgeries;

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Back 27

Gelpi Retractors;

Self-retaining;

Used most commonly for muscle retraction in orthopedic surgeries

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Back 28

Balfour Retractors;

Self-retaining;

Hold abdominal wall open for surgical procedures

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Back 29

Army-Navy Retractors;

Hand-held- need a surgical assistant to maintain position of these retractors;

Used to retract skin, fat or muscle

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Back 30

Senn Retractors;

Hand-held- Need a surgical assistant to maintain position of these retractors;

Used to retract skin, fat or muscle;

Looks like back-scratcher

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Snook Ovariohysterectomy Hook;

Used to retrieve each uterine horn during an ovariohysterectomy

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Scalpel Handle # 3;

Used primarily for small animals

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Scalpel Handle # 4;

Used primarily for large animals

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Small Animal Scalpel Blades;

10- routine surgeries: castration/ovariohysterectomy;

11- stab incision's: abscesses and creating opening for drains;

12- onychectomies (declaws)

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Small animal Scalpel Blade:

15- Routine surgeries (small animals- cats and others)

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Large Animal Scalpel Blades;

Most commonly used are sizes 20, 21, 22 and 23;

Fit on a #4 scalpel handle

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Transfer Forceps;

Sponge forceps or hemostatic forceps in a weighted cyclinder;

Used for transfer items from cold sterilization trays to the sterile field;

Forceps sit in "cold sterile" solution