Surgical Instruments

Front 1

Blunt Beckman Retractor

Back 1

Used for retraction in procedures involving deep tissue, such as in the spine, and in proximal femur fractures

Front 2

Senn Retractors

Back 2

Used to retract skin edges and deeper tissues of small incisions

Front 3

Cushing Vein Retractor

Back 3

Used to retact vessels anf tissues for exposure

Front 4

Malleable/Ribbon Retactor

Back 4

Used for retraction of organs and intestines in a wound

Front 5

McBurnery Retractor

Back 5

Used in appendinectomy

Front 6

Davis Brain Retractor

Back 6

Retract the brain and tissues during a craniotomy

Front 7

Sweetheart/Harrington Retractor

Back 7

Used for retraction deep in an abdominal wound; often used to retract the liver or intestine

Front 8

Army Navy Retractor

Back 8

Used for retraction in small superficial incisions to allow better exposure

Front 9

Sharp Weitlaner

Back 9

Holds wound edges open

Front 10

Volkman Retractor

Back 10

Used for superficial retraction of wound edges

Front 11

# 7 Knife Handle

Back 11

(10, 11, 12, 15) Used when precision cutting is needed in a confined space or a deep wound

Front 12

#4 Knife Handle

Back 12

(20, 21) Used to create a larger and/or deeper incision in heavy tissue area

Front 13

#3 Knife Handle

Back 13

(10, 11, 12, 15) Used to make skin incisions or whatever a fine precision cut is necessary

Front 14

Long #3 Knife Handle

Back 14

Used when precision cutting deep within a wound is necessary

Front 15

Long #4 Knife Handle

Back 15

Used to create a larger and/or deeper incision in heavy tissue areas deeper in a wound

Front 16

Steven Tenotomy Scissors

Back 16

Cuts tissues during fine dissection short

Front 17

Short Steven Tenotomy Scissors

Back 17

Used for dividing and dissecting the muscles and tendons of the eye

Front 18

Wire Scissors

Back 18

Cuts small-gauge wire and suture

Front 19

Lister/Bandage Scissors

Back 19

Cuts dressing, drapes, and other items; also used in a cesarean section to open the uterus without harming the baby

Front 20

Balfour Self Retaining Retractor with bladder blade

Back 20

Used for retraction of a large abdominal wound

Front 21

Metzenbaum/Metz/Tissue Scissors

Back 21

Dissect and undermine delicate tissues

Front 22

Long Metzenbaum Scissors

Back 22

Dissect and undermine delicate tissues deeper within the wound

Front 23

Straight Mayo Scissors/Suture Scissors

Back 23

Used to cut suture

Front 24

Potts Scissors

Back 24

Used to extend an opening in an artery or vein

Front 25

Curved Mayo Scissors

Back 25

Dissect or undermine heavy fibrous tissues

Front 26

Long Curved Mayo Scissors

Back 26

Dissect or undermine heavy fibrous tissues deeper within a wound

Front 27

Jorgenson Scissors

Back 27

Used to cut deep in a wound to get around something

Front 28

Iris Scissors

Back 28

Cuts tissues during fine dissection

Front 29

Curved Iris Scissors

Back 29

Cuts tissues during fine dissection

Front 30

Deaver Retractor

Back 30

Used for deep retraction of organs and viscera

Front 31

Gelpi Retractor

Back 31

Provides wound exposure, ranging from superficial to deep

Front 32

Double Ended Eastman-Richardson Retractor

Back 32

Used for retraction of wound edges

Front 33

Goelet Retractor

Back 33

Used for retraction of small superficial incisions

Front 34

Jansen Mastoid Retractor

Back 34

Used for retracting a postauricular incision

Front 35

Beaver Knife Handle

Back 35

Holds special shaped knife blades

Front 36

Double Skin Hook

Back 36

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