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37 Cards in this Set
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#3 scalpel handle |
- SA surgery - holds 10, 11, 12 and 15 blades |
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#4 scalpel handle |
- LA surgery - holds 20, 21, 22 and 23 blades |
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scissors |
- used for sharp cutting, blunt dissection - NEVER use on skin |
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Mayo scissors - thick, sturdy blades for cutting fascia, dense tissue dissection |
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Metzembaum scissors - delicate scissors used for fine tissue dissection - long handles compared to blade length |
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Tenotomy scissors - small scissors w/ very fine tips - used in general SA sx and ophthalmologic sx |
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Utility scissors - sturdier scissors for cutting bandage material, suture, removing sutures |
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Halsted mosquito hemostats - used to grasp small vessels for ligation/cauterization |
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Kelly hemostats - used to grasp small vessels for ligation/cauterization |
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Crile hemostats - used to grasp small vessels for ligation/cauterization |
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Rochester Oschner hemostats - used to cross clamp vessels or vascular pedicles - used to grasp masses or tissues during excision |
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Rochester Carmalt hemostats - used for large pedicles in canine OVH |
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Balfour retractors - self-retaining, abdominal retractor |
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Finochietto retractors - self-retaining, rib retractor |
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Gelpi retractors - self-retaining, tissue retractor - general surgical procedures |
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Weitlaner retractors - self-retaining, tissue retractor - general surgical procedures |
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Senn retractor - handheld retractor - used for retraction in small, shallow fields |
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Army Navy retractor - handheld retractor - medium sized, for general use |
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Malleable retractor - handheld retractor |
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Poole suction tip - for large fluid volumes - central pinpoint suction tube within outer fenestrated tube - commonly used in peritoneal cavity |
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Frazier suction tip - more precise suctioning |
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Yankauer suction tip - common tip for general sx |
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Allis tissue forceps - used to grasp tissue, crushing - not to be used on tissue to remain in the body |
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Layhey traction forceps - used to grasp and manipulate tissue |
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Babcock intestinal forceps - atraumatic tissue forceps, non-crushing - used to grasp bowel, hollow organs |
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Non-penetrating towel clamps - used to attach top layer of drapes to the bottom layer of drapes |
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Penetrating towel clamps - used to attach bottom layer of drapes to the skin - can also be used to temporarily hold together large wounds before closing |
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Adson's forcep - i.e. rat tooth - used for closure of SQ tissue or thin skin - too traumatic for use on viscera |
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DeBakey thumb forceps - cardiovascular forcep - atraumatic - used for handling delicate tissue, particularly vessels |
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Russian tissue forceps - relatively non-traumatic - used for handling viscera, somatic tissues |
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Brown Adsons tissue forceps - used for closure of SQ tissue and thin skin - can be used for hollow organs (less traumatic than Adson forceps) |
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#10 blade - "standard" blade for general sx - linear incisions, dissection |
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#11 blade - stab incisions |
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#12 blade - suture removal - castration of piglets, lambs |
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#15 blade - fine linear incisions, creating a wider stab incision |
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#22 blade - larger version of the #10 - linear skin incisions in thick-skinned large animals |
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needle holders - used to hold needle during suture placement |
