Instruments used in general surgery

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Surgical instruments can be generally divided into six classes by function. These classes are:

  1. Cutting instruments
  2. Grasping or holding instruments
  3. Haemostatic forceps (instruments used to stop blood flow)
  4. Retractors
  5. Clamps and distractors
  6. 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 Artikulator.JPG Galotti articulator
Bone chisel 120px Cutting instrument
Cottle cartilage crusher
Bone cutter 120px Cutting instrument
Bone distractor 120px Clamps and distractors
Ilizarov apparatus Ilizarov2.jpg Accessories and implants
Intramedullary kinetic bone distractor Clamps and distractors
Bone drill Cutting instruments
Bone lever 120px 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 120px Accessories and implants Spackmann Cannula
Cautery Accessories and implants
Curette 120px for scraping or debriding biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure Cutting instrument
Depressor
Dilator 120px Accessories and implants
Dissecting knife cutting instrument
surgical Pinzette 120px Grasping/holding
Dermatome 120px cutting instrument
Forceps, Dissecting Babcock.JPG Grasping/holding Adson
Forceps, Tissue 120px Grasping/holding Allis Babcock
Forceps (Other) 120px 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 Kelly Forceps.svg haemostatic forceps
Kocher forceps 120px haemostatic forceps
Mosquito forceps 120px haemostatic forceps
Hook retractor
Nerve hook retractor
Obstetrical hook retractor
Skin hook retractor
Lancet (scalpel) Various scalpels.png cutting
Luxator 120px
Lythotome
Lythotript
Mallet
Partsch mallet
Mammotome 120px
Needle holder 120px grasping/holding Castroviejo Crilewood Mayo-Hegar Olsen-Hegar
Occluder
Osteotome Osteotome.1ger.jpg cutting
Epker osteotome cutting
Periosteal elevator 120px cutting
Joseph elevator cutting
Molt periosteal elevator cutting
Obweg periosteal elevator cutting
Septum elevator cutting
Tessier periosteal elevator cutting
Probe
Retractor 120px retractor
Deaver retractor 120px 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 Sharplan 40C.jpg cutting
Scissors 120px cutting
Iris scissors 120px cutting
Kiene scissors cutting
Metzenbaum scissors 120px To dissect soft tissue, etc. cutting
Mayo scissors Surgical instruments3.JPG To cut suture, etc. cutting
Tenotomy scissors cutting
Spatula
Speculum Spéculum en plastique.jpg retractor
Mouth speculum retractor
Rectal speculum retractor
Sim's vaginal speculum 120px retractor
Cusco's vaginal speculum 120px retractor
Sponge bowl accessories and implants
Sterilization tray accessories and implants
Sternal saw cutting
Suction tube accessories and implants
Surgical elevator 120px
Surgical hook 120px --> retractor
Surgical knife
Surgical mesh accessories and implants
Surgical needle 120px accessories and implants
Surgical snare
Surgical sponge
Surgical spoon 120px
Surgical stapler 120px accessories and implants
Surgical tray
Suture 120px
Tongue depressor 120px
Tonsillotome
Towel clamp 120px clamp
Towel forceps clamp
Backhaus towel forceps 120px
Lorna towel forceps
Tracheotome
Tissue expander accessories and implant
Subcutaneous inflatable balloon expander accessories and implants
Trephine 120px cutting instrument
Trocar Trocar.jpg cutting instrument

References

  1. ↑ Living with an Ilizarov/Taylor Spatial Frame UK newspaper article
  2. ↑ ilizarov.com (English)
  3. ↑ Children with Tracheostomies Resource Guide, by Marilyn K. Kertoy, p. 15 (Google book search)
  4. ↑ Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Practical approach to nephrostomy
  7. ↑ See Mr R McElroy for details of various operations and the unintended effects of chemical cauterization
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ How do they get the hole through a hypodermic needle?
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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