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General Surgical Instruments

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1. Thumb screw with flaring wings to open the arms of the retractor. Four sharp prongs on each side.






2. Holds blades 20 -21 -22 - 23 - 24 and 25 - Commonly use with the #20 blade to create a larger and.or deeper incision in heavy tissue areas






3. Atraumatic tissue forceps eith horzontal serrated tips that vary from fine to heavy






4. Jaws have horizontal serrations and two to one large interlocking teeth at the tip






5. Used to retract the scapula to expose the ribs during thoracic entry and closure.






6. Used to clamp -dissect - occlude tissue - 75 degree angle clamp w/ horizontal serrations that run the length of the jaws






7. A ratcheted instrument with curved - sharp - tinelike jaws






8. Curved or straight clamp with fine tops and horizontal serrations that run the length of the jaws






9. Self retaining with ratchet/release device on the shanks which holds them open in the wound. Tip has 3 outward curved prongs on one side and 4 on the other side. sharp or dull






10. Always the same siz and shape. Tips have two to one interlocking large teeth and a crisscrossed pattern serration






11. Retracts tissue or bone in tight - small areas.






12. Long - thinner scissors with curved or straight blades that can have blunt or sharp tips - Used to cut tissue only and never anything else






13. Solid stainless steel hammer-like instrument. involve with bone work






14. Rounded tip with starburst pattern serrations






15. Self retaining. Two hinged arms extended from the shank to three outward-curved prongs on one side and four on the other - sharp or dull






16. Hand held - smooth - flat metal strip with rounded ends






17. Hand held - double ended retractor and lateral curve to the blades on each end. One end longer then the other so its placed deeper in the wound






18. A hollow tube with a grip handle and a slightly bent shaft that terminates with a bulbous tip and a large opening.






19. Self retaining retractor for vaginal..






20. Holds blades 10 - 11 - 12 and 15 - Used to make skin incisions or whenever a fine precision cut is necessary






21. Has a broader jaw that is rounded at the tip with crisscross on the inner jaw






22. Smooth round jaws that extend to sharp - inward-curved prongs






23. A fine curved or straight clamp with horizontal serrations running halfway down the jaws. The shanks are longer than those of a crile or a kelly






24. Holds blades 10 - 11 - 12 and 15 - Used when precision cutting is needed in a confined space or a deep wound






25. Four claws that may be blunt or sharp. handle is tear drop shape with two prongs on each side






26. Curved or straight with multiple interlocking fine teeth at the tip reduce injury to the tissue






27. Occlude larger blood vessels and tissue before ligation - deeper wound or on heavy tissue






28. Fine tips have two small teeth on one side and one small tooth in the other side that fit together when closed






29. Very fine norrowed tips with horizontal serrations






30. The tips have two teeth on one side and one tooth on the other side that fits between the opposite when closed






31. Heavy scissors w/ straight blades - used to cut suture






32. Can be curved or straight and has two round tips with horizontal serrations






33. On each side if the tip there are two rows of multiple teeth that interlock when closed






34. Used to occlude bleeders before cauterization or ligation






35. Hand held double ended with smooth rounded ends






36. Dissects or separates hard tissue






37. An atraumatic tissue forceps with an elongated - narrowed blunt tip. A set of parallel fine serrations






38. Heavy tissue scissors - Curved blades - blunt or sharp tips - cut tissue only and never anything else