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Surgical Instruments 1
Basic Surgical Instruments Quiz 1- Amarillo College
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
09/14/2009

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Name? Category? Uses?[image]
Definition

Name: Atraumatic Towel Clip 

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Attach Bovie and suction to drapes

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

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Definition

Name: Curved Crile Clamp, Curved Hemostat Clamp, (also known as Snap, Clamp or Stat)

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Creates Hemostasis, Controls flow of blood

*MUST SPECIFY CURVED OR STRAIGHT

*This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

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Definition

Name: Mosquito Clamps, Halstead Clamps

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Clamp/ occlude small vessels, tagging sutures

 

*This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

*Must specify STRAIGHT OR CURVED

*This is a very small, fine instrument 

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

(Hint: This has a "dolphin nose", curved tip)

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Definition

Names: Pean Clamp, Kelly Clamp

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Can clamp a small sponge called a peanut or kitner with this clamp to dissect tissue. Clamps/ occludes bledding vessels, retracts tissues for exposure.

 

*Short, Medium, Long lenghts

* This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

 

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

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Definition

Names: Mixter Clamps

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Clamp, dissect, occlude tissue

 

* Various angles and lengths, though if the angle is 90° then the instrument is a RIGHT ANGLE CLAMP

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

(Hint: The jaws are always curved, the shanks are always long)

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Definition

Names: Tonsil Clamp, Heiss Clamp

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Clamps small vessels in a deep wound, holds tonsil sponges. Can be used with a small sponge called a peanut or kitner for dissecting tissues.

 

*This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

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Definition

Names: Traumatic Towel Clip, Backhaus Clip

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Holding towels in place while draping. grasping tough tissue

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

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Definition

Name: Allis Clamps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Lifitng, holding, retracting slippery tissues or organs (tonsils, vaginal, breast, thyroid, bowel)

 

* Standard, Long and Extra Long sizes

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

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Definition

Names: Babcock Clamp

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Clamp delicate anatomy (bowel, fallopian tubes, ovaries, appendix)

 

*This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

*This instrument comes in various lengths

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

(Hint: The tip has a "crocodile tooth" look)

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Definition

Name: Ochsner Clamp, Kocher Clamp

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Grasping tough, fibrous tissue such as muscle and fascia

 

* Must specify CURVED OR STRAIGHT

* This instrument is TRAUMATIC

* Various lengths

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

(Hint: This has a narrow tip)

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Definition

Name: Crile-Wood Needle Holder

Category: Suturing and Stapling

Uses: Apply delicate suture

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

(Hint: This has a broad tip)

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Definition

Name: Mayo Hegar Needle Holder

Category: Suturing and Stapling

Uses: Apply heavy sutures, widely used in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery

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