Scalpel Handles

#3: Small Animal Surgical Procedures

#4: Large Animal Surgical Procedures or Necropsy

A: Metzenbaum- Used to cut delicate tissue (Ex:muscle and fat) REMEMBER: Never cut suture material with these.

B: Mayo- Cut thick tough tissue (Ex: Skin and fascia)

Lister Bandage Scissors

Used for cutting off bandages these are angled with a blunt end to avoid damaging the skin

Wire Suture Cutting Scissor

Thicker than Lister to cut through wire suture material

Littauer Suture Removal

Has a hook at the end to get under suture material to cut

#10

Note: #20 scalpel blade is most common for large animal

#22- Necropsy

#15-Eye surgeries

Allis Tissue Forcep

Used for grasping tissue to be removed. These are very traumatic and crush tissue.

Babcock Tissue Forcep

Same purpose as Allis but less traumatic

Backhaus Towel Clamp

Used to click tiny amounts of skin to hold drapes in place. You only want to click once.

Rochester Carmalt

Used to crush and occlude vessels in spays. Two curved and Two straight in a pack. Unlike pean and ochsner carmalt's have longitudinal grooves with a cross hatch pattern at the tips.

Rochester Pean

Used to crush and occlude vessels and large tissue bundles. Transverse grooves

Rochester Ochsner

Used to crush and occlude vessels in large animals. These are different than Pean because of there interdigitating teeth.

Kelly Hemostatic Forceps

Used to crush and occlud small to medium vessels. Transverse grooves run half way up the jaw.

Crile Hemostatic Forceps

Used for crushing and occluding small to medium vessels. Has transverse grooves that run up the entire jaw.

Adson Tumb Forcep

Aka: Mouse tooth

These are not traumatic to tissue

Rat Tooth Tumb Forcep

Used for grasping skin.

Debakey Thumb Forcep

Created by Dr. Debakey so he could suture small vessels while performing cardiovascular surgey.

Russian Thumb Forcep

Used at the tips of the interdigitating teeth for pulling needle out while suturing only.

Army/Navy Retractor

Smooth ends on both sides

Senn Retractor

Sharp or blunt

Snook Retractor

AKa: Spay Hook

Used in surgery to reach around the body cavity and hook the uterine horn and pull it to be exposed for removal.

Hohman Retractor

Used in orthopedic surgery to help lever tissue out of the joint

Mayo Hegar

Is used for needle holding.

Olsen Hegar

 Used for needling holding and to cut suture material. the tips may or may not have replacebale tungstin carbin tips.

Poole Suction Tip

Used for abdominal and thoracic surgery. Has a removable outer sleeve that is removed to clean properly and if the instrument is plastic it is disposable.

Frazier Suction Tip

Used for orthopedic or neurological surgery. A stylette is used to clean the middle piece.

Yankauer Suction Tip

General Purpose

• OR
• Mayo
• Metzenbaum