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| needle holders with scissors |
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needle holders without scissors
gold tipped to aid with identification |
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| how to hold needle holders |
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| ring finger & thumb; DIP joint of digits |
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| straight or curved, can be used to cut dense tissue (fascia, uterus, linea alba), drapes, suture |
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curved or straight; used for cutting delicate tissue (subcutis, bowel, bladder)
NOT suture |
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| straight or curved; small delicate tips; used for pinpoint occlusion of blood or holding stay sutures |
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| straight or curved; medium sized tips; occluding larger vessels |
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| difference between Kelly & Crile hemostats |
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| crile: grooves go down entire length |
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| straight or curved; used for cross-clamping ovarian or testicular vascular pedicle or uterine body |
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| Non-crushing tissue forcepts |
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| Doyen (intestinal) or Bainbridge (vascular) |
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| traumatic to tissue, used to secure hoses & lines to drapes; or hold tissue that will be excised |
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| fine point, used to grasp delicate or small tissue |
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| larger tips, multiple teeth; grasp more substantial tissue & needle |
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