Surgical Instruments

Front 1

Ferguson Angiotribe

Back 1

used for crushing tissue and small vessels

Front 2

Senn Retractor

Back 2

hand held, used for skin, muscle, fascia, and other soft tissue

Front 3

Spay Hook

Back 3

locates uterus in small animals

Front 4

Weitlaner Retractor

Back 4

helps visualize the field of surgical vision, atraumatic, self retaining

Front 5

Gelpi Perineal Retractor

Back 5

same function as weitlaner with single sharp retaining function, used mainly on skin, muscle and fascia

Front 6

Balfour Abdominal Retractor

Back 6

atraumatic, larger incisions (abdomen, chest) allows very full field of view, thumb screw retainers

Front 7

Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder

Back 7

drive needles through tissue, cross hatching at ends keep needle in place, designed for metal-metal contact, not a hemostat!

Front 8

Castroviejo Needle Holder

Back 8

small spring loaded, used for ophthalmic surgery

Front 9

Rounger

Back 9

cuts small bits of bone or cartilage, sharp cupped tips

Front 10

Double Action Rounger

Back 10

more torque than single action

Front 11

Bone Cutting Forceps

Back 11

cuts small sections of bone, similar to wire cutters but not to be used as such

Front 12

Double Action Bone Cutting Forceps

Back 12

more torque than single action

Front 13

Kern Bone Holding Forceps

Back 13

hold bone during repair (i.e.. plating, screws, wire)

Front 14

Free Periosteal Elevator

Back 14

raises periosteum from bone

Front 15

Mallet

Back 15

hammering osteotomes

Front 16

Osteotome

Back 16

cuts bone

Front 17

Gigli Saw

Back 17

(handles and wire) cut off various body parts in tight places

Front 18

Jacobs Hand Chuck and Key

Back 18

drive pins through cartilage and bone

Front 19

Intramedullary Pin

Back 19

stabilizes bone by inserting through intramedullary space, also used in a hand chuck to drive through bone

Front 20

Sponge Forceps

Back 20

hold surgical sponges to get deep into spaces

Front 21

Tongue Grasping Forceps

Back 21

safely retracts tongue during oral exams and surgery, have rubber ends for atraumatic hold

Front 22

Backhouse Towel Clamps

Back 22

attach drapes and towels to patients

Front 23

Needle Spring Rack

Back 23

rack to hold eyed surgical needles

Front 24

Yankaur Suction Tip

Back 24

larger opening at end used in many pharyngeal procedures to prevent aspiration later, takes in a larger volume than french tip

Front 25

Pool Suction Tip

Back 25

gentle on tissue, allows for large volume of fluid without occlusion

Front 26

Scalpel Handle

Back 26

holds surgical blades

Front 27

Mayo Scissors

Back 27

cut larger pieces of tissue like cartilage and fascia, often used for cutting suture

Front 28

Metzenbaum Scissors

Back 28

only used on finer tissue, more precise cuts

Front 29

Iris Scissors

Back 29

for more fine intricate ophthalmic procedures

Front 30

Operating Scissors

Back 30

basic cutting scissors for drapes, suture etc.

Front 31

Suture Scissors

Back 31

cut out sutures post op

Front 32

Bandage Scissors

Back 32

safely remove bandages from patient

Front 33

Staple Remover

Back 33

safely removes skin staples from patient post op

Front 34

Adson Thumb Forceps

Back 34

grab superficial tissue, minimal trauma

Front 35

Cushing (rat tooth) Thumb Forceps

Back 35

same as brown ads on but more grab

Front 36

Iris Thumb Forceps

Back 36

used in delicate procedures most often ophthalmic, atraumatic

Front 37

Desmarres Chalazion Forceps

Back 37

used in ophthalmic procedures, isolates areas of surgical interests, atraumatic

Front 38

Dressing Thumb Forceps

Back 38

for grasping gauze, suture and pieces of necrotic tissue in wounds

Front 39

Allis Tissue Forceps

Back 39

hold tissue that will be removed from patient

Front 40

Babcock Intestinal Forceps

Back 40

atraumatic, less secure than Allis tissue forceps

Front 41

Doyen Intestinal Forceps

Back 41

flexible, atraumatic with diagonal serrations

Front 42

Halstead Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps

Back 42

crush tissue and small vessels

Front 43

Kocher Hemostatic Forceps

Back 43

secure for holding tissue that will be removed from patient

Front 44

Crile Hemostatic Forceps

Back 44

similar to Mosquito although larger for crushing larger portions of tissue and vessels

Front 45

Kelly Hemostatic Forceps

Back 45

serration on 3/4 of the surface starting at the tip, crushes smaller vessels

Front 46

Rochester-Pean Hemostatic Forceps

Back 46

grasp and crush larger bundles of tissue and vessels

Front 47

Rochester-Carmalt Hemostatic Forceps

Back 47

grasp larger bundles of tissue with vessels in it

Front 48

Rochester-Ochsner Hemostatic Forceps

Back 48

grab and hold substantial pieces of tissue that will be removed from patient, traumatic