Instruments used in general surgery
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There are many different surgical specialties, some of which require specific kinds of surgical instruments to perform.
General surgery is a specialty focused on the abdomen; the thyroid gland; diseases involving skin, breasts, and various soft tissues; trauma; peripheral vascular disease; hernias; and endoscopic procedures.
Instruments can be classified in many ways, but, broadly speaking, there are five kinds of instruments.
- Cutting and dissecting instruments
- Grasping or holding instruments
- Hemostatic instruments
- Retractors
- Tissue unifying instruments and materials
Instruments used in surgery are:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]Template:Excessive citations inline
| Instrument Name | Image | Brief description | Specific instruments |
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| Electrical cautery | File:Electrocauter 00.jpg | Electrical surgical cauterization utilizes electricity in either a monopolar or bipolar format to burn soft tissue and control bleeding[12] |
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| Curette | File:Uterine Curette 01.jpg | For scraping or debriding biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure | |
| Dermatome | File:Dermatome.png | Removes epidermis to graft over another area | |
| Dissecting forceps | File:Adson 00.jpg | Grasping and holding; usually used in skin closures or small wounds | Adson |
| Tissue forceps | File:Allis clamp 01.JPG | Grasping and holding tissue | Allis |
| Penetrating towel clamp | File:Backhaus clamp.svg | Used to secure towels or reduce bone fragments | Backhaus penetrating towel clamp |
| Carmalt forceps | Hemostatic forceps | Kalabasa | |
| Cushing forceps | Grasping and holding | Non-toothed dissecting forceps | |
| Dandy forceps | Hemostatic forceps | ||
| DeBakey forceps | File:Debakey forceps.jpg | Grasping and holding | Non-toothed dissecting forceps designed for use on blood vessels, organs, or delicate tissue |
| Doyen intestinal clamp | Clamps and distractors | Non-crushing clamp designed for use on the intestines | |
| Kelly forceps | File:Kelly Forceps.svg | Hemostatic forceps | |
| Kocher forceps | File:Kocher grossklein totale.jpg | Hemostatic forceps | |
| Mosquito forceps | File:Medical Instrument Mosquito forceps.jpg | Hemostatic forceps | |
| Hook | Retractor | ||
| Nerve hook | Retractor | ||
| Skin hook | Retractor | ||
| Lancet (scalpel) | File:Various scalpels.png | Cutting | |
| Mammotome | File:Mammotome.jpg | ||
| Needle holder | File:Needle holder2.JPG | Grasping and holding |
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| Retractor | File:Surgical retractor Orem 2.jpg | Retractor | Handheld:
Self-retaining:
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| Ultrasonic scalpel | Cutting | ||
| Laser scalpel | File:Sharplan 40C.jpg | Cutting | |
| Scissors | File:Nożyczki Mayo.svg | Cutting and spreading | May be curved or straight |
| Speculum | File:Spéculum en plastique.jpg | Used to retract orifices |
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| Suction tube and Yankeur suction tip | File:Yankauer Suction Tip.jpg | Accessories and implants | |
| Surgical elevator | File:Lecluse's elevator 01.jpg | ||
| Surgical hook | File:Крючок хирургический трехзубый острый.jpg | Retractor | |
| Surgical blade #15 | File:Surgical Blade.jpg | Used to cut vessels or make small incisions | |
| Surgical mesh | File:Hernia mesh 2.JPG | Accessories and implants | |
| Surgical needle | File:Surgical needles.jpg | Accessories and implants | |
| Surgical sponge | |||
| GIA stapler | File:Surgical stapler & cutter linear.JPG | Used to make a gastrointestinal anastamosis | Linear stapler |
| Surgical tray | |||
| Suture | File:Atraumatisches Nahtmaterial 17.JPG | ||
| Tongue depressor | File:Lack's Longue Depressor ENT Instrument Medical.jpg | ||
| Tonsillotome | |||
| Towel clamp | File:Towel Clamps 01.jpg | Clamp | |
| Towel forceps | Clamp | ||
| Backhaus towel forceps | File:Backhaus clamp.svg | ||
| Lorna towel clamp | Non-penatrating towel clamp | ||
| Tracheotome | |||
| Tissue expander | Accessories and implant | ||
| Subcutaneous inflatable balloon expander | Accessories and implants | ||
| Trephine | File:Trepan, Nordisk familjebok.png | Cutting instrument | |
| Trocar | File:Trocar family.jpg | Access instrument. Used to create an opening into a space without opening the abdominal cavity. A camera is inserted through one to view the interior while instruments are inserted through the others to manipulate the organs. | |
| Ultrasonic energy device | Surgical device typically used to dissect tissue, but also seals small vessels and tissue bundles |
References
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