Depending on their destination, surgical instruments can be classified as follows:
Instruments used in most interventions in general surgery, including:
- Cutting tools: classic scalpel, electric scalpel, ultrasonic scalpel, amputation knife, straight or curved surgical scissors, with blunt or sharp tip, blade or Gigli type saw, osteotome and chisel
- Tools for dissection and exploration: grooved probe, buttoned stylus, "L" forceps, anatomical forceps
- Hemostasis tools: Péan clamp, Kocher clamp, Satinski clamp, Dieffenbach clamp (bulldog clamp), Mosquito clamp, Halsted clamp, Guyon clamp
- Tools needed for tissue handling: "en coeur" forceps, Chaput forceps, Allis forceps, intestinal forceps, Lane forceps, Line-Thomas forceps
- Tools necessary for exposure (removal of incised plans): Farabeuf valves, valves with long or short, narrow or wide blades, auto static spacers
- Suture tools: Hagerdon type needles, atraumatic needles with mounted thread of different sizes, metallic Michel staples, fixed with a special pliers, mechanical suturing tools, anatomical and surgical forceps. All of these basic surgical instruments can be found through Apiary Medical.
Special instruments
These are specific to each surgical specialty. For example:
- Bronchoscope and other equipment for minimally invasive thoracic surgery
- Ureteral stent and other minimally invasive cystoscopic equipment for urologic surgery
- Rongeur and bone saw for orthopedic surgery
- Robotic surgical system, surgeon console, robotic arm – they are all related to ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGERY, which is Increasingly used for procedures in endocrine surgery, gynecology, urology and other specialties.
First Posted right here: Surgical Tools And Their Names
source https://blog.apiarymedical.com/surgical-tools-and-their-names/
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