Instruments Used In General Surgery - Surgical Tools Names

Surgical instruments can be generally divided into five classes by function. These classes are:

1. Cutting instruments and dissecting: Scalpels, Scissors, Saws.
2. Grasping or holding instruments: Smooth [anatomical] and Toothed [surgical] Forceps, Towel Clamps, vascular clamps, and organ holders.
3. Haemostatic instruments: Kocher’s and Billroth’s clamps, hemostatic “mosquito” forceps, atraumatic hemostatic forceps, Deschamp’s needle, Höpfner’s hemostatic forceps.
4. Retractors:Farabef’s C-shaped laminar hook, blunt-toothed hook, sharp-toothed hook, grooved probe, tamp forceps.
5. tissue unifying instruments and materials: needle holders, surgical needles, staplers, clips, adhesive tapes.

Instruments used in general surgery are:

References

CIM Basic Surgical Instruments -


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