With the variety and complexity of surgical techniques, surgeons use different instruments to optimize their performance. To date, thousands of surgical instruments were developed to assist professional surgeons to perform their operations. Some surgical instruments are designed for general use in different types of surgery, whereas others are highly-specific and used for particular surgeries. Given the high number of surgical instruments employed, young surgeons may find a challenge in identifying and acquiring adequate knowledge about all instruments. However, a simple classification of surgical instruments helps in facilitating this process. Surgical instruments are basically classified according to their function. They are used for cutting, dissecting, holding, grasping, occluding, clamping, retracting, suturing, dilating, …. etc. This article will review the basic types of surgical instruments and their clinical applications. Surgical instruments are classified according to their functional usage into the following categories: Show
Other more advanced surgical instruments are used particularly in ophthalmic surgeries, for instance, corneal section scissors, Piere micro scissors and others. Powered surgical instruments, either electrically or air-powered, are also used during surgery. Which item will be added to a surgical tray of an incision is made?Sterile gauze, cotton-tipped applicators, scalpel blades, and suture should be added when the tray is opened.
Which of the following instruments is long and slender and used to explore wounds or body cavities?probe. 1. a long, slender instrument for exploring wounds, body cavities, passages, or periodontal pockets. Dental probes are marked in millimeters to measure the depth of periodontal pockets.
Which forceps should be used to grasp delicate tissue securely for control during dissecting?Locking hemostatic forceps may be called clamps and are used to securely hold tissue.
Which surgical instruments are used to close off blood vessels?One such instrument is the surgical clamp. Surgeons use clamps for nearly everything — to stop a bleed by closing off a vessel or often as extensions of their own digits. Two clamps that are constantly called for are named the Kelly, after Howard Kelly, and the Halsted, for William Halsted.
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