Surgical tools names

1. Surgical Instruments

2. Instruments
 Instruments are classified by their function
– Cutting & Dissecting
– Grasping & Holding
– Clamping & Occluding
– Exposing & Retracting
– Suturing & Stapling
– Viewing
– Suctioning

3. Instruments
– Dilating & Probing
– Measuring
– Microinstruments
– Powered instruments

4. Cutting & Dissecting

5. Cutting & Dissecting
 Cutting instruments have sharp edges.
They are used to dissect, incise,
separate, or excise tissue.
 Most instrument sets will include #3
and #7 knife handles & suture, curved
mayo, metz and tenotomy scissors.

6. Knife Handles
 Come in various
widths & lengths
 Blades are attached
by slipping the slit
in the blade into the
groove on the
handle
#7 #4 #3

7. Knife Blades
 Blades with
numeric prefix of
“1” (e.g., 10, 11,
12, 15) fit #3 or #7
handles
 Blades with the
numeric prefix “2”
(e.g., 20, 21, 22, 23,
24) fit #4 handles

8. Knife Blades
 #10 are used for
large skin incisions
 #15 are used for
short shallow
incisions
 #11 are used for
initial skin puncture
of tiny deep
incisions
#10 #15 #11

9. Other Knife handles
 Long handles are
used inside deep
incisions (e.g., open
abdominal cases)
 Beaver knifes are
used for small
delicate cases

12. Scissors
 Blades of scissors may
be straight, angled, or
curved
 Tips may be pointed
or blunt, handles may
be long or short
 Should be used only
for their intended
purpose

13. Straight Mayo (Suture) Scissors

14. Bandage/Dressing Scissors

15. Tissue/Dissecting
Scissors

16. Curved Mayo Scissors

17. Metzenbaum Scissors

18. Tenotomy scissors

19. Iris Scissors

20. Other cutting
Instruments

21. Ronguer

22. Osteotome

23. Curette

24. Freer Elevator

25. Rasp

26. Grasping & Holding

27. Grasping & Holding
These instruments are used to
grasp tissue and hold it in place
without injuring surrounding
tissues
Forceps can be ringed or the
thumbed variety

28. Grasping & Holding
Most instrument sets will include
kocher, allis, babcock, adson,
tissue, debakey forceps, sponge
sticks & towel clips.

29. Forceps

30. Kocher

31. Allis

32. Babcock

33. Sponge Stick

34. Towel Clip

35. Adsons

36. Tissue

37. Ferris Smith

38. DeBakey

39. Russians

40. Clamping & Occluding

41. Clamping & Occluding
These instruments are used to
apply pressure
Some clamps are designed to crush
the structure when applied
Others are noncrushing and are
used to occlude or secure tissue

42. Clamping & Occluding
Most instrument sets will include
mosquito, crile, kelly, tonsil, peon,
and right angle clamps.

43. Anatomy of a Clamp

44. Mosquito

45. Crile

47. Kelly

49. Tonsil

51. Peon

52. mosquito crile kelly tonsil peon

53. Right Angle

54. Non-crushing Clamps

55. Bowel Clamp

56. Vascular Clamp

57. Bulldogs

58. Exposing and Retracting

59. Exposing and Retracting
Used to pull Soft tissue and muscle
aside to expose surgical site
2 types:
–Hand held
–Self retaining

60. Exposing and Retracting
Most instrument sets will include
small hand held , army-navy,
malleable, weitlaner, and
richardson retractors.

61. Hand Held Retractors

62. Skin Hooks

63. Senn

64. Cushing Vein Retractor

65. Volkman

66. Army-Navy

67. Malleable (Ribbon)

68. Richardson

69. Kelly

70. Harrington

71. Deaver

72. Self Retaining
Retractors

73. Weitlaner

74. Cerebellar

75. Gelpi

76. Balfour

77. Bookwalter

78. Suturing and Stapling

79. Suturing and Stapling
Needle holder sizes vary according
to type of needle used
Most instrument sets will have
webster, crilewood, and mayo
hegar type needle holders.

80. Suturing and Stapling
Clip appliers place individual
staples, available in reusable and
disposable
Disposable staplers

81. Needle Holders

82. Webster

83. Crilewood

84. Mayo Hegar

85. Castroviejo

86. Skin Stapler

87. Weck Hemoclip Applier

88. Ligaclip Applier

89. Staplers


90. Viewing

91. Viewing
Surgeons can examine body
cavities, hallow organs, or
structures with viewing
instruments
Procedures may be performed
through them

92. Nasal Speculum

93. Vaginal Speculums

94. Rectal Speculums

95. Rigid Endoscope

96. Laparoscopic Trocars

97. Laparoscopic Instruments

98. Thorascopic Trocars

99. Arthroscopy Cannulas

100. Cystoscopy Sheath

101. Camera & Light Cord

102. Flexible Bronchoscope

103. Flexible Ureteroscope

104. Proctoscope

105. Suctions

106. Yankauer

107. Frazier

108. Poole

109. Probes & Dilators

110. Uterine Dilators

111. Uterine Sound

112. Urethral Sounds

113. Lacrimal Duct Probe

114. Vascular Tunnelers

115. Measuring

116. Rulers

117. Depth Gauge

118. Total Hip Trials

119. Microinstruments

120. Castroviejo Needle Holder

121. Micro Scissors

122. Bishop Harman Forceps

123. Powered Instruments

124. Powered Instruments
3Types
–Battery powered
–Air powered
–Electric powered

125. Stryker System 5

126. Midas Rex

127. TPS System

128. Arthroscopic Shaver


129. Minor Set

130. Major Set/Lower Tray

131. Major Set/Upper Tray

132. Major Retractor Set

133. Care & Handling of
Instruments

134. Handling instruments
 Instruments are placed firmly into the
surgeon’s palm in such a manner that it is
ready of immediate use.
 Ringed instruments are handed with the box
locks closed.
 Curved instruments are passed with the
curve in the direction of intended use.

138.  To facilitate suturing the needle is
secured about 1/8 inch down from the
tip of the needle holder and about a
third of the distance from the eye or
swaged end

139. Care of Instruments
 During the procedure,
used instruments
should wiped with a
damp sponge or
placed in a basin of
sterile distilled water.

140. Care of Instruments
 Do not saline on
instruments.
 Do not allow blood to
dry on instruments.
 Saline & blood can
damage instrument
surfaces causing
corrosion and pitting.

141. Care of Instruments
 Flush suction tips with
sterile distilled water
periodically to keep
lumens patent.
 Flush all lumened
instruments
thoroughly at the end
of case to prevent
blood from drying
inside lumens.

142. Care of Instruments
 Powered hand
pieces and
batteries should
not be immersed
in liquid as this
could damage
internal
mechanisms.