Ebook Surgical instruments - A pocket guide (4th edition): Part 2

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Suture Devices/Needle
Holders

Suture devices are surgical instruments used to hold and pass suture needles through tissue. They are also used
to close wounds.

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Clip Applier/Ligating


USE •  To apply vessel ligating clips

VARIETIES •  Small, medium, large, or extra large clips; curved or right-angled jaws; long or
short handles; handles sometimes color-coded to match ligating clip cartridges

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Clip Applier/Raney


USE •  To apply a hemostatic clip (disposable) to scalp incision edges during craniotomy,

craniofacial surgery, or plastic surgery (e.g., brow lift)
VARIETIES •  One size

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Needle Holder/Baumgartner


USE •  To hold heavy plastic surgery needles

VARIETIES •  One standard size (5 inches); recommended for suture sizes 2-0 and larger

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Needle Holder/Brown


USE •  To apply sutures in superficial tissue (e.g., plastic surgery)

VARIETIES •  5 to 6 3 4 inches long

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Needle Holder/Heaney

USE •  To hold suture needles during procedures in which an angled tip facilitates proper

needle placement (e.g., vaginal hysterectomy)
VARIETIES •  Angled jaw; 8 14 inches long

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Needle Holder/Mayo-Hegar


USE •  To apply heavy sutures (e.g., during cardiothoracic surgery); also widely used in

general surgery
VARIETIES •  6 14 to 12 inches long; recommended for suture sizes 2-0 and larger

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Needle Holder/Microvascular



USE •  To hold fine, microvascular needles
VARIETIES •  With or without catch; straight or curved; serrated or smooth jaws; 5 3 4 to

7 inches long; used with fine sutures, sizes 8-0 through 11-0

ALSO KNOWN AS •  Castroviejo needle holder

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Needle Holder/Sarot

USE •  To hold fine, delicate needles (e.g., cardiovascular needles)

VARIETIES •  7 or 10 12 inches long; recommended for suture sizes 4-0 to 2

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Needle Holder/Vascular


USE •  To hold fine, delicate needles (e.g., cardiovascular needles)

VARIETIES •  Smooth jaw inserts; 6, 6 3 4 , or 8 inches long

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CHAPTER

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Suction Tips

Suction tips are used to remove blood and other fluids from a surgical or operative field to provide better
visualization.

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Suction Tip/Abdominal


USE •  To evacuate a fluid-filled cavity or to prevent accumulation of fluid (e.g.,

in the abdominal cavity)


VARIETIES •  Long or short tip; stainless steel or disposable plastic

ALSO KNOWN AS •  Ferguson abdominal suction tip

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Suction Tip/Frazier


USE •  To evacuate small quantities of accumulated fluid (e.g., during plastic or

peripheral vascular surgery)


VARIETIES •  Angled or straight; short or long tip (for deeper suctioning); metal or

disposable; 6 to 16 French diameter
ALSO KNOWN AS •  Ferguson-Frazier suction tip

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