1. Surgical Instruments A Tutorial by Prof Low Cheng Hock

2. Toilet & Suture Set Artery forceps Needle holder Tissue forceps Towel clips Retractors Sponge holder Scissors Scalpel Suction tubes

3. Artery forceps Some straight, some curved How to tell difference from needle holder? Note parallel grooves Cannot be used to catch structures you want to preserve (e.g. healthy vessels, intestine) due to damage wrought Used for bleeding vessels or small vessels to be removed

4. Needle holder Again, can be straight or curved Note “crisscross” grooves

5. Allis Tissue Forceps

6. Allis Tissue Forceps Sharp toothed (closeup shown) NOT for nerves, vessels or other fragile tissues For handling of muscle, skin (“tougher” tissue) or for structures that are not going to be preserved

7. Toothed/Nontoothed Tissue Forceps For intestine and soft tissues, use nontoothed tissue forceps, NOT toothed

8. Toothed/Nontoothed Tissue Forceps Nontoothed on left, toothed on right

9. Towel Clips A bunch of ‘em shown here

10. Towel Clips A bunch of ‘em shown here

11. Langenbe ck Retractors

12. Self-retaining Retractor This one is also called a mastoid retractor

13. Sponge Holder

14. Scissors Mcindo e Dissecti ng Scissor s Suture Scissors

15. Dissecting scissors can be used to pry apart soft tissue Suture scissors for cutting sutures or tougher tissue

16. Scalpel Handles

17. Suction tubes

18. Extra stuff that you might find in a tracheostomy kit Tracheal dilator Cricoid hook