Surgical Instruments A Tutorial by Prof Low Cheng Hock

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

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

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

Allis Tissue Forceps

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

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

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

Towel Clips A bunch of ‘em shown here

Towel Clips A bunch of ‘em shown here

Langenbe ck Retractors

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

Sponge Holder

Scissors Mcindo e Dissecti ng Scissor s Suture Scissors

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

Scalpel Handles

Suction tubes

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