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Surgical Instruments and Terminology

Surgical Instruments and Terminology. 4-H Veterinary Science Extension Veterinary Medicine  Texas AgriLife Extension Service College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science Texas A&M System http://aevm.tamu.edu. Objectives. Describe various surgical instruments

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Surgical Instruments and Terminology

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  1. Surgical Instruments and Terminology 4-H Veterinary Science Extension Veterinary Medicine  Texas AgriLife Extension Service College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science Texas A&M System http://aevm.tamu.edu

  2. Objectives • Describe various surgical instruments • Discuss the names of various surgical instruments

  3. Perform surgical procedures • Chosen based on action • These tools are used for • Holding • Pulling • Clamping • Cutting • Crushing • Closing a wound

  4. Definitions • Excision – removal of tissues by surgical cuts • Ecraseur – an instrument that permits excision by a crushing action • Incision – surgical cut made into a tissue of organ • Cannula – a tube that is inserted into a body cavity for drainage of fluid

  5. Scissors • Four different types • Utility • Suture • Surgical • Dissecting

  6. Utility • Cut material that may dull the blade

  7. Suture • Remove sutures • Type of utility

  8. Operating • Surgical • Cut soft tissue • Different sizes • Blade can be straight, curved, blunt or pointed

  9. Dissecting • Separate and differentiate tissues

  10. Forceps • Three Types • Thumb forceps • Clamping forceps • Needle holders • Look like tweezers

  11. Thumb forceps • Used for • Grasping • Compressing • Cutting • Pulling tissue

  12. Clamping forceps • Hemostats • Control blood flow

  13. Needle holders • Locking forceps • Similar to hemostats • Holds suture needles when installing stitches

  14. Scalpels • Very sharp knife • Handle and blade are packaged separately • Used to make surgical cuts called incisions • Different sizes and styles • Tenotome- dissecting scalpel used for fine dissection and cutting or dividing tendons

  15. Tubes • Cannula • Wound healing • Different lengths • Types • Trocar • Catheters

  16. Trocar • Release fluid or gas build-ups • Sharp stylet inside cannula

  17. Catheters • Either metal or rubber • Inserted into body structures

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