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A trocar (or trochar) is a medical or veterinary device used in minimally invasive surgery. Trocars are typically made up of an awl (which may be metal or plastic with a pointed or tapered tip), a cannula (essentially a rigid hollow tube) and often a seal .
In simple terms, a cannula can surround the inner or outer surfaces of a trocar needle thus extending the effective needle length by at least half the length of the original needle. Its size mainly ranges from 14 to 26 [2] gauge. Different-sized cannula have different colours as coded.
taper (needle body is round and tapers smoothly to a point) cutting (needle body is triangular and has a sharpened cutting edge on the inside curve) reverse cutting (cutting edge on the outside) trocar point or tapercut (needle body is round and tapered, but ends in a small triangular cutting point) blunt points for sewing friable tissues
Lichtwitz antrum-puncture trocar and canula: used in nasal sinus surgery; conform presence of puss in maxillary sinus; cytological examination of antral wash out fluid; lavage of the maxillary sinus; introduction of medication and indwelling polythene tube into the sinus Tilly's antral harpoon trocar
Chest tubes are also provided in right angle, trocar, flared, and tapered configurations for different drainage needs. As well, some chest tubes are coated with heparin to help prevent thrombus formation, though the effect of this is disputed. [16] Chest tube have an end hole (proximal, toward the patient) and a series of side holes.
While the standard needle size for vaccination is 1 inch, it's recommended that women over 200 lbs. and men over 260 lbs. get shots with 1.5-inch needles.
The Jamshidi needle is a trephine needle for performing bone marrow biopsy, whereby a cylindrical sample of tissue, a core biopsy specimen, is obtained. It is a cylindrical needle with a tapered cutting tip. [1] The tapered end reduces the potential of crush artifact. [2] It is the most commonly used needle for performing bone marrow biopsies. [3]
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