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  2. Forceps - Wikipedia

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    Debakey forceps, an "atraumatic" forceps used extensively in cardiothoracic, vascular and head and neck surgery. Thumb forceps, known simply as forceps in surgical specialties , are commonly held in a pen grip between the thumb and index finger (sometimes also the middle finger ), with the top end resting on the first dorsal interosseous muscle ...

  3. Allis clamp - Wikipedia

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    An Allis clamp (also called the Allis forceps) is a commonly used surgical instrument. It was invented by Oscar Allis. The Allis clamp is a surgical instrument with sharp teeth, used to hold or grasp heavy tissue. It is also used to grasp fascia and soft tissues such as breast or bowel tissue. [1]

  4. List of eponymous medical devices - Wikipedia

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    General use: Soft tissue clamp: Allis' tweezers or clamp at Whonamedit? [2] Arruga forceps: Hermenegildo Arruga: Ophthalmology: Forceps used for intracapsular removal of cataracts: Arruga forceps at Whonamedit? [3] Asch's septum forceps: Morris Joseph Asch: Otolaryngology: Forceps used to reduce deviated nasal septum

  5. Surgical instrument - Wikipedia

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    Used for tissue or object grasping. Forceps are categorized into toothed or non-toothed at the tip. [21] (e.g.,Tissue forceps, Adson forceps, Bonney forceps, DeBakey forceps, Russian forceps) [21] Clamps (locking forceps) Clamps stabilize or hold tissue and objects in place. [21] They can be used for traumatic or atraumatic purposes. [21] (e.g ...

  6. Instruments used in general surgery - Wikipedia

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    Dandy forceps Hemostatic forceps DeBakey forceps: Grasping and holding Non-toothed dissecting forceps designed for use on blood vessels, organs, or delicate tissue Doyen intestinal clamp Clamps and distractors Non-crushing clamp designed for use on the intestines Kelly forceps: Hemostatic forceps Kocher forceps Hemostatic forceps Mosquito ...

  7. Hemostat - Wikipedia

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    A hemostat (also called a hemostatic clamp; arterial forceps; and pean, after Jules-Émile Péan) is a tool used to control bleeding during surgery. [1] Similar in design to both pliers and scissors , it is used to clamp exposed blood vessels shut.

  8. Composition of the human body - Wikipedia

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    In terms of tissue type, the body may be analyzed into water, fat, connective tissue, muscle, bone, etc. In terms of cell type, the body contains hundreds of different types of cells, but notably, the largest number of cells contained in a human body (though not the largest mass of cells) are not human cells, but bacteria residing in the normal ...

  9. Tissue (biology) - Wikipedia

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    This tissue covers all organismal surfaces that come in contact with the external environment such as the skin, the airways, and the digestive tract. It serves functions of protection, secretion, and absorption, and is separated from other tissues below by a basal lamina. The connective tissue and the muscular are derived from the mesoderm.