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Negus' ligature slipper/knot tier: used with Negus's or Wilson's artery forceps to help tie sutures; help to slip the ligature over the tip of Negus or Wilson forceps during ligation of vessels following tonsillectomy. Negus' artery forceps: as a haemostat; replace tonsil artery forceps; ligature will not slip due to curve tip.
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. Hemostats belong to a group of instruments that pivot (similar to scissors, and including needle ...
Low forceps delivery, when the baby's head is at +2 station or lower. There is no restriction on rotation for this type of delivery. Midforceps delivery, when the baby's head is above +2 station. There must be head engagement before it can be carried out. High forceps delivery is not performed in modern obstetrics practice. It would be a ...
Negus is a noun derived from the Ethiopian Semitic root ngś, meaning "to reign". The title Negus literally translated to Basileus ( Greek: βασιλεύς) in Ancient Greek, which was seen many times on Aksumite currency. The title has subsequently been used to translate the word "king" or "emperor" in Biblical and other literature.
Cephalohematoma. A cephalohaematoma is a hemorrhage of blood between the skull and the periosteum at any age, including a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum. Because the swelling is subperiosteal, its boundaries are limited by the individual bones, in contrast to a caput succedaneum .
Victor Negus. Sir Victor Ewings Negus, MS, FRCS (6 February 1887 – 15 July 1974) was a British surgeon who specialised in laryngology and also made fundamental contributions to comparative anatomy with his work on the structure and evolution of the larynx. He was born and educated in London, studying at King's College School, then King's ...
The sphenopalatine artery is a branch of the maxillary artery which passes through the sphenopalatine foramen into the cavity of the nose, at the back part of the superior meatus. Here it gives off its posterior lateral nasal branches . Crossing the under surface of the sphenoid, the sphenopalatine artery ends on the nasal septum as the ...
The cerebral arteries describe three main pairs of arteries and their branches, which perfuse the cerebrum of the brain . The three main arteries are the: Both the ACA and MCA originate from the cerebral portion of internal carotid artery, while PCA branches from the intersection of the posterior communicating artery and the anterior portion of ...