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  2. Forceps - Wikipedia

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    Thumb forceps are used to hold tissue still when applying sutures, to gently move tissues out of the way during exploratory surgery and to access confined cavities that are hard to reach with hands and fingers. Thumb forceps can have smooth tips, cross-hatched tips or serrated tips (often called "mouse's teeth").

  3. Debakey forceps - Wikipedia

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    Debakey forceps. Debakey forceps are a type of atraumatic tissue forceps used in vascular procedures to avoid tissue damage during manipulation. They are typically large (some examples are upwards of 12 inches (36 cm) long), and have a distinct coarsely ribbed grip panel, as opposed to the finer ribbing on most other tissue forceps.

  4. Surgical instrument - Wikipedia

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    Graspers, such as forceps (non-locking forceps/ grasping forceps, thumb forceps, pick-ups) [21] 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 ...

  5. Instruments used in general surgery - Wikipedia

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    Dandy forceps: haemostatic forceps DeBakey forceps: grasping/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 forceps

  6. Tweezers - Wikipedia

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    Tweezers are thumb-driven forceps most likely derived from tongs used to grab or hold hot objects since the dawn of recorded history. In a scientific or medical context, they are normally referred to as just "forceps", a name that is used together with other grasping surgical instruments that resemble pliers, pincers and scissors-like clamps.

  7. Electrosurgery - Wikipedia

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    Since the rate of tissue heating is proportional to the square of current density, the heating occurs in a very localized region, only near the portion of the electrode, usually the tip, near to or in contact with the target tissue. On an extremity such as a finger, there is limited cross-sectional area to disperse the current, a circumstance ...

  8. 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]

  9. Needle holder - Wikipedia

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    A standard general surgical needle holder, with a ratchet handle lock. Two specialty needle holders, Mathieu needle holder (above) and Castroviejo needle holder (below). A needle holder, also called needle driver or needle forceps, is a surgical instrument similar to a hemostat, used by doctors and surgeons to hold and push a suturing needle when performing wound closure, ligation and other ...

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