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2. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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   Swaged (or "atraumatic") needles with sutures consist of a pre-packed eyeless needle already attached (by swaging) to a specific length of suture thread. This saves time, and eliminates the most difficult threading of very fine needles and sutures. Two additional benefits are reduced drag and less potential damage to friable tissue during ...

3. Allis clamp - Wikipedia

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   Allis clamp. 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.

4. 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.

5. Instruments used in general surgery - Wikipedia

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   There are many different surgical specialties, some of which require specific kinds of surgical instruments to perform.. General surgery is a specialty focused on the abdomen; the thyroid gland; diseases involving skin, breasts, and various soft tissues; trauma; peripheral vascular disease; hernias; and endoscopic procedures.

6. Surgical instrument - Wikipedia

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   Needles have different shapes (e.g. j shape, ½ circle, straight) and cutting edges (tapered - round, conventional cutting - triangular) depending on the application and areas of the suture. [21] Sutures can be categorized based on different sizes (e.g.#5-#11, higher numbers represent larger suture diameter) and types (absorbable and ...

7. Hemostat - Wikipedia

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   A hemostat has handles that can be held in place by their locking mechanism, which usually is a series of interlocking teeth, a few on each handle, that allow the user to adjust the clamping force of the pliers. When the tips are locked together, the force between them is about 40 N (9 lbf).

8. 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 ...

9. 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 ...