Alyssa Katrin C.

Gatilogo
BSN 3B

SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

Scalpel – used for initial Tissue forcep – non-

incision and cutting toothed, used for fine
tissues. handling of tissue and
traction during dissection.

Straight mayo scissor – Adson forcep – toothed at

used for cutting heavy the tip, used for handling
tissues. dense tissue (skin closure).

Metzenbaum scissor – Bonny forcep – heavy

lighter scissors used for forcep used for holding
cutting delicate tissue thick tissues.
and for blunt dissection.

Pott’s scissor – fine

DeBakey Forcep – used for
scissors for creating
atraumatic tissue grasping
incisions in blood vessels.
during dissection.

Iris scissor – used for fine Kocher clamp – traumatic

dissection and cutting toothed clamp, used to
fine suture. Originally for hold tissue that will be
ophthalmic procedures. removed.
Alyssa Katrin C. Gatilogo
BSN 3B

Deaver retractor – used Rake retractor – hand-

to hold back the held retractor with sharp
abdominal wall. teeth used to hold back
surface structures.

Army-navy retractor – Malleable retractor – can

used to gain exposure of be bent, also used to
skin layers. protect intestines during
abdominal closure.

Weitlaner retractor – Yankauer suction tube –

self-retaining for used primarily for surface
exposing deep surgical suction and some intra-
sites. abdominal suction.

Richardson retractor – Poole suction tube –

used to holdback deep used to remove large
tissue structures. amounts of fluid from
surgical site.

Surgical needle - allows

Bookwalter retractor –
the placement of
self-retaining retractor
the suture within the
system that is anchored
tissue.
to the operating table.