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Urologist I Evidence-Based Medicine | Uro-Oncology

Nov 9, 2022, 15 tweets

🛠️Surgical instruments used in #Urology

Part 2.

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Asepto syringe

🇪🇸Jeringa Asepto

Toomey syringe (either from plastic or crystal)

🇪🇸Jeringa de Toomey

Self-adherent warp (aja Coban, Flex-wrap)

🇪🇸 Venda auto-adherente, venda Coban

*Useful for penile surgery.

Vessel Loops

Rongeur forceps

*Used to cut ribs, useful in open nephrectomies (thankfully not used often in current times)

Castroviejo scissors and Castroviejo Needle-holder

🇪🇸 Tijeras de Castroviejo y Porta-agujas de Castroviejo

*used for microsurgery or in delicate tissue

Potts scissors (aka Potts-Smith)

🇪🇸 Tijeras de Potts

*Used for arteriotomy/venotomy in renal transplant

Crafoord clamp

🇪🇸 Pinza de Crafoord

Satisnky Clamp

🇪🇸Pinza de Satisnky

*Useful for vascular clamping

Langenbeck retractor

*With two N's!

Ellik Evacuator

🇪🇸Evacuador de Ellik

*Useful for specimen extraction after TURP or TURBT.

Cystoscope and its components

🇪🇸Cistoscopio y sus elementos (Puente, telecopio, pilar de Luz, etc)

Urethrotome (Sachse y Otis)

🇪🇸Uretrotomo de Sachse (visión directa) y Otis

Resectosope, Obturators and Loops

🇪🇸Resectoscopios, obturadores y asas

To be continued!...

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