🛠️Surgical instruments used in #Urology
It's important to know our instruments, most of them have eponymous names which pay tribute to surgical legends.
Here I will post pictures of instruments that every trainee should know (taken from different books):
@ResidentesAEU
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It's important to know our instruments, most of them have eponymous names which pay tribute to surgical legends.
Here I will post pictures of instruments that every trainee should know (taken from different books):
@ResidentesAEU
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Backhaus or Towel clamp
🇪🇸 Backhaus - Piel y campo.
🇪🇸 Backhaus - Piel y campo.
Foerster or Ring forceps
🇪🇸 Foerster o "Pinza de anillas"
🇪🇸 Foerster o "Pinza de anillas"
Yankauer suction (yes, not all of them are made from plastic)
🇪🇸 Yankauer
🇪🇸 Yankauer
Adson forceps (with and without tooths)
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Adson, con y sin dientes.
*With tooths for grasping skin
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Adson, con y sin dientes.
*With tooths for grasping skin
Russian Forceps
🇪🇸 Pinzas Rusas
🇪🇸 Pinzas Rusas
Allis Forceps
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Allis
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Allis
Babcock Forceps
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Babcock
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Babcock
Kocher Forceps (aka Ochsner; Rochester-Ochsner)
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Kocher
*Only for grasping heavy tissue! (e.g. Fascia)
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Kocher
*Only for grasping heavy tissue! (e.g. Fascia)
Randall Forceps (aka stone forceps)
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Randall
*For grasping stones or polyps (e.g. large bladder stones in open surgery)
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Randall
*For grasping stones or polyps (e.g. large bladder stones in open surgery)
Kelly clamps
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Kelly
*Hemostatic clamps.
*Very similar to Crile clamps, the difference is basically is the whole surface ir coveres by transversal lines
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Kelly
*Hemostatic clamps.
*Very similar to Crile clamps, the difference is basically is the whole surface ir coveres by transversal lines
Crile clamps
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Crile
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Crile
Mosquito (Halsted Mosquito)
🇪🇸 Mosquito
*William Halsted was one of the 4 founders of Johns Hopkins Medicine (together with Welch, Osler and Kelly).
hopkinsmedicine.org/about/history/…
🇪🇸 Mosquito
*William Halsted was one of the 4 founders of Johns Hopkins Medicine (together with Welch, Osler and Kelly).
hopkinsmedicine.org/about/history/…
Mixter (aka Right angle)
🇪🇸 Angulo recto
*Usefull for ligatures, clamping pedicles or grasping tissue.
🇪🇸 Angulo recto
*Usefull for ligatures, clamping pedicles or grasping tissue.
Doyen intestinal forceps (aka Mayo-Robson)
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Doyen / Clamps intestinales
🇪🇸 Pinzas de Doyen / Clamps intestinales
Mayo scissors (curved and straigth)
🇪🇸 Tijeras de Mayo (curvas y rectas)
*For cutting hard tissue, sutures, drains, etc..
🇪🇸 Tijeras de Mayo (curvas y rectas)
*For cutting hard tissue, sutures, drains, etc..
Metzenbaum scissors
🇪🇸 Tijeras de Metzenbaum ("Metzen")
🇪🇸 Tijeras de Metzenbaum ("Metzen")
Lister scissors
🇪🇸 Tijeras de Lister
*Usually in a non-sterile environment, for cutting bandages or drapes
🇪🇸 Tijeras de Lister
*Usually in a non-sterile environment, for cutting bandages or drapes
Balfour retractor
🇪🇸Separador de Balfour
🇪🇸Separador de Balfour
Bookwalter retractor
🇪🇸Separador de Bookwalter
🇪🇸Separador de Bookwalter
Omni-tract retractor
🇪🇸Separador Omni-tract
🇪🇸Separador Omni-tract
Weitlaner retractor (aka Beckmann)
🇪🇸 Separador de Weitlaner (o Beckmann)
*Very useful in perineal surgery (e.g. Uretrhal surgery)
🇪🇸 Separador de Weitlaner (o Beckmann)
*Very useful in perineal surgery (e.g. Uretrhal surgery)
Hasson retractor (aka "S" retractor)
🇪🇸Separador de Hasson o separador de "S"
🇪🇸Separador de Hasson o separador de "S"
Cushing vein retractor
*Though there are many retractors for retraxting vessels, this is just one of them, and they're all very similar.
*Though there are many retractors for retraxting vessels, this is just one of them, and they're all very similar.
Deaver retractor
🇪🇸Separador Deaver
**to be continued...
🇪🇸Separador Deaver
**to be continued...
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