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Alice Forceps in Surgical Procedures

The document provides a detailed overview of basic surgical instruments, including their names and specific uses. Instruments such as Alice forceps, Babcock artery forceps, and needle holders are highlighted for their roles in handling various types of tissues and maintaining a clear surgical field. Additionally, it covers tools for clamping, gripping, cutting, and organizing during surgical procedures.

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Alice Forceps in Surgical Procedures

The document provides a detailed overview of basic surgical instruments, including their names and specific uses. Instruments such as Alice forceps, Babcock artery forceps, and needle holders are highlighted for their roles in handling various types of tissues and maintaining a clear surgical field. Additionally, it covers tools for clamping, gripping, cutting, and organizing during surgical procedures.

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Basic surgery

instruments
Zuheyra Abdirahman hussein
1. Alice forceps
• have sharp, serrated teeth for a
strong grip on heavy tissue
• are used for tissues that can
withstand trauma, such as fascia
or tissue to be removed
2. Babcock artery
• have smooth, looped jaws for a
gentler, atraumatic grasp on
delicate or soft tissues
• are used for fragile tissues like
bowel, intestines, or large blood
vessels.
3. Mosquito artery forceps
Uses
• Clamping small blood vessels:
• Handling delicate tissues:
• Maintaining a clear surgical field:
4. Straight artery forceps
Uses: Best for clamping vessels
and tissues that are on the surface
or easily visible

5. Curved artery forceps


Uses: Ideal for navigating around
other structures to clamp vessels
or tissues in deep, hard-to-reach
6. Toothed forceps
• use: Gripping and manipulating
denser tissues that require a secure
hold.
• Tissue types: Skin, subcutaneous fat,
fascia, and muscle.
7. Non-toothed forceps
• use:
• Handling delicate tissues or applying
dressings, less traumatic grip on
fragile structures.
8. Kocher forceps
• Are used to grasp and clamp
heavy tissues or blood vessels to
control bleeding during a wide
range of surgical procedures
9. Needle holders
• Holding a suture needle firmly to
stitch and close cuts or surgical
incisions.
10. Sponge holder
• keeping sponges clean and
organized.
11. Towel clips
uses
Securing drapes: to hold sterile surgical
drapes in place
Holding equipment: like suction lines,
electrocautery cables,
Acting as retractors:
Holding wound edges:
12. Retractors
• used to hold open incisions or
wounds to provide surgeons
with a clear and stable view of
the surgical site
13. Surgical knife handle, or
scalpel handle or handle blade
• Used to hold a disposable
surgical blade,
• Tissue separation
14. Kidney dish
• used to collect and hold surgical
items, dispose of waste, and
catch fluids
15. Suction tip
• used to evacuate fluids, debris,
and blood from the surgical site
to provide surgeons with a clear
and unobstructed view of the
operative field
16. stich suture or Straight scissors
• Used to remove sutures
17. Tissue scissors or curved
scissors
• are used for cutting heavy
tissue (e.g., fascia)

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