Friday, September 9, 2011

SHARP INSTUMENTS 10




















Potts, DeBakey and microvascular scissors are used in vascular surgery.

Guy plaster scissors are used to cut plaster of Paris at the time of removal of the plaster or to loosen a tight plaster.

What are the special-function scissors?
Special-function scissors are scissors that have special functions such as stitch cutting and bandage cutting. These are shown in given fig.

· Stitch cutting
· Bandage cutting.

Sterilization of scissors
Boiling makes the edges blunt, thus scissors require autoclaving but, over the time, the scissors need replacement. Tungsten carbide scissors last longer.
They have gold-coloured finger loops.

Oschsner Gall Bladder Trocar
Trocars and cannulae are instruments used to drain fulid from a cavity or a sac.

Uses
Ochsner’s gall bladder trocar is used for entering a distended gall bladder so as to drain its contents.
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