Knives
Amputation knives in use are:
• Liston’s knife (Fig. 8.4)
• Syme’s knife (Fig. 8.5)
These are large heavy knives since they are used for amputations. The bulk of the tissues (Muscles, Vessels, Nerves) make it necessary that they be large.
Skin grafting knives in use are used for obtaining the superficial layers of skin for grafting.
Those in use are:
• Blair skin grafting knife (Fig. 8.6)
• Humby skin grafting knife (Fig. 8.7)
• Braithwaite modification of Humby knife (Fig. 8.8)
• Padgett’s dermatome (Fig. 8.9)
Skin grafting knives are also large but are lighter since they are for obtaining large pieces of split thickness (superficial layers) skin for grafting
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