This document provides an overview of common basic surgical instruments used in various procedures. It describes the purpose and key features of different types of forceps, scissors, needle holders, retractors, and other instruments. Examples given include cheatles forceps, 1x2 toothed tissue forceps, curved mosquito hemostat, mayo-hegar needle holders, metzenbaum scissors, deaver retractor, balfour abdominal retractor, and lane twin clamp. The document serves as a reference for the essential surgical tools and their applications.

1. BASIC SURGICAL
INSTRUMENTS
Dr. Faisal Ameer MS, MCh, MRCSEd
International Scholar for 2015, Plastic Surgery Foundation of ASPS/ASMS
International Member of American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Member of Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
Associate Professor Plastic Surgery
LLRM Medical College
Meerut, U.P. India
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4. Blades Jaws
Joint
Shank
Finger Ring
Handle

5. Cheatles forceps

6. Sponge Forceps
 Used to hold gauze squares or
sponge to “mop up” the surgical site
 Jaws are serrated

7. 1x2 Toothed Tissue Forceps
• Used for grasping and
holding tissue, muscle
or skin surrounding a
wound
• Single toothed on one
side; fits between two
teeth on the other
side
• Available as 1x2 or
2x3 or 3x4

8. Plain Thumb Forceps
• Used to hold tissue in place when applying
sutures
• Used to gently move tissues out of the way
during exploratory surgery
• Used to insert packing into or remove objects
from deep cavities

9. Brown-Adson (thumb) tissue
forceps

10. Rat-tooth (thumb) tissue
forceps

11. Adson (thumb) tissue forceps

12. Curved Mosquito Hemostat
• Used to hold delicate
tissue
• Used to compress
bleeding vessels
• Jaws are fully serrated

13. Crile hemostatic forceps

14. Kocher (Oschner)
hemostatic forceps

15. Needle Holder
• Used to hold and pass a suturing needle through
tissue
• Has groove to hold needle within jaws

16. Mayo-Hegar needle holders

17. Towel Clamp
• Adds weight to drapes and towels to ensure they
stay in place
• Allow exposure of the operative site

18. Backhaus towel clamps

19. Allis tissue forceps

20. Babcock tissue (intestinal)
holding forceps

21. Lane tissue (intestinal) holding
forceps

22. Scalpel Holder
• Holds scalpel blade
• Acts as a handle

23. Sharp/Sharp Scissors
• Used to cut and dissect tissue
• Both blade tips are sharp

24. Curved Blunt/Blunt Scissors
• Both blade tips are
blunt
• Can be curved or
straight

25. Mayo dissecting scissor (top)
Metzenbaum scissor (bottom)

26. Sharp/Blunt Scissors
• Used to cut and dissect fascia and muscle
• One blunt tip and one sharp tip

27. Suture scissors (blunt blunt)

28. Lister Bandage Scissors
• Used to remove bandages and dressings
• Probe tip is blunt; inserted under bandages with
relative safety

30. Retracting and Exposing
Instruments
• self-retaining or manual (held by hand).
• When identifying retractors, look at the blade, not the
handle.

31. • A Deaver retractor (manual) is used to retract deep
abdominal or chest incisions. Available in various widths.

34. • Czerny Retractor is used to retract shallow or
superficial incisions.

35. Langenbeck retractor

36. • A Mastoid retractor (self-retaining) is used to retract
shallow incisions.

37. • A Balfour with bladder blade (self-retaining) is used to
retract wound edges during deep abdominal procedures.

38. Balfour abdominal retractor with
blade

39. Bone curette

40. Periosteal elevator (Freer)

41. Farabeuf Periosteal Elevator

42. Speedlock bone reduction
forceps

43. Doyen Intestinal Forceps

44. Lane Twin Clamp, Curved

45. Payr Intestinal Clamp (Crushing)

46. Debakey Satinsky Clamp

49. Bulldog vascular clamp