Image Based Questions On Clamps

Doyen's Intestinal Occlusion Clamp 

It has flat, lightweight, thin and springy blade with superficial, longitudinal serrations throughout the blade · Non-crushing clamp · Uses→ It clamps intestine to prevent spillage of intestinal contents.

Payr's Crushing Clamp 

It has deep longitudinal serrations · It is a heavy instrument with stout handle · Works on double lever mechanism - First lever→Opposes blade firmly , Second lever→Multiplies exerted pressure · It has tooth and groove→It locks blade fully.

Uses - Resection and anastomosis of bowel o Gastrectomy.

Po's Bulldog Clamp 

It is paperclip like instrument · It has spring loaded handle→Permits secure grip of vessels · Blade has fine transverse serrations · Used for temporary occlusion of small peripheral blood vessels.

Satinsky Vascular Clamp 

It has mutilple angulations with vertical grooves and fine transverse serrations · Used for → Paral occlusion of large blood vessel like IVC, SVC, Aorta and its branches.

Metzenbaum Scissors

It is lighter than mayo's · It has short blade and long sha · Uses - Fine dissections, Cut delicate structures like 1. To open peritoneum 2. To dissect sac from cord 3. To cut the intestine in resection and anastomosis.

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Tracheal Dilator 

It has olive pointed blunt smooth p (to avoid injury to tracheal mucosa) and gently curved blade · Uses o During tracheostomy to dilate trachea o Helps in reinsertion of tracheostomy tube.

Bakes Bile Duct Dilator 

It has narrow stem and oval solid p · Uses o In Choledocholitomy → Dilate bile duct after removal of stone o Sounding of bile duct for any retained stone o Check the patency of ampula of water.

Volkmann's scoop 

It is having handle with serrations (for beer grip) and sharp edged curved spoon like trough · Uses - Debriding the contents of abscess cavity, sinus and fistula o Collection of cancellous bone-graft.

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