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A reference database of surgical instruments: categories, variations, sizes, materials and typical uses, with sources and links to official manufacturer product pages.

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Forceps

Adson Tissue Forceps

Thumb forceps with fine tips, toothed (1×2) or smooth, widely used to hold fine tissue during skin closure and small-wound repair.

ENTNeurosurgery
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Forceps

Adson-Brown Forceps

Adson-style thumb forceps with rows of small interlocking teeth at the tips, used to hold soft tissue such as skin with minimal crushing.

Neurosurgery
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Clamps

Allis Clamp

Locking tissue forceps with rows of sharp interlocking teeth, used to grasp and hold heavy tissue, fascia or tissue that will be removed.

General SurgeryGynecology
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Needle Holders

Arruga Needle Holder

Plier-handled spring needle holder with a ratchet lock at the base of the handles, used mainly in eye and eyelid surgery.

General Surgery
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Needle Holders

Barraquer Needle Holder

Fine spring-handled needle holder with a rounded handle, used for very fine needles in ophthalmic and other microsurgery.

GynecologyNeurosurgery
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Needle Holders

Castroviejo Needle Holder

Spring-handled needle holder held with a tweezer-like grip, used for fine suturing in eye surgery, microsurgery and dental surgery.

Ophthalmology
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Needle Holders

Crile-Wood Needle Holder

Narrow-jawed, ratcheted needle holder with a tapered blunt tip, for small to medium needles in both continuous and interrupted closures.

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Forceps

DeBakey Forceps

Atraumatic, non-toothed thumb forceps used to handle blood vessels and delicate tissue in vascular, cardiothoracic, and head and neck surgery.

Cardiovascular Surgery
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Scissors

DeBakey Vascular Scissors

Long-shanked vascular scissors with short blades angled after the pivot, used to cut and open vessels in cardiovascular surgery.

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Needle Holders

Gillies Needle Holder

Combination needle holder and suture scissors with curved, cross-serrated jaws and an offset ring, used for delicate wound closure.

General Surgery
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Scissors

Gorney Face Lift Scissors

Mayo-type plastic surgery scissors with serrated blades, used for undermining and separating soft tissue in facelift procedures.

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Needle Holders

Halsey Needle Holder

Small ring-handled, ratcheted needle holder for fine needles, used mostly in plastic surgery and on delicate tissue such as skin.

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Needle Holders

Heaney Needle Holder

Needle holder with slightly curved shanks and jaws, used mostly for gynaecological suturing such as in vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy.

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Clamps

Hemostat (Hemostatic Forceps)

Hinged, ratcheted locking forceps used to clamp blood vessels shut and control bleeding during surgery, made in many named patterns.

General Surgery
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Scissors

Iris Scissors

Small scissors with short blades and fine, sharp tips, first developed for eye surgery and now used for many delicate cutting tasks.

General SurgeryOphthalmology
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Needle Holders

Jacobson Micro Needle Holder

Spring-handled micro needle holder with fine tapered jaws, used for suturing in microvascular and other microsurgical procedures.

Cardiovascular SurgeryGynecology
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Scissors

Lexer Scissors

General-purpose dissecting scissors with standard beveled blades; the curved form is mostly used on dense or deep tissue.

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Needle Holders

Masson Needle Holder

Long, heavy-jawed needle holder of the Mayo-Hegar type, used for deep tissue suturing such as in bariatric surgery.

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Needle Holders

Mathieu Needle Holder

Plier-style needle holder with a single spring and a ratchet at the base of the handles, used where refined suturing is needed.

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Scissors

Mayo Scissors

Heavy-bladed surgical scissors for cutting dense tissue such as fascia, and for cutting sutures, meshes, drains and dressings.

General SurgeryVeterinary Surgery
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Needle Holders

Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder

The standard general-surgery needle holder: ring handles, a locking ratchet and wide jaws suited to larger, heavier needles.

General Surgery
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Scissors

Mayo-Stille Scissors

Mayo-type dissecting scissors with rounded blades and tips, used for deep dissection of tough tissue.

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Scissors

Metzenbaum Scissors

Slender, usually curved scissors with blunt tips, used for delicate cutting and blunt dissection of soft tissue; not for sutures.

General Surgery
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Needle Holders

Needle Holder

Forceps-like instrument with short, textured jaws and usually a locking ratchet, used to hold and drive a suture needle.

DentalGeneral Surgery
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Needle Holders

Olsen-Hegar Needle Holder

Ratcheted ring-handled needle holder with built-in suture scissors behind the jaws, so one instrument can drive the needle and cut the suture.

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Bone

Parkes Nasal Rasp

Straight nasal rasp offered in graded coarseness, some with tungsten carbide working ends, used to file nasal bone in rhinoplasty.

ENT
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Scissors

Reynolds Scissors

Dissecting scissors with one sharp blade and one serrated blade, so the tissue is gripped as it is cut; used on deep tissue.

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Needle Holders

Ryder Needle Holder

Ratcheted needle holder with narrow, fine jaws for very small needles, used in cardiovascular, plastic and neurosurgical procedures.

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Needle Holders

Sarot Needle Holder

Ring-handled, ratcheted needle holder with inward-curving shanks and short grooved jaws, used for approximation suturing in cardiovascular work.

General Surgery
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Knives & Scalpel Handles

Scalpel (Handles & Blades)

Small, very sharp surgical knife, usually a reusable handle with replaceable single-use blades, used to make incisions and dissect tissue.

Cardiovascular SurgeryGeneral Surgery
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Scissors

Stevens Tenotomy Scissors

Ring-handled tenotomy scissors with long handles and small blades, used for delicate dissection in eye, neuro and plastic surgery.

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Scissors

Strabismus Scissors

Small ophthalmic scissors with rounded blades and usually blunt tips, used for dissection during strabismus (eye muscle) surgery.

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Retractors

Surgical Retractors

Instruments that hold back wound edges, organs and tissue so the surgeon can see and reach the operative site; hand-held or self-retaining.

General SurgeryNeurosurgery
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Forceps

Thumb Forceps (Tissue Forceps)

Non-locking, spring-handled forceps held like a pen, used to grasp, hold and move tissue, dressings and sutures; tips may be toothed or smooth.

General Surgery
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Specula

Vaginal Speculum

Instrument inserted into the vagina to hold its walls apart for direct viewing of the vagina and cervix during examinations and procedures.

GynecologyObstetrics
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Needle Holders

Webster Needle Holder

Light, small needle holder for small needles and fine suture, often used in plastic surgery and subcutaneous closure.

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