-suture removal -Typically about 3 ½ inches long

-Have short, thick jaws with serrated edges

-Used for cutting bandage material -Blunt tipped end slides under bandaging

-Heavy scissors -Blades may be straight or curved -Used for cutting tough tissue such as heavy connective tissue

-Blade is straight or curved -Used for cutting delicate tissues such as fat or thin muscle

1. Sharp-Blunt 2. Blunt-Blunt 3. Sharp-Sharp

Used to hold curved suture needles

-Used to hold curved suture needles -Scissors built in

-Transverse serrations -Serrations only cover half of the jaws (important distinguishing feature from other hemostatic forceps) -Jaws can be straight or curved

-Transverse serrations -Serrations cover entire jaw -Jaws can be straight or curved -Length = 5 ½ inches

-Length = 3 ½ inches

-Transverse serrations cover entire jaw -Jaws can be straight or curved -Used on larger blood vessels than mosquito hemostats

have teeth at the end -Used to clamp blood vessels or to grasp tissue -Most commonly used in orthopedic or large animal surgery -May be used to grasp the claw during an onychectomy

-Longitudinal serrations -Used for clamping tissue containing blood vessels (e.g. body of uterus during an ovariohysterectomy) -Curved or straight -Considered "a-traumatic"

-large -Used for clamping tissue bundles and large blood vessels

-Designed to hold and easily release tissue (similar to tweezers) -Multiple intermeshing teeth on jaws -Often used to grasp delicate tissue

Have a single "rat tooth" Don't confuse with rat tooth forceps Commonly used to hold skin when suturing

Different series of teeth Used for grasping skin and fascia

Long, narrow jaws with multiple small teeth Atraumatic forceps used for handling blood vessels Used for vascular surgery

Used for handling dressings (e.g. sterile gauze for a wound) Jaws have no teeth; just transverse serrations

Multiple teeth in the jaws Used to grasp intestine, fascia and skin Also used for retraction (can clamp to skin on both sides of the abdominal incision for better access to abdomen)

Secure drapes or towels to a patient's skin Sharp pointed jaws Autoclave in closed position

No ratchets - spring motion allows instrument to be opened and closed Instrument always in closed position

Self-retaining Used most commonly for muscle retraction in orthopedic surgeries Pronunciation

Self-retaining Used most commonly for muscle retraction in orthopedic surgeries

Self-retaining Hold abdominal wall open for surgical procedures

Hand-held (i.e. not self retaining) Need a surgical assistant to maintain position of these retractors Used to retract skin, fat or muscle

Hand-held (i.e. not self retaining) Need a surgical assistant to maintain position of these retractors Used to retract skin, fat or muscle

Used to retrieve each uterine horn during an ovariohysterectomy Note - different name in instrument book Snook's Ovariectomy

Used primarily for small animals

Used primarily for large animals

Most commonly used are sized 10, 11, 12, and 15 Fit on a #3 scalpel handle Some examples of use: 10 - routine surgeries & skin scrapings, castrations, spays 11 - Stab incisions (opening abscesses, creating opening for drains) 12 - onychectomies 15 - routine surgeries; smaller animals, (cat rats etc)

Most commonly used are sizes 20, 21, 22 and 23 Fit on a #4 scalpel handle

-sponge forceps or hemostatic forceps in a weighted cylinder -Used to transfer items from cold sterilization trays to the sterile field -Forceps sit in "cold sterile solution"