List Of Surgical Instruments
There are many different Surgery, surgical specialties, some of which require very specific kinds of Surgical instrument, surgical instruments to perform. General surgery is a specialty focused on the Abdomen, abdominal contents, as well as the Thyroid, thyroid gland, and Disease, diseases involving skin, Breast, breasts, various Soft tissue, soft tissues, Trauma surgery, trauma, Peripheral artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, Hernia, hernias, and Endoscopy, endoscopic procedures. This page is dedicated specifically to listing surgical instruments used in general surgery. Instruments can be classified in many ways - but broadly speaking, there are five kinds of instruments. # Cutting and dissecting instruments: #*Scalpels, scissors, and saws are the most traditional #*Elevators can be both cutting and lifting/retracting #*Although the term dissection is broad, energy devices such as diathermy/cautery are often used as more modern alternatives. # Grasping or holding in ...
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Surgery
Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function, appearance, or to repair unwanted ruptured areas. The act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure, operation, or simply "surgery". In this context, the verb "operate" means to perform surgery. The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments or surgical nurse. The person or subject on which the surgery is performed can be a person or an animal. A surgeon is a person who practices surgery and a surgeon's assistant is a person who practices surgical assistance. A surgical team is made up of the surgeon, the surgeon's assistant, an anaesthetist, a circulating nurse and a surgical technologist. Surgery usually spa ...
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