Surgery and Radiology Section

HOLDING INSTRUMENTS

Holding Instruments are used to hold the tissue during surgical procedure

I. Tissue forceps
Allis Tissue Forceps Designed to cause minimal tissue trauma with maximal tissue holders. Area of tissue contact is small but is perpendicular to the direction of pull, applied to connective tissue and fascia.
Babcock Tissue forceps Less traumatic to tissues than Allis tissue forceps. Gripping surface has fine longitudinal striations.
Lane's forceps Designed for holding bones, these heavyweight forceps have long ratcheted handles and a curled-up handle end to facilitate traction. The blades enclose a diamond-shaped aperture when closed and have deep spikes.
Doyen's bowel clamp Constructed with thin bowed jaws. Tip of the jaws meet at above the same time as the ratchets first teeth engaged giving a delicate non- traumatizing grip. Grooves are longitudinal. Used in surgery of stomach and intestine.

II. Dressing tissue forceps/ Thumb forceps
Consists of two blades that are connected like a wish bone and designed to spring open. The sides of the blade are wide and grooved in the middle for the ease of handling with the thumb and forefingers. The grasping surface may be smooth or may have teeth, otherwise called Rat toothed thumb forceps. Tissue forceps with tooth should be used only on the skin and more dense tissue. Smooth tipped tissue dressing forceps are recommended for handling viscera and blood vessels.
Semkin	Debakey
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