The main and essential instruments in the surgical instrument tray. The main uses of artery forceps for controlling bleeding and for the retraction of tissues, skin, etc. Artery forceps otherwise called Haemostatic forceps.
The hemostat used to block the flow of blood and tips close the blood vessels. Its also used to hold the tissue and skin.
Used widely in all types of surgery and basic medical kit
Types of Artery Forceps
- Spencer Well’s forceps ( curved & Straight)
- Mosquito forceps – Halsted ( curved & Straight)
- Heiss forceps
- Hartmann forceps
- Pean forceps
- Kocher forceps
- Crile forceps
- Tuffier forceps
Description
It has a ratchet and two blades with uniform serrations, Transverse serration is present only at the tip.
The locking box used flexible use of forceps. The finger ring used for holding the forceps during the surgery.
Spencer Well’s artery forceps ( curved & Straight)
It used to control bleeding during surgical procedures.
Artery forceps used in the application and controlling bleeding blood vessels. The curved forceps are indicated commonly in all the surgery.
Straight forceps used to hold the stay suture to hold the vessels and intestinal structure.
Artery forceps uses: Pedicle clamps
Curved forceps with transverse serrations are present throughout both the side of the blade. The main purpose of this artery is to clamp the splenic artery and renal artery ligation after the fine dissection.
It’s used in the dissection of fine vessels for tissue survival in future
Mosquito artery forceps – Halsted ( curved & Straight)
The forceps are used to hold and ligate the small bleeder and hold the small structure, It is widely used in all the open and MIS surgery.
Mosquitos play an important role in pediatric surgery. Used as vessel clamps in a small surface area of the newborn or infants. The mosquitos are quite good for small structures and vessels.
Kocher forceps
Kocher forceps also look like Spencer Well’s forceps only difference is at the tip Traumatic tooth will be present. Available in Both Straight and Curved forceps.
It’s used to control bleeding of veins and mainly the artery, because it called hemostat
Heiss artery forceps
Heiss type is the Fine and long straight forceps used for the fine dissection in surgery like nephrectomy and adrenalectomy.
Used along with the vascular instruments for dissection near blood vessels and fine structure.
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