Elevator used in surgery and Types

The periosteal elevator is an instrument with handle and elevation angled or straight blade used to elevate the periosteum and used in surgery. Periosteum from the bone like farabeuf elevator

Farabeuf elevator

The instrument with handle, thumb rest with groove and blade, handle with serrated groove for grips to the surgeon while using.

Blade with a flat rectangle shape with a beveled shape

Elevator used in operation for the as follow

Uses of Farabeuf elevator periosteal elevator

Used to elevate the periosteum from the bone

Access of the bone for screwing and plating

Periosteal resection, tendons, and cartilage

Freer Elevator

Used to take tissue or cartilage from the nasal septum

Also used in creating a flap in neurosurgery and to scarpe plague from a large artery in cardiovascular procedures

Used to lift the periosteum from the bone in orthopedic procedures

Used along with bone wax during controlling hemostasis in bone and scalp procedures

Periosteal elevator 

varieties

Double ended

one side is sharp and another end with blunt blades

Also called as the Cottle elevator

Pierce elevator

Curette surgical instrumentselevator

Periosteal Elevator

Used to scrape and remove periosteum from a bone in preparation for a bone incision

Varieties of elevator used in surgery

Single or double ended

Sharp or blunt

Curved or straight

Narrow or wide

Also known as

Chandler elevator

Cobb elevator

converse elevator

Joseph elevator

Key elevator

Langenbeck elevator

Penfield elevator

Sayre elevator

 

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Rib elevator

Used to scrape along ribs to remove tissue and cartilage 

elevator used in surgery for elevation of bone

Varieties

Also known as Doyen raspatoryperiosteal elevator

Doyen rib elevator

Rib stripper and elevator

Septal elevator

Used to elevate and dissect septum during the intranasal procedure

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