Surgical Needles Classifications
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Size,
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Type (Straight or),
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Edge (Cutting ‘Triangular shape tip’ ; skin | Tapered ‘round shaped tip’; organs/soft-tissues)
Most of them has peeling mechanism - do not open it like twix? It keeps the instrument in sterile condition then present the instrument to colleague — after opening it you will find needle position ready to by clamped by needle holder
Tissue Forceps, Dressing Forceps, Needle Holder (Driver), Iris scissors (debridement/revision), Dissection Scissors (heavier tissue revision, wound undermining), Hemostats (clamping blood vessels, grasping,exploring), Suture Removal Scissors
Other notes
- Needle holder; Ridges tip
- Never hold ear instrument with middle finger, index would be support on instrument - Ring & Thumb for ears
- For skin we always tooth typed Forceps instrument - Held like pencil