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    A surgical instrument is a medical device for performing specific actions or carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying...
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    Circumcision surgical procedure in males involves either a conventional "cut and stitch" surgical procedure or use of a circumcision instrument or device...
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    Surgery (redirect from Surgical procedure)
    surgery. The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments, surgical facility or surgical nurse. Most surgical procedures are performed...
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  • A retained surgical instrument is any item inadvertently left behind in a patient’s body in the course of surgery. There are few books about it and it...
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  • Surgical scissors are scissors specially manufactured as surgical instruments, typically used for cutting sutures, dressings, and cutting and dissecting...
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    There are many different surgical specialties, some of which require very specific kinds of surgical instruments to perform. General surgery is a specialty...
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  • quantum operation Scientific instrument, a device used to collect scientific data Surgical instrument Vehicle instrument, a device measuring parameters...
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  • sterile environment and to ensure the surgical equipment is working well. The nurse also organises all surgical instruments and ensures all supplies needed...
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    A dermatome is a surgical instrument for producing thin slices of skin from a donor area, for use in skin grafts. One of its main applications is for...
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    Surgical staples are specialized staples used in surgery in place of sutures to close skin wounds or connect or remove parts of the bowels or lungs. The...
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    Scalpel (redirect from Surgical knife)
    μελιζω (inside, "I cut"). Ancient Romans used more than 150 different surgical instruments, including scalpels. 10th century Arab-Spanish surgeon Albucasis...
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  • metals for surgical instruments. Instruments used in general surgery SAE International ASTM International Stainless Surgical Instruments. Boston Career Institute...
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    surgical procedures and the steps the surgeon needs to take in order to complete the procedure, including the very wide range of surgical instruments...
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    A retractor is a surgical instrument used to separate the edges of a surgical incision/wound or to hold away certain organs and tissues (i.e. to provide...
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  • Orbitoclast (category Surgical instruments)
    An orbitoclast was a surgical instrument used for performing transorbital lobotomies. Because actual ice picks were used in initial experimentation and...
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    Sims' vaginal speculum (category Surgical instruments)
    In gynaecology, Sims' vaginal speculum is a double-bladed surgical instrument used for examining the vagina and cervix. It was developed by J. Marion...
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    years. Al-Zahrawi's pioneering contributions to the field of surgical procedures and instruments had an enormous impact in the East and West well into the...
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    Cusco's speculum (category Surgical instruments)
    cervical examinations. It has a jaw that opens up like a duck bill. The instrument was named after French surgeon Édouard-Gabriel Cusco (1819–1894). It comes...
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    dilatator is a medical term with a number of uses, including: A surgical instrument or medical implement used to induce dilation, that is, to expand...
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    Allis clamp (category Surgical instruments)
    forceps) is a commonly used surgical instrument. It was invented by Oscar Allis. The Allis clamp is a surgical instrument with sharp teeth, used to hold...
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    Bone cutter (redirect from Surgical saw)
    A bone cutter is a surgical instrument used to cut or remove bones. In addition to surgery, they are also used in forensics and dismemberment. Types of...
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    Metzenbaum scissors (category Surgical scissors)
    to as Metzenbaum or Metzenbaum–Lahey forceps. Mayo scissors Surgical instrument Surgical scissors Grabowski, John J., ed. (11 May 2018). "Metzenbaum,...
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    Surgical tape or medical tape is a type of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used in medicine and first aid to hold a bandage or other dressing onto a wound...
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    minimally invasive surgical procedure in which a portion of a herniated nucleus pulposus is removed by way of a surgical instrument. The purpose of this...
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  • where instrument sizes are shifting towards the tiny, including nanoscale surgical instruments, biological nanobots, and bioelectronics. Instruments are...
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    Arthroscopy (category Orthopedic surgical procedures)
    used to distend the joint and make a surgical space. The surgical instruments are smaller than traditional instruments. Surgeons view the joint area on a...
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    Trephine (category Surgical instruments)
    trephine (/trɪˈfaɪn/; from Greek τρύπανον, trypanon 'instrument for boring') is a surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade. It can be of one of several...
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    Needle holder (category Surgical instruments)
    needle holder, also called needle driver or needle forceps, is a surgical instrument similar to a hemostat, used by doctors and surgeons to hold and push...
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  • Harmonic scalpel (category Surgical instruments)
    The harmonic scalpel is a surgical instrument that (unlike electrosurgery) uses ultrasonic vibrations to cut and cauterize tissue. The harmonic scalpel...
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    Dental instruments are tools that dental professionals use to provide dental treatment. They include tools to examine, manipulate, treat, restore, and...
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