Veterinary surgical tools

-Used to remove stitches following routine surgery, wound repair etc. -Note hooked portion of scissors for ease of removal of sutures -Length = 4 ½ inches long

• Littauer Suture Removal Scissors

• Wire Cutting Scissors

• Spencer Suture Removal Scissors

• Lister Bandage Scissors

-suture removal -Typically about 3 ½ inches long

• Spencer Suture Removal Scissors

• Littauer Suture Removal Scissors

• Lister Bandage Scissors

• Metzenbaum Scissors

-Have short, thick jaws with serrated edges

• Operating Scissors

• Wire Cutting Scissors

• Mayo Dissecting Scissors

• Lister Bandage Scissors

-Used for cutting bandage material -Blunt tipped end slides under bandaging

• Operating Scissors

• Wire Cutting Scissors

• Metzenbaum Scissors

• Lister Bandage Scissors

-Heavy scissors -Blades may be straight or curved -Used for cutting tough tissue such as heavy connective tissue

• Mayo Dissecting Scissors

• Operating Scissors

• Wire Cutting Scissors

• Metzenbaum Scissors

-Blade is straight or curved -Used for cutting delicate tissues such as fat or thin muscle

• Operating Scissors

• Wire Cutting Scissors

• Metzenbaum Scissors

• Lister Bandage Scissors

1. Sharp-Blunt 2. Blunt-Blunt 3. Sharp-Sharp

• Operating Scissors

• Wire Cutting Scissors

• Metzenbaum Scissors

• Lister Bandage Scissors

Used to hold curved suture needles

• Mayo Dissecting Scissors

• Rochester Pean Forceps

• Mayo-Hegar Needle Drivers

• Olsen-Hegar Needle Drivers

-Used to hold curved suture needles -Scissors built in

• Rochester Pean Forceps

• Lister Bandage Scissors

• Olsen-Hegar Needle Drivers

• Mayo-Hegar Needle Drivers

-Transverse serrations -Serrations only cover half of the jaws (important distinguishing feature from other hemostatic forceps) -Jaws can be straight or curved

• Senn Retractors

• Kelly Hemostats

• Gelpi Retractors

• Crile Hemostats