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Adson Bayonet Forceps

Thumb forcepsFOR-sepsA hand instrument with two blades or arms used to grasp, hold or pull tissue or objects.Full entry with a bayonet bend: the handle is offset from the long, straight working end. The tips are blunt with fine cross serrationsair-AY-shunA row of small tooth-like ridges, such as the grooves on the jaws of a surgical clamp.Full entry .

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Class
Grasping & Holding
Lengths
7¼–7¾ in3 lengths, 184–197 mm
On setups
10

On the table

What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.

  • What it’s for

    Grasps delicate tissue and places packing deep in narrow spaces, such as craniotomykray-nee-OT-uh-meeSurgery in which a piece of the skull is removed to reach the brain, and usually put back at the end.crani/o skull-tomy cutting intoFull entry and nasal or sinusSY-nusA hollow space in the body, most often one of the air-filled spaces in the skull bones around the nose.Full entry surgery. The bayonet bend keeps the surgeon's hand out of the line of sight.

  • Lengths and variants

    Ruggles: delicate 7 1/4 in (184 mm) and dressing 7 1/2 in (191 mm). Jarit: 7 3/4 in (196 mm) with tips 2.4 mm wide and 20 mm long. Codman: 2 mm tips, 191 mm long.

    • 7¼ in184 mm
    • 7½ in191 mm
    • 7¾ in197 mm

  • What experienced techs know

    What techs who reach for it every day know about it.Pro

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  • After the case

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10 sources
  1. Integra Ruggles. Neurosurgical Instruments Catalog. p. 166
  2. Integra Jarit. Surgical Instruments Catalog. p. 117
  3. Codman. Surgical Instruments Catalog (Surgical Holdings). p. 550
  4. Nemitz R. Surgical Instrumentation: An Interactive Approach. 3rd ed. Chapter 13 (Neurosurgical instruments), p. 475
  5. Nemitz R. Surgical Instrumentation: An Interactive Approach. 3rd ed. Chapter 13 (Neurosurgical instruments), p. 503
  6. Nemitz R. Surgical Instrumentation: An Interactive Approach. 3rd ed. Chapter 9 (Otorhinolaryngology instruments), p. 324
  7. Surgical Holdings. Caring for Your Dissecting and Tissue Forceps (care poster). p. 1
  8. IAHCSMM. Central Service Technical Manual. 8th ed. Chapter 8 (Cleaning and Decontamination), p. 154
  9. IAHCSMM. Central Service Technical Manual. 8th ed. Chapter 10 (Surgical Instrumentation), p. 200
  10. Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 11 (Surgical Instruments), p. 205-206

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