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McCabe Facial Nerve Dissector

A slim, scissor-like ring-handled instrument with fine, smooth jaws that are angled and taper to blunt tips.

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Class
Cutting & Dissecting
Length
5½ in140 mm

On the table

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

  • What it’s for

    Used in parotidectomy to dissectdy-SEKT, or dih-SEKTTo cut apart or separate tissues carefully during surgery.Full entry along the branches of the facial nerveFAY-shul NERVThe seventh cranial nerve, which moves the muscles of the face and carries taste from the front of the tongue.Full entry while the superficial part of the gland is removed.

  • Lengths and variants

    Angled smooth jaws.

  • What experienced techs know

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

Through the case

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  • Before the case

    Inspection and testing

    What to check before it reaches the field.Pro

  • During the case

    Passing it

    How to pass it so it lands in the surgeon’s hand the right way round.Pro

  • After the case

    Care and reprocessing

    How it is cleaned, checked and sent back to sterile.Pro

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6 sources
  1. Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 26 (Surgery of the Ear, Nose, Pharynx, and Larynx), p. 699
  2. Sontec Instruments. Master Catalog. p. 723
  3. Aesculap. US Surgical Instrument Catalog (DOC373 Rev C). p. 602
  4. Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 11 (Surgical Instruments), p. 206
  5. IAHCSMM. Central Service Technical Manual. 8th ed. Chapter 8 (Cleaning and Decontamination), p. 153
  6. IAHCSMM. Central Service Technical Manual. 8th ed. Chapter 12 (Assembly and Packaging), p. 249, 253

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