Peanut and Kittner Sponges
Peanut Sponges · Peanuts · Kittner Dissectors · Kittners · Kitners · Sponge Dissectors · Dissector Sponges · Pushers · Cherries
Small, tightly rolled or round cotton gauze sponges with an X-ray detectable thread, from about 1/2 to 3/4 inch across. Peanuts are round or oval; Kittners are small firm cylinders. They come five or ten to a foam holder.
On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Used for blunt dissectiondy-SEK-shunA tear in the inner layer of an artery wall that lets blood split the layers apart; also, the cutting apart of tissue in surgery.Full entry : mounted on a clamp, the surgeon uses the sponge tip to gently push tissue apart and separate tissue planes, as in herniaHER-nee-uhA bulge of an organ or tissue through a weak spot in the muscle or tissue wall that normally holds it in.Full entry repair, pericardiectomy and vascular work. They also blot small amounts of blood.
Lengths and variants
Named by size and shape: peanut, Kittner, cherry and pusher, about 1/2 to 3/4 inch, in packs of five or ten in a foam holder.
What experienced techs know
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3 sources
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 19 (Surgical Skills II: Intraoperative and Immediate Postoperative Period), p. 394-395
- Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 31 (Pediatric Surgery), p. 995
- 4mdmedical.com
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