Instrument |
Uses
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Head Mirror with head band |
to focus light into the cavity under inspection; mirror is concave and is used with a Chiron lamp to produce a parallel beam of light; doctor views through the hole (average diameter of mirror is 3 & 1/2" & that of hole is 1/4")
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Head mounted lights with head band |
to focus light into the cavity under inspection
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Chiron lamp |
source of light
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Katz extractor |
to remove nasal foreign body
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Bull's eye lamp |
source of light; exiting lens is convex and produces a divergent beam of light
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Speculum |
to dilate orifices and to see inside
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•Thudichum's nasal speculum |
-do-; short blades ( uses: anterior rhinoscopy - to see the Little's area, ant-inferior part of nasal septum, anterior part of inferior and middle turbinate and meatus, as well as any pathological lesion in the area; also used in certain nasal operations )
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•St. Clair Thompson's long bladed nasal speculum |
-do-; long blades ( uses: in operations such as Submucous Resection of the nasal septum )
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•Killian's long bladed nasal speculum |
-do-; long blades and with handles; used more operations like SMR & Septoplasty. ( advantage: blade can be adjusted and fixed with screws, to avoid strain due to holding )
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•Lempert's endaural speculum |
open the ear canal
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•Seigle's pneumatic speculum |
open the ear canal and give a magnification; test the mobility of tympanic membrane; see a magnified image of small perforations; introduce medicine into middle ear; perform Fistula test for vestibular function
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•Aural/Ear speculum |
to fit in and straighten the external ear canal
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Lack's tongue depressor |
to depress or remove the tongue or other structures from the field of inspection or to view them from all sides; examine oral cavity; posterior rhinoscopy; minor operations; foreign body removal; biopsy ;peritonsillar abscess drainage; retraction of cheek and lip.
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Forceps |
to hold things
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•Asch's septum forceps |
used to work on the nasal septum
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•Tilly's nasal dressing forceps |
for use in the anterior part of the nasal cavity Jmost importantly, anterior nasal packing; larger than Hartmann's, serrated tip & box joint ( uses: all nasal operations; nasal packing; removal of fish bone )
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•Tilly's aural dressing forceps |
for use in the ear canal; larger than Hartmann's
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•Hartmann's aural forceps |
for use in the ear canal; smaller than Tilly's and has a better "biting" action
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•Hunter Tod's forceps |
for use in the ear canal
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•Fagge's aural forceps |
for use in the ear canal
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•Waugh's long dissecting forceps |
used for dissection like on the tonsils, also to catch bleeding points and putting in swabs
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•Wilson's tonsil artery forceps |
as a haemostat ( same as Negus )
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•Negus tonsil artery forceps |
as a haemostat, replaces tonsil artery forceps; used to tie ligature at a depth and ligature won't slip due to its curve tip.
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•Peritonsilar abscess forceps |
to drain abscesses in the soft tissue adjacent to the palatine tonsils
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•Denis Brown's tonsil holding forceps |
to hold the tonsil during dissection
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•Luc's nasal forceps |
used in Caldwell-Luc operation on the maxillary sinuses
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•Walsham forceps |
used to work on the nasal septum
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•Citelli's punch forceps |
punching out holes in bones or other tissues
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•Henckle's punch forceps |
punching out holes in bones or other tissues
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Eustachian (tube) catheter |
on certain procedures of the eustachian tube or the middle ear like patency test; inflate middle ear and clear eustachian tube blockade; removal of foreign body of the nose; as a suction cannula.
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Mirrors |
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•Laryngeal mirror |
straight mirror for indirect laryngoscopy (seeing the larynx); structure seen are the base of tongue, vallecula, glossoepiglottic fold, epiglottis, pharyngo-epiglottic folds, aryepiglottic folds, epiglottis, interarytenoid region, pyriform sinus, inlet of larynx, supraglottic region, ventricular bands, vocal cord, subglottis and few rings of trachea; used for removal of fish bone, biopsy, anaesthesia of larynx, trachea, bronchi; removal of vocal nodule and papilloma.
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•Postnasal/Posterior rhinoscopy mirror (St. Clair Thompson's) |
for posterior rhinoscopy (seeing the inner parts of the nose like the choanae)
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Bronchoscope |
hollow tube to see within the respiratory tract without obstructing respiration
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Oesophagoscope |
hollow tube to see within the oesophagus
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Laryngoscope |
used in direct laryngoscopy; video link
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Jobson Horne's probe with ring curette |
to access or clean the external ear
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Tuning forks |
for various clinical tests of hearing loss; vibration sense test
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Pritchard's politzerization apparatus |
video link
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Aural/Ear syringe |
used to flush out anything like ear wax or foreign bodies from the external ear
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Toynbee's auscultation tube |
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Otoscope/Auriscope |
to examine the external auditory canal and ear drum; used during aural toileting, removal of wax, myringotomy, stapedectomy and to dilate the stenosis of canal
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Mouth gag |
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•Doyen's mouth gag |
to keep the mouth open, mostly operate the mouth
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•Boyle Davis mouth gag |
to keep the mouth open and depress the tongue to operate within or through the mouth; operations in which it is used: tonsillectomy, operation of palate, pharynx, nasopharynx.
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•Jenning's mouth gag |
-do-
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Draffin's bipod metallic stand and Magauran's plate |
used to hold the Boyle Davis mouth gag fitted head in a particular place.
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Guillotine |
used in guillotine method of tonsillectomy
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Gwyenne Evans Tonsil dissector and anterior pillar retractor |
used in tonsillectomy
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Snares |
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•Eve's tonsil snare |
to remove tonsil - used at the end to minimize bleeding
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•Krause's nasal snare |
used to remove nasal polyps
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•Glegg's nasal polyp snare |
used to remove nasal polyps
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•Aural snare |
used to remove aural polyps
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Tonsil knife |
used in tonsillectomy.incission of anterior pillar of tonsil in the beginning of operation
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Yorke's tonsil haemostatic clamp |
haemostatic clamps
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Negus' ligature slipper/knot tier |
used with Negus's or Wilson's artery forceps to help tie sutures; help to slip the ligature over the tip of Negus or Wilson forceps during ligation of vessels following tonsillectomy.
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Negus' artery forceps |
as a haemostat; replace tonsil artery forceps; ligature will not slip due to curve tip.
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St. Clair Thompson adenoid curette with cage and guard |
used in adenoid surgery.held in dagger holding fashion and passed behind soft palate.
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Yankauer's nasopharyngoscope |
for a direct access or look at the nasopharynx
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Yankauer suction tip |
double bent sucker; used as a sucker in operations of the mouth
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Lichtwitz antrum-puncture trocar and canula |
used in nasal sinus surgery; conform presence of puss in maxillary sinus; cytological examination of antral wash out fluid; lavage of the maxillary sinus; introduction of medication and indwelling polythene tube into the sinus
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Tilly's antral harpoon trocar |
to create an artificial passage into the maxillary sinus through the nose; puncture medial wall of inferior meatuses
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Tilly's antral bur |
to enlarge the artificial passage into the maxillary sinus through the nose made by the harpoon trochar; dilate and smoothen the antrostomy opening
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Freer's double-ended mucoperichondrium elevator |
separation of the mucosa from the cartilage in nasal surgery like Septomarginal resectiondisplacement of inferior turbinate
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Farabuef's periosteal elevator |
used in mastoid surgeries like mastoidectomy
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Rose's sinus washing canula |
to irrigate the maxillary sinuses
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Higginson's syringe |
irrigating the antrum,nasal douching for atrophic rhinitis
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Ballenger's swivel knife |
cutting septal cartilage; SMR operation
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Nasal foreign body hook |
to remove nasal foreign bodies
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Electric drill |
for bone drilling
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Mollison's self-retaining haemostatic mastoid retractor |
used in mastoid surgeries to retract overlying tissues
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Staecke's guide and protector |
used in mastoid surgeries
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Chisel |
removing parts of bones
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Mastoid gouge |
removing parts of mastoid bones
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MacEwen's cell seeker with curette |
used to curette within the mastoid
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Lempert's curette or scoop |
removing parts of the nasal septum
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Killian's nasal bone gouge |
bayonet shaped; removing parts of the nasal septum
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Myringotome |
used to cut the ear drum
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Grommet stapedectomy set |
used in surgeries of the ear drum
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Tracheostomy tube |
used in tracheostomy to bypass the airway above its point of insertion, due to any reason
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•Fuller's bi-valve type |
metal double tube; used in a new tracheostomy or during closing it for a few days
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•Portex type |
used in permanent tracheostomy
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•Cuffed type |
in unconscious patient (single cuff is sufficient); used in permanent tracheostomy (with two cuffs); has a balloon (cuff) that is inflated to occlude the airway around the tube to prevent aspiration of fluids into the lungs
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•Jackson's |
metal double tube and a pilot
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Retractor's (single or double hook) |
to retract tissues
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Tracheal hooks (blunt or sharp) |
used in tracheostomy
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Lempert's endural retractor |
used in ear surgery
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•Jansen's self retaining |
self retaining retractor used in mastoid surgery
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•Mollison's self retaining haemostatic |
self retaining retractor used in mastoid surgery
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Tracheal dilator |
used in tracheostomy to dilate the cut edges of the trachea
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Long gauze pieces |
for anterior nasal packing
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