Surgical instrument pictures, name, and their uses
Hi, Friends As you are aware, after closing the interview in all nursing govt jobs, some institutes (AIIMS, JIPMER, PGIMER, BHU, etc.) have combined the practice questionnaire with theory-based questions, to learn the practical knowledge of the candidates. Along with this, the image-based questions of some Surgical Instrument Is also given in the exam paper and their names and work .
In this article, we have described the image name and work of some instruments, that are used regularly while working in the hospital. Hope you like this information about Surgical Instruments.
1. BP Handle – (Discovered by Charles Russell Bard and Morgan Parker, founders of the Bard-Parker Company)
Scalpal/ knife/ BP handle to use superficial tissue cutting with a blade no. 10, 11, 12, 15, etc.

2. Scalpal/ knife/ BP handle to use for deep cutting with a blade no. 10, 11, 12, 15, etc.

3. Scalpal/ knife/ BP handle to use for skin incision or debridement including a blade no. 20, 22, 23, etc.

4. Surgical Knife – (The Surgical Instruments)
Different types of surgical blade/ knife with its number for cutting incision and excision.

5. Mayo Scissor Straight – used for cut suture thread, bandage, and gauze piece.

6. Mayo Scissors Curved – used to cut heavy tissue tough structures like skin, fascia, muscle, etc.

7. Metzenbaum Scissors/ Fine Scissors – used to cut fine structures like vessels, tendons, and other soft tissue.

8. Artery Forceps/ Heamostate – uses controlling bleeding and retraction of skin and tissue.

9. Kelly Hemostatic Forceps/ Mosquito/ Rochester pean forceps –
This Surgical Instrument used to clamp small blood vessels it’s a straight mosquito and a curved mosquito according to its jaw angle.


10. Burlishear – A Burlishear is used to clamp deep blood vessels. Burlishears have two closed finger rings. Burlishears with an open finger ring is called tonsil hemostats.

11. Allis Forceps or allis clamps – With sharp Tooth, its uses and designed to grasp and hold heavy tissue, organs, skin, fascia tissue, soft tissues like bowel and breast tissue. also used in the clamp and hold operating materials such as tubes and drapes.

12. Babcock Forceps –
Similar to Allis forceps/Clamp. It is less traumatic due to their wider and rounded edges. mostly used in laparotomy for grasping tube-like organs or structures like ureters, intestine, appendices, and other delicate tissue.

13. Sponge Forceps –
Sponge forceps are mostly used in the surgical procedure to create a surgical site using a sponge to paint betadine or spirit. Another use of a sponge forceps is to hold the hard surface and to hold and retract the cervix.

14. Towel Clamp/Clip –
This Surgical Instrument is used to hold and grasp towels and drapes, to maintain a sterile field during surgery or any invasive procedure.


15. Kochar forceps –
It has 1×2 teeth on a straight or curved jaw. available in various sizes. It is used for a strong grip. Mostly used in orthopedics, and general surgery to hold the muscles, ligaments, gallbladder, thyroid, etc.

16. Hemostatic clips and applicator –
this Surgical Instrument is used in surgical procedures and other bleeding conditions to control bleeding by application of a hemostatic clip. mostly used in vascular surgeries. It is available in various sizes as per usage.
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17. Right Angle Forceps –
Another name is “Mixter”. A right angle is used to clamp hard to reach vessels and to place suture around the vessel. The right angle with a suture attached is called a “tie on a passer”.

18. Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder-
A needle holder is used to grasp/hold and guide the needle when suturing.

19. DeBakey forceps- Surgical Instrument
It is atraumatic tissue forceps, used for delicate tissue, particularly in cardiovascular surgery to avoid tissue damage during manipulation.
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20. Adson pickup forceps or Dura forceps-
Nontoothed used to grasp the delicate tissue. Or with teeth used to grasp the skin.

21. Tooth forceps/ Thumb forceps-
These forceps used to grasp/hold tough/hard tissue such as breast, skin, fascia, etc. single tooth forceps known as “Rat tooth forceps”. It’s available in single or multiple teeth.

22. Russian Tissue Forceps –
This is a Rounded perimeter multi-tooth tip used for maximum tissue grip, and nontraumatic tissue grasping during dissection.

23. Deaver retractor-
It is used to retract deep abdominal or chest incisions. available in various widths.

24. Richardson retractor-
This retractor is used to retract deep abdominal or chest incisions.

25. Goulet retractor-
It is used to retract shallow or superficial incisions. Surgical Instrument

26. Army-Navy retractor/US Army retractor-
It is used to retract shallow or superficial incisions.

27. A Weitlaner Retractor/ Self Retaining Retractor –
It is available with two types of ends, Sharp and Blunt. It is mainly used for retracting skin ends in small incisions. Like bone & joint procedures, small neurosurgical procedures, and plastic surgeries.
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28. Gelpi Perineal Retractor –
Which has two pointed ends, it is used to retract small incision.

29. A Balfour with bladder blade Retractor – Surgical Instrument
It’s used to retract wound edges during deep abdominal procedures.

30. Cat’s Paw Retractor –
It has two ends, one side single right-angled blade and the cat’s claw-shaped blade on the other side. it’s mostly used in hard skin areas surgery like hand and foot.

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