FirstCase Academy by SurgSoul
Surgical instrument guide
73 instruments you will see on the back table, each with a photo, the other names you will hear it called, and what it is for. Grouped by what they do: cutting, retracting, grasping, clamping, suturing, suctioning, and specialty.
Study them as flashcards, freeCutting & dissecting
#3 Knife Handle
#3 Long Knife Handle
#7 Knife Handle
Adenoid curette
Cobb elevator
Curette
Curved Mayo Scissor
Gigli saw
Kerrison rongeur
Key elevator (periosteal)
Leksell rongeur
Metzenbaum Scissor
Osteotome vs. Chisel
Potts Smith Scissors
Straight Mayo Scissor
Retracting & exposing
Army-Navy Retractor
Auvard Vaginal Speculum
Balfour Retractor
Cushing Vein Retractor
Gelpi retractor
Goelet Retractor
Hohmann retractor
Hurd elevator
Kelly Retractor
McIvor Mouth Gag
Pratt Rectal Speculum
Ribbon Retractor
Richardson Retractor
Roux Retractor
Senn Retractor
Storz Nasal Speculum
Volkman Retractor
Weisman Graves Speculum
Weitlaner Retractor
Grasping & holding
Adair Tenaculum Forceps
Adson Brown Forceps
Adson Forceps
Adson forceps (no teeth)
Bonney Forceps
Cushing Bayonet Dressing Forceps
DeBakey forceps
Dressing Pickups
Ferris Smith Tissue Forceps
Forester Sponge Forceps
Kocher Intestinal Forceps
Lahey Traction Forceps
Pituitary rongeur
Russian Tissue Forceps
Singley Tissue Forceps
Toothed Forcep
Verbrugge Bone Holding/Reduction Forcep
Clamping & occluding
Allis Forceps
Babcock
Backhaus Towel Clamp
Bulldog clamps
Crile Hemostats
Debakey Vascular Clamp
Fogarty Clamp
Kelly Forceps
Kocher Forceps
Lahey Gall Duct Forceps
Mosquito Clamp - Curved
Right Angle Clamp
Rochester Pean Forceps
Tonsil Clamp
Suturing & stapling
Suctioning
Specialty
Names vary by facility, manufacturer, and surgeon. Your facility’s instrument sets and the surgeon’s preference card are the reference; this is a study aid.