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| A self locking apparatus for the sterilization of materials by steam under pressure. |
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| To free from pathogenic organisms. |
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| Abnormal accumulation of serious fluid within the peritoneal cavity. |
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| Scissors used in surgery for fine dissection |
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| Scissors used to remove bandages or other dressings. |
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| Scissors used to remove sutures |
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| Hemostatic forceps with transverse grooves only on the distal half of the tips. |
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| Hemostatic forceps with transverse grooves all the way down the tips. |
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| Self-retaining retractors commonly used in abdominal surgeries. |
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| Self-retaining retractors commonly used in orthopedic surgeries. |
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| Forceps with inward curving toothed blades and a ratcheted handle |
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| Used to pick up, hold and manuever tissues. NOT TWEEZERS!!! |
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| Brown Adson Thumb Forceps |
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| A crown saw for removing a circular disk of bone, or a bone biopsy. |
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| An instrument used to cut through thick or heavy bone. |
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| An instrument used to remove or break up small chunks of bone, cartilage or fibrous tissue. |
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| Olsen-hegar needle holders |
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| Do not have built in scissors. |
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| Instruments used to clamp small blood vessels during surgery. |
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| Halstead mosquito forceps |
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| Instrument used to retrieve the uterine horn from the body. |
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| A stitch or series of stiches made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound. |
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| A chisel-like knife for cutting bone |
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| An antiseptic with antibacterial, antifungal and some antiviral activity. |
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| Application of a stitch to tie off blood vessels during surgery |
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| Irrigation or flushing out, as in a wound or body cavity. |
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| Delivery of a fetus through an incision into the uterus |
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| The abnormal protrusion of an organ or tissue through the structures normally containing it. |
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| Surgical removal of a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body. |
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| Surgical removal of an abnormal growth on the body. |
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| Surgical incision into the stomach. |
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| Surgical incision into the intestines. |
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| Includes all the steps taken to prevent contamination of the surgical site. |
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| Bleeding from a blood vessel |
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| The act of placing a cuffed tube into the "windpipe" to maintain oxygen and anesthesia support during surgery and/or CPR. |
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| A lid-like cartilaginous structure guarding the entrance to the larynx. |
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| A method of attaching the drape to the wound edges. |
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| An incision into the ventral midline and placement of a tube through the wall of the throat to support respiration during emergency procedures when the oral cavity is blocked. |
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| The use of a sterile gauge needle inserted into the "windpipe" membrane to obtain tissue and/or fluid samples. |
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| A swelling of tissues normally accompanied by pain. |
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| Any invasion by a pathogen that interferes with an animal's normal function. |
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| Thin walled and soft, flexible tubing used to drain exudates from recovering wound sites. |
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