Surgical scissors
The surgical scissors represent a powerful model for cutting through tissue parts as well as surgical auxiliary material (e.g. drainage tubes , bandages) and sutures.
Surgical scissors are used in virtually all operations. Surgical scissors are used as "standard scissors" in the outpatient department , on the ward and in the doctor's office .
Standard scissors are used in both straight and slightly curved shapes. A distinction is made between these scissors, both in the straight and in the slightly curved model, according to the design of the cutting blade tips.
variants
- Models in an upturned shape are sometimes referred to as Cooper scissors , named after the English surgeon Astley Paston Cooper . However, this designation is only applicable for dissecting scissors with curved branches and blunt tips, which are suitable for fine, thin tissue or for exact dissections.
- The Metzenbaum scissors , named after the surgeon Myron Metzenbaum , are special scissors with a very long handle and relatively short blades. It also enables cuts deep in the body without the surgeon being hindered by working with the scissor legs opening too far.
- The Mayo scissors are sturdy scissors, the edges of which are outward and which are more suitable for thick tissue, e.g. B. fascia is suitable.
literature
- Katja Nuß: Veterinary instruments. Schattauer Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-7945-1794-6 .
- Max Saegesser: Surgical operation theory. Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH, Berlin Heidelberg 1935.
- Rüdiger Kramme: Medical technology. 4th edition, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-16186-5 .
Web links
- Prof. Dr. Hans Behrbohm: 1 x 1 of dissection & instrumentation for plastic facial and neck surgery, cutting instruments, part 2: scissors . In: face, international magazine of orofacial esthetics . No. 3-2010 . Oemus Media AG, March 2010, ISSN 1864-4279 , p. 38–41 ( [1] [PDF; 228 kB ; accessed on August 17, 2017]).