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DeBakey tissue forceps: Reference view.

Image: Phyo WP · Source / original · CC BY-SA 4.0

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DeBakey tissue forceps

Grasping & holding

DeBakey tissue forceps

Atraumatic vascular thumb forceps

THE FIRST VIVA QUESTION

What is its use?

Manipulates delicate tissues and vessels with a grip designed to reduce crushing injury.

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01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Long spring-action thumb forceps.
  2. Fine longitudinal intermeshing rows on the working tips.
  3. No prominent sharp terminal tooth or finger rings.
Don’t confuse it with…

Its fine longitudinal jaw pattern differs from the prominent terminal teeth of standard toothed forceps.

02 / PARTS

Name the parts.

Point to each part on your specimen as you say its name.

  1. Spring base
  2. Arms
  3. Grip
  4. Fine atraumatic jaw rows
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

01What is the advantage of the jaw design?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

A secure delicate-tissue grip with reduced local trauma.

02Can these forceps still cause damage?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Yes. Force and duration must still be controlled.

Read the references.

Use these clinical education and instrument references alongside your department’s practical manual. Photo attribution appears below the image.