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THE GENERAL SURGERY CHECKLIST

Your complete
instrument index.

56 named instruments and patterns, organised by purpose. Every name opens a visual lesson with identification, parts, uses and viva practice.

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56 instruments in the current checklist

01

Haemostasis

12
  1. Artery forceps / haemostat5 parts · 3 viva questions
  2. Halsted mosquito forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  3. Kelly artery forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  4. Kocher forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  5. Right-angle / Mixter-pattern forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  6. Crile artery forceps4 parts · 2 viva questions
  7. Spencer Wells artery forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  8. Rochester-Pean forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  9. Rochester-Carmalt forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  10. DeBakey bulldog vascular clamp4 parts · 2 viva questions
  11. Doyen intestinal clamp5 parts · 2 viva questions
  12. Payr intestinal clamp4 parts · 2 viva questions
02

Grasping & holding

14
  1. Allis tissue forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  2. Babcock tissue forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  3. Rampley sponge-holding forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  4. Backhaus towel clip5 parts · 2 viva questions
  5. Toothed dissecting forceps4 parts · 2 viva questions
  6. Plain dissecting forceps4 parts · 2 viva questions
  7. Adson forceps4 parts · 2 viva questions
  8. DeBakey tissue forceps4 parts · 2 viva questions
  9. Duval tissue-grasping forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  10. Lane dissecting forceps4 parts · 2 viva questions
  11. Littlewood tissue forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  12. Mayo-Russian tissue forceps4 parts · 2 viva questions
  13. Lahey goitre-grasping forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  14. Cheatle sterilising forceps4 parts · 2 viva questions
03

Cutting & suturing

9
  1. Bard-Parker scalpel & handles5 parts · 3 viva questions
  2. Mayo scissors5 parts · 2 viva questions
  3. Metzenbaum scissors5 parts · 2 viva questions
  4. Stitch-removal scissors5 parts · 2 viva questions
  5. Mayo-Hegar needle holder5 parts · 3 viva questions
  6. Surgical suture needles4 parts · 2 viva questions
  7. Iris scissors5 parts · 2 viva questions
  8. Lister bandage scissors5 parts · 2 viva questions
  9. Stevens tenotomy scissors5 parts · 2 viva questions
04

Retraction

14
  1. Langenbeck retractor4 parts · 2 viva questions
  2. Doyen abdominal retractor3 parts · 2 viva questions
  3. Deaver retractor4 parts · 2 viva questions
  4. Weitlaner retractor5 parts · 2 viva questions
  5. Balfour retractor4 parts · 2 viva questions
  6. Volkmann retractor4 parts · 2 viva questions
  7. Senn / Senn-Miller retractor4 parts · 2 viva questions
  8. Farabeuf retractor4 parts · 2 viva questions
  9. Morris retractor4 parts · 2 viva questions
  10. Richardson retractor4 parts · 2 viva questions
  11. Gelpi self-retaining retractor5 parts · 2 viva questions
  12. Gillies skin hook4 parts · 2 viva questions
  13. Malleable ribbon retractor4 parts · 2 viva questions
  14. Army-Navy retractor4 parts · 2 viva questions
05

Suction & exploration

7
  1. Yankauer suction tip5 parts · 2 viva questions
  2. Frazier suction tube5 parts · 2 viva questions
  3. Lister sinus forceps5 parts · 2 viva questions
  4. Poole suction tube4 parts · 2 viva questions
  5. Brodie grooved director4 parts · 2 viva questions
  6. Surgical probe4 parts · 2 viva questions
  7. Universal trocar5 parts · 2 viva questions

This is the full current Mediveerse checklist, rather than every specialist instrument in existence. Your department may add or omit spotters. Reference photographs identify their specific patterns and variants.