Boys-Allis Forceps

Boys-Allis Forceps — catalogue reference TI 08-45-00.

Allis tissue forceps occupy a specific niche between atraumatic instruments and the crushing toothed forceps like Kocher: firm enough to retract or manipulate, without Kocher’s destructive grip. The hallmark is the multi-tooth tip — typically 4×5 or 5×6 teeth in a single row across the working end — distributing pressure across a wider area. Oscar Huntington Allis developed the pattern in late-nineteenth-century Philadelphia for laparotomy and bowel surgery. Today the Allis is standard for grasping the appendix base, stomach wall during gastric procedures, peritoneum during entry, and any structure needing firm but non-destructive traction. The Allis is to general surgery what Babcock is to bowel.

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