Alfred Washington Adson was a neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic in the early twentieth century who lent his name to the small, fine tissue forceps used today in plastic, dermatologic, and minor surgical procedures. The defining features are the slim 12 cm length and the small triangular handle area that lets the surgeon hold the forceps in a pen-grip. Two principal variants exist: Adson-Brown (multi-tooth grasping forceps for skin closure) and Adson-Dressing (smooth-tip for atraumatic handling). The Brown variant is the workhorse of plastic-surgery skin handling and remains the most widely used pattern for fine tissue grip. The Adson-Beckman variant adds a self-retaining frame for skin retraction during minor procedures.
Adson Dressing Forceps 15cm — OR Standard Length, manufactured by Fizza Surgical under reference DF 03-60-02-02.
| Reference / SKU | DF 03-60-02-02 |
| Pattern | Adson |
| Working length | 15 cm (150 mm) |
| Material | AISI 420 martensitic stainless steel |
| Sterilization | Steam autoclave to 134 °C · EtO compatible |
| Quality system | ISO 13485:2016 · CE-marked under EU MDR 2017/745 · FDA establishment-registered |
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Sialkot has been the world’s primary cluster for surgical-instrument manufacturing since the late nineteenth century, when local steel workshops began supplying instruments to British military and civilian hospitals. Fizza Surgical’s facility continues that tradition, combining workshop craftsmanship with the metallurgy and quality systems modern medical regulation requires. Fizza products are exhibited at international medical-device trade fairs in Europe, the Middle East, and North America.





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