Four curves. That is very nearly the whole purchasing decision on this instrument, and it is the one detail most requisitions get wrong — usually by ordering a single figure number and assuming it will cover every case. Figure Curve Typical length Reaches Fig. 1 Quarter curve ~23.5 cm (9¼”) Renal pelvis, straight-line access Fig. […]
Randall Stone Forceps: Curve Selection for Stone Retrieval Read More »
What actually moves the fragment? It is worth asking, because the answer is rarely the plate, the screw, or the clamp. Those hold a reduction that has already been achieved. The instruments that achieve it — that physically drag a displaced fragment back into position and hold it there long enough for a clamp to
Bone Hooks and Reduction Levers: Fracture Handling Instruments Read More »
Alfred Auvard published his obstetric writings in Paris in the 1880s and 90s, at a point when vaginal surgery was expanding faster than the instruments to support it. His contribution to the tray was almost embarrassingly simple: take a posterior vaginal retractor, bend it to a right angle, and hang a solid weight off the
Auvard Weighted Speculum: Uses, Weights and Alternatives Read More »
The moment that separates a smooth dilation from a difficult one usually arrives about four centimetres in. The sound has passed, the canal feels reasonable, and then the next dilator stops dead at the internal os. What happens in the following ten seconds — whether the surgeon backs off and steps down half a size,
Hegar Uterine Dilators: Sizes, Sets and Safe Dilation Read More »
Straight or angled? It is the only real decision when ordering this instrument, and most catalogues answer it with a shrug — both are listed, no guidance given. The choice is not preference. It is determined by how deep the bone sits and which direction the cut has to travel. What the Instrument Is Liston
Liston Bone Cutting Forceps: Straight vs Angled Jaw Selection Read More »
The capsule is open, the femoral neck is exposed, and the assistant has to hold anterior soft tissue clear of the acetabular rim for the next twenty minutes without the tip skidding off bone. That single requirement — a tip that engages cortex and stays engaged — is the whole reason this instrument exists. The
Hohmann Retractor: Orthopaedic Bone Lever Sizes and Uses Read More »
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