Cross-Serrated 16cm — Open Gynaecology Surgery

Cross-Serrated 16cm Dressing Forceps — Open Gynaecology

The 16cm-labelled cross-serrated forceps serves open-gynaecology procedures — abdominal hysterectomy, ovarian-cystectomy, ovarian-cancer staging, and the open-myomectomy that is still preferred over laparoscopic-myomectomy for large fibroids in patients planning future pregnancy. The 16cm length reaches the pelvic-floor structures through a Pfannenstiel incision without requiring the surgeon’s hand to enter the wound.

The Pfannenstiel-approach gynaecology context

The transverse suprapubic Pfannenstiel incision is the standard gynaecological abdominal approach — small enough to heal well, large enough to reach the pelvic organs in most patients. The 16cm cross-serrated forceps handles ovarian-pedicle ligation, broad-ligament dissection, and ureter-identification work during pelvic-floor surgery. The grip-without-marks property matters for the bowel-handling steps where the cross-serrated jaws engage serosa without producing perforation risk that 1×2 tooth forceps carry.

The cm convention in gynaecology

North American and most European gynaecology training uses cm-labelling; the 160mm-labelled SKU is the same product under the alternative mm convention.