Potts-Smith Vascular Scissors — 19.5 cm

Potts-Smith Vascular 19.5 cm — Paediatric-Cardiac Pattern

Willis J. Potts (1895-1968), the Chicago paediatric-cardiac surgeon, paired with R. P. Smith to give a long-shaft fine-tipped scissor for arteriotomy in tight congenital-cardiac fields. The 19.5 cm Potts-Smith is the modern paediatric-cardiac arteriotomy default — Blalock-Taussig shunt subclavian-pulmonary anastomosis arteriotomy, coarctation-of-aorta isthmus extension cut, and ventricular-septal-defect right-ventriculotomy edge trim.

Paediatric-cardiac use

• BT-shunt subclavian-pulmonary
• Coarctation isthmus extension
• VSD ventriculotomy edge

19.5 cm Potts-Smith vascular, AISI 420 stainless. Manufactured in Sialkot.