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UTERINE FORCEPS [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A long, slender, curved instrument with blunted serrations, used to remove tissue or insert packing in the uterus.

OBS

There are many varieties of uterine forceps: Bandall uterine forceps; Blake uterine forceps; Eppendorfer uterine forceps; Jacobs uterine forceps; Kevorkian uterine forceps; Novak uterine forceps; Phaneuf uterine forceps; Rheinstater uterine forceps; Sharman uterine forceps; Sims uterine forceps; Thomas uterine forceps; Thoms-Gaylor uterine forceps; Zweifel uterine forceps; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Il existe différents types de pinces utérines, portant fréquemment le nom de leur inventeur : pince utérine Pozzi-Schröder; pince utérine de Bozeman; pince utérine à ligament large type Moynihan; pince utérine Muzeux-Palmer; pince utérine Pratt;etc.

Spanish

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