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AMPUTATING KNIFE [1 record]

Record 1 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A broad-bladed knife used primarily for transecting large muscles during major amputations.

CONT

The amputation knife [is] the largest of the knives used in surgery. Formerly they were curved; now they are straight, and provided with one or two edges.

OBS

There are many varieties of amputation knives, often bearing the name of their inventor : Catlin amputation knife; Esmarch resection amputating knife; Langenbeck amputation knife; Liston amputation knife; etc. Amputation knives can be small, medium or large.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
CONT

Matériel [requis pour une amputation] : Un garrot, un bistouri froid, un couteau à amputation, un ciseau de Mayo, six pinces de Halstead ou Christophe à hémostase, deux Farabeuf, un porte-aiguille, une Kocher, une pince à disséquer, une scie de Gilli ou de Farabeuf, une pince gouge, une râpe, une rugine, un champ fendu ou un rétracteur de Percy, une lame de Delbet et éventuellement de la xylocaïne.

Spanish

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