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pince de Crile [1 record]

Record 1 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A surgical instrument with rubber-coated jaws that provide gentle, noncrushing compression of vascular structures during an anastomosis.

OBS

Proper name: Crile Hemostatic Forceps. ... Features: Horizontal serrations; straight or curved. Uses: Occlusion of vessels and some blunt dissection. Often confused with or referred to as Kelly forceps.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as in "Crile's forceps"or "Crile's clamp", often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written forms "Crile forceps" and "Crile clamp"are also found.

OBS

George Crile. American surgeon, born November 11, 1864, near Chili, Ohio; died January 7, 1943.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

La pince hémostatique Crile peut être droite ou courbe, avec ou sans griffes.

Spanish

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