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BAKEY NEEDLE HOLDER [1 record]

Record 1 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

Proper Name: DeBakey Needle Holder. ... Features: T ips narrower than Mayo-Hegar or Hegar Baumgartner; Jaws - diamond serrated (3600 teeth 1/2 inch). Uses: General, thoracic, cardiovascular and vascular surgery. Shorter length pattern applicable to eye, plastic and neurosurgery; for use with needles with suture size 5-0 and 6-0.

OBS

There are many surgical instruments bearing the name of Michael Ellis DeBakey, a world renowned cardiovascular surgeon, medical inventor, medical statesperson, and teacher: DeBakey atraumatic forceps; DeBakey dissecting forceps; DeBakey grasping forceps; DeBakey ligature forceps; DeBakey atraumatic hemostatic forceps; DeBakey-Mosquito haemostatic forceps; DeBakey-Rankin haemostatic forceps; DeBakey tissue forceps; DeBakey vascular forceps; De Bakey peripheral vascular clamp; DeBakey multipurpose vascular clamp; DeBakey anastomosis clamp; DeBakey aortic aneurysm clamp; DeBakey aortic clamp; DeBakey bulldog clamp; DeBakey-Satinsky bulldog clamp; DeBakey needle holder; DeBakey vascular scissors; DeBakey vascular dilators; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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