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GALL DUCT FORCEPS [4 records]

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Record 1 2010-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
CONT

This commercial item description covers a gall duct forceps of the Lahey design, used for grasping and retaining the gall duct during surgical procedures.

OBS

There are many varieties of gall duct forceps, often bearing the name of their inventor : Crile gall duct forceps; Desjardins gall duct forceps; Gray or Grey gall duct forceps; John Hopkins gall duct forceps; Lahey gall duct forceps; Lower gall duct forceps; Mixter gall duct forceps; Moynihan gall duct forceps; Nissen gall duct forceps; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Il existe plusieurs variétés de pince pour voies biliaires, portant fréquemment le nom de leur inventeur : Bainbridge; Guyon; Johns-Hopkins; Lahey; Lower; Mayo-Guyon; Mixter; Mixter-O'Shaugnessy; Stille; etc.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A lightweight, ratchet-handled hemostat with the blades curved sharply downwards near their tip.

CONT

[Mixter forceps] are used primarily in general and vascular surgery. [They] are helpful in placing sutures behind or around a vessel or duct. They are used secondarily for the dissection of tissue. All Mixter forceps, artery or hemostatic forceps, thoracic or grasping forceps, gall stone forceps and gall duct forceps) are right angle [forceps].

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as in "Mixter’s forceps" (Samuel Jason Mixter, American neurological surgeon) often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written forms "Mixter’s forceps", and "Mixter’s clamp" are no longer found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

Proper name : Mixter gall duct forceps... Features : tip rounded; horizontal serrations. Uses : Primarily general and vascular surgery. Often helpful in placing sutures behind or around a vessel or duct. Secondarily used for the dissection of tissue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

Numerous surgical instruments bear the name of Frank H. Lahey, U. S. surgeon(1880-1935) : Lahey bag; Lahey carrier; Lahey catheter; Lahey clamp; Lahey dissecting scissors; Lahey drain; Lahey forceps; Lahey gall duct forceps; Lahey goiter tenaculum; Lahey gouge; Lahey hemostatic forceps; Lahey hook; Lahey ligature carrier; Lahey needle; Lahey osteotome; Lahey scissors; Lahey score; Lahey tenaculum; Lahey thoracic clamp; Lahey thoracic forceps; Lahey thyroid retractor; Lahey thyroid scissors; Lahey trephine; Lahey tube; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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