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GLOVER BULLDOG CLAMP [3 records]

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Record 1 2009-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A surgical device for holding and compressing vessels or a structure in order to prevent hemorrhage or the escape of contents during the progress of an operation. Also designed to bring together several isolated objects or anatomic structures by pressing, fastening, or binding them firmly.

OBS

There are many varieties of clamps, often bearing the name of their inventor : Allis clamp; Cope's clamp; Crafoord clamp; Crile's clamp; De Bakey bulldog clamp; Doyen's clamp; Fogarty clamp; Gant's clamp; Gaskell' s clamp; Glover bulldog clamp; Goldblatt's clamp; Gussenbauer's clamp; Joseph's clamp; Kelly clamp; Kocher clamp; Michel' s clamp; Mikulicz clamp; Ochsner clamp; Payr pylorus clamp; Pott's clamp; Rankin clamp; Satinsky-Debakey Vascular Clamp fo Vena Cava; etc.

PHR

anastomosis, bone, bulldog, cannula, cardiovascular, cartilage, dental, examination/operating table, pedicle, penile, postmortem, rectal, skull, surgical, test tube, towel, tubing, umbilical cord, urological, vascular clamp.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Instrument chirurgical en forme de pince, muni d'un cran d'arrêt, à deux branches métalliques droites ou courbes, dont les mors, rigides ou souples, sont armés d'une denture atraumatique et antidérapante. Cet instrument sert à comprimer les parois d'un conduit ou d'une cavité, soit pour empêcher une hémorragie, soit pour maintenir provisoirement en bonne position opératoire un organe.

OBS

Il existe plusieurs variétés de clamps, portant fréquemment le nom de leur inventeur : clamp de Cope; clamp de Crile; clamp de Doyen; clamp de Gant; clamp de Goldblatt; clamp de Gussenbauer; clamp de Michel; clamp de Mikulicz-Radecki; clamp de Payr; clamp de Rankin; clamp presse-tube de Weiss; clamp à bronches de Price-Thomas; etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental quirúrgico
DEF

Pinzas de forcipresión utilizadas en cirugía digestiva para coprostasis o aplastamiento del estómago o intestino, en cirugía vascular para la hemostasia de vasos importantes y en cirugía pulmonar para compresión de los órganos tubulares del hilio.

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Record 2 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A springloaded crossover clamp used in surgery to clamp small arteries.

OBS

[The bulldog clamp] opens when squeezed and the serrated-face clamp blades shut when the squeeze is relaxed.

OBS

There are many varieties of bulldog clamps, often bearing the name of their inventor : Cooley bulldog clamp; De Bakey bulldog clamp; Dietrich bulldog clamp; Dubost bulldog clamp; Glover atraumatic bulldog clamp; Gregory bulldog clamp; John Hopkins bulldog clamp; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Clamp [...] utilisé pour l'hémostase des petits vaisseaux.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

Other surgical instruments bear the name of Gregory: Gregory atrauma forceps; Gregory atraumatic profunda forceps; Gregory profunda clamp; Gregory castration forceps; Gregory external carotid clamp; etc.

OBS

There are many varieties of bulldog clamps, often bearing the name of their inventor : Cooley bulldog clamp; DeBakey bulldog clamp; DeBakey-Satinsky bulldog clamp; Dietrich bulldog clamp; Dubost bulldog clamp; Glover atraumatic bulldog clamp; Gregory bulldog clamp; John Hopkins bulldog clamp; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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