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HEMOSTATIC DRESSING [4 records]

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Record 1 2020-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A wound dressing that contains an agent that promotes blood clotting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A small thumb forceps with two teeth on one tip and one tooth on the other.

CONT

Adson forceps [are] dressing/dissecting forceps with a concave leading edge from the body of the shank to the forceps tips. Each shank is moulded into a single unit with rounded ends [and] includes grooved gripping surfaces. The jaws of the forceps have horizontal serrations.

OBS

Adson forceps 1x2 (means there are 2 teeth on one side and 1 tooth on the other for grasping).

OBS

There are many types of Adson forceps : artery, dissecting, dressing, dural, ear, hemostatic, hypophyseal, lung, grasping, suture, tissue, thumb, etc.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as in "Adson’s forceps", often disappears over the years. Sometimes the possessive form and the inventor’s name agglutinate. For that reason, the written forms "Adson forceps" and "Adsons forceps" are also found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Il existe différents types de pinces d'Adson : pince à dissection ou pince à disséquer d'Adson, pince à hypophyse d'Adson, pince hémostatique d'Adson, etc.

OBS

Avec l'usage, il arrive que le nom de l'inventeur (ici, le neuro-chirurgien américain Alfred W. Adson) ne soit plus utilisé comme complément de nom, mais soit mis en apposition et se comporte, dès lors, comme un adjectif de relation. On parlera alors de «pince Adson» et non plus de «pince d'Adson» ou de «pince de Adson».

PHR

Pince d'Adson à griffes, à dents de souris.

PHR

Pince d'Adson sans griffes, avec griffes, sans dents, avec dents, ultra fine.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

Standard thumb-operated, wishbone type forceps for grasping tissue, with a rat-tooth tip with a single point on one side fitting in between two teeth on the other.

OBS

Proper name: Adson Tissue Forceps. ... Features: tips - 1x2 sharp interlocking teeth; jaws - fine, diamond serrations. Grasping delicate tissue and skin.

OBS

There are many types of Adson forceps : Adson artery forceps; Adson dissecting forceps; Adson dressing forceps; Adson dural forceps; Adson ear forceps; Adson hemostatic or haemostatic forceps; Adson hypophyseal forceps; Adson lung grasping forceps; Adson micro forceps; Adson suture forceps; etc.

OBS

Adson forceps can be: toothed or non-toothed ; smooth or serrated; straight or curved; with fenestrated handle; with tungsten carbide inserts or with serrated tungsten carbide suture platform; etc.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Adson’s tissue forceps", often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written form "Adson tissue forceps" is also found. Alfred Washington Adson. American neurosurgeon, 1887-1951.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Avec l'usage, il arrive que le nom de l'inventeur ne soit plus utilisé comme complément de nom, mais soit mis en apposition et se comporte, dès lors, comme un adjectif de relation. On parlera alors de «pince à dissection Adson» et non plus de «pince à dissection d'Adson». Alfred W. Adson (1887-1951), neuro-chirurgien américain.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

There are many varieties of dura hooks, often bearing the name of their inventor : Adson dura hook; Cushing dura hook; Graham dura hook; Sachs dura hook; Tönnis dura hook; etc.

OBS

There are many surgical instruments bearing the name of Alfred Washington Adson, American neurosurgeon(1887-1951) : Adson dressing forceps; Adson hemostatic forceps; Adson hypophyseal forceps; Adson tissue forceps; Adson needle holder; Adson elevator; Adson retractor; etc.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Adson’s dura hook", often disappears over the years. For that reason, in that specific case, the written form "Adson’s dura hook" is not found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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