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HYSTERECTOMY FORCEPS [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A forceps used during a hysterectomy to clamp off a very tough ligament that must be severed from both sides of the uterus.

OBS

There are many varieties of hysterectomy forceps or hysterectomy clamps bearing the name of their inventor: Anderson hysterectomy clamp; Bonney hysterectomy forceps; Faure hysterectomy forceps; Garland hysterectomy clamp; Glenner hysterectomy forceps or Glenner hysterectomy clamp; Kocher hysterectomy forceps; Heaney hysterectomy forceps or Heaney hysterectomy clamp; Heaney-Ballantine hysterectomy forceps or Heaney-Ballantine hysterectomy clamp; Howard-Kelly hysterectomy forceps; Harrison-Cripp's hysterectomy clamp; Hunter hysterectomy forceps; Long hysterectomy forceps; Maingot hysterectomy clamp; Masterson hysterectomy forceps or Masterson hysterectomy clamp; Moynihan hysterectomy clamp; Phaneuf hysterectomy forceps; Rochester-Pean hysterectomy forceps; Rogers hysterectomy clamp; Wertheim hysterectomy forceps; Wertheim-Cullen hysterectomy forceps; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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