What are the main surgical instruments?
Instruments used in general surgery
- Cutting and dissecting instruments: Scalpels, scissors, and saws are the most traditional.
- Grasping or holding instruments: Classically this included forceps and clamps predominantly.
- Hemostatic instruments:
- Retractors:
- Tissue unifying instruments and materials:
What does a total thyroidectomy include?
Total thyroidectomy involves the removal of the entire thyroid gland. This procedure is most often performed to treat thyroid cancer, but it may also be performed to treat uncontrollable hyperthyroidism or goiter that causes severe symptoms.
What are the five types of thyroidectomy?
Options for surgical management of thyroid cancer as defined by the American Thyroid Association Guidelines include total thyroidectomy, subtotal thyroidectomy, hemi-thyroidectomy, and completion thyroidectomy.
What is the difference between forceps and hemostats?
Locking forceps, sometimes called clamps, are used to grasp and hold objects or tissue. When they are used to compress an artery to forestall bleeding, they are called hemostats. Another form of locking forceps is the needle holder, used to guide a suturing needle through tissue. Forceps are also used for surgery.
What are clamping and occluding instruments?
Clamping and Occluding Instruments are used to compress blood vessels or hollow organs for hemostasis or to prevent spillage of contents. Clamping and Occluding Instruments A hemostat is used to clamp blood vessels or tag sutures. Its jaws may be straight or curved. Other names: crile, snap or stat.
What are the indication of thyroidectomy?
Indications include thyroid cancer, toxic multinodular goiter, toxic adenomas, goiter with compressive symptoms, Graves’ disease that is either not responsive to medical treatment or for whom medical management may not be advised, such as those attempting to become pregnant.
What are the three types of thyroid?
In hypothyroidism, your thyroid doesn’t produce enough of these hormones. This is also known as an underactive thyroid. There are three types of hypothyroidism: primary, secondary, and tertiary. In primary hypothyroidism, your thyroid is being stimulated properly.
What system is the thyroid in?
Some of the more common hormonal disorders are associated with the thyroid gland, which is part of the endocrine system. This system is a collection of glands that secrete chemicals called hormones directly into the bloodstream.