Instruments

Surgical instruments are specially designed instruments that aid health-care professionals in performing certain tasks during a surgical procedure. This article includes a comprehensive list of surgical tools as well as their purposes.

Surgical tools are classified into five categories based on their purpose. These are the classes:

• Cutting and Dissecting Instruments
• Grasping or Holding Instruments
• Hemostatic Instruments
• Tissue Unifying Instruments
• Retractors

A. Cutting and Dissecting Instruments

These surgical devices are used to cut and dissect skin, tissue, and suture material. These devices generally have sharp edges that allow surgeons to cut and dissect tissue in order to investigate abnormal growths and remove harmful or damaged tissue. Scalpels, scissors, saws, and other cutting and dissecting equipment are examples.

1. Scalpels: A scalpel is a fine-edged cutting device with a blade that allows a surgeon to have maximum control while cutting tissues. It is used to make incisions in the skin or other tissues.
   A blade and a handle are the two parts of a surgical scalpel. The handles are frequently re-usable, while the blades can be replaced. Each blade is only used once in medical applications (even if just for a single, small cut).
   Functions of Scalpel. The scalpel is frequently used to make the first incision that allows the body to be opened for surgery. In abdominal procedures, scalpels are also utilised to cut the skin.
2. Scissors. Surgical scissors are cutting devices that are commonly used in surgery. Bandage scissors, dissecting scissors, iris scissors, operation scissors, stitch scissors, tenotomy scissors, Metzenbaum scissors, plastic surgery scissors, and Mayo scissors are a few types of scissors.Functions of Surgical Scissors. Trauma Scissors can be used in emergency medical response and rescue situations where clothing must be cut off. The rounded tips are intended to glide over the skin of the patient without inflicting damage.