BONE GRIPPING FORCEPS

Modified Curved Aspiration Cannulas and End-gripping Forceps for 25-gauge Vitrectomy on Highly Myopic Eyes

Pars plana vitrectomy in highly myopic eyes with an axial length (AL) of over 27.00 mm using instruments with the standard length is more challenging than surgery on eyes with an average length of 22.00 mm to 24.00 mm. One of the most difficult maneuvers is to reach the posterior pole of the eye, especially in the case of posterior staphyloma. To reach the posterior retina, the long AL of myopi...

Bone Cutting Forceps: A Safe Approach for Saving Strangulated Penis

Penile strangulation is considered a rare andrological emergency that may lead to a wide range of complications. Penile strangulation may be related to mental retardation in children or hypersexuality, abnormal sexual preferences in adults. This case report shows a 23-year-old male who presented to the emergency room with agonizing pain related to a metallic ring placed at the base of the penis...

Mechanical and clinical rationale of prototype bone reduction forceps.

OBJECTIVE To describe the mechanical rationale and clinical application of prototype right-angle reduction forceps. METHODS A pair of prototype right-angle reduction forceps was designed and manufactured specifically to improve the consistency and ease of fracture reduction. It was used to reduce mandible fractures of the mandible body, parasymphysis, and symphysis in 4 patients. The fracture...

Willett's Forceps

Willett (1925) first published his account of the treatment of placenta praevia byscalp forceps and weight traction, in 1925. He describes the treatment of seven cases by means of a modification of de Martell's surgical scalp forceps?the modification being the increase in length of the handles to inches. His two resident medical officers assured him that they found the method both easy and quic...

Missing Forceps