NEW BITING FORCEPS.

A New Lithotomy Forceps

^ By Suuoeon John O'Neill, M. D., M. Ch., Civil Surgeon, Shahpur. Forty miles distant from the shallt>ur Sadr is the village of Nowshera, approached by a road which in its last twenty miles runs a rough and uneven course over the hilis. Last winter, while inspecting the dispensary there, a man suffering from stone entreated me to afford him relief. He was in a pitiable condition, and could only...

A new BB forceps.

Retained intraocular BBs are difficult to remove. According to manufacturers' specifications, BBs have a spherical diameter of 4.5 mm and a copper plate covering a steel core. They have only moderate magnetic properties because of the copper plate cover and they are too large to be grasped by almost all intraocular forceps and, therefore, present a problem when they are retained in the eye afte...

Letter: New forceps for videolaryngoscopic intubation

New forceps for biopsy of peripheral airways.

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Biopsy with the New Essen Biopsy Forceps

Purpose. To present initial experience with a novel biopsy method, the Essen biopsy forceps. Therefore, two patients with diagnostic suspicion of uveal melanoma underwent biopsy for histopathological confirmation. Case Presentation. Two patients presented with painless unilateral vision reduction. Ultrasound revealed the diagnostic suspicion of uveal melanoma. Therefore, biopsy with the Essen b...