Stapling forceps.

Obtaining secure stapling of a double stapling anastomosis.

BACKGROUND Anastomotic leakage is a serious complication after rectal surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of waiting time during firing of stapling devices on optimal staple formation. METHODS An endoscopic linear stapler (Echelon Flex 60 Endopath) with either a 60 mm blue or gold cartridge was applied to the cardiac and pyloric portions of 27 fresh porcine stomachs. Three...

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

Sclerotomy forceps.

Forceps to facilitate the drainage of subretinal fluid are described.

Eyeball rotating forceps.

cysts or oedema, and should prove of great value in research, as in detachment of the retina. ' Professor Goldmann also gave a short talk and demonstration on the aqueous veins which he had discovered shortly after, but independently of, Ascher. We left with the happiest memories of the quiet courtesy of Professor Gold-mann, and with great respect for his ingenuity in diagnostic instrument design.