By Muhammad AFAQ

Every day, I witness the significance of teamwork, precision, and composure in the operating theatre. These qualities have not only enhanced my professional capabilities but also shaped my personal philosophy. The stories unfolding within the sterile walls of the operation theatre have taught me that resilience in the face of adversity is the true essence of our profession.

Genral Surgical Instruments With Uses

Basic General Surgical Instruments:

General Set:


  1.  Artery Forceps (Straight)
  2. Artery Forcep (Curve)
  3. Ellys Tissue Holding Forcep
  4. Kocher Forcep/Clamp (Straight) & (Curve)
  5. Towel Clips
  6. Needle Holder







  7. Scissor (Straight) & (Curve)


  8. Scissor (Sharp) & (Blunt) Tip
  9. Scalple/Knife Holder/Bard Parker (B.P) Knife Holder 


  10. Sponge Holder
  11. Tooth Forcep


  12. Plain Forcep 

  13. Diathermy/Touch Forcep
  14. Kidney Tray
  15. Bowl

Other Instruments



Right Angle Hand Retractor

Outlet Baby Forcep
Green ArmyTage Forcep
Doyens Retractor
Uterine Sound Forcep
Bladder Sound
Cervical Dialator
Sims Speculum
Duck Speculum
Vulsellum
Mettalic Cathetar
Desjardin/ Pylolithotomy Forcep
Bone Cutter Single/ Double Action
Intestinal Clamp (Non Crushing)
Intestinal Clamp (crushing)

Morris Retractor
Joles Thyroid Retractor
Suction tube
Suction Nosle
Hernial Ring
Diathermy Lead/Bogi
Intestinal Forcep/Gut Forcep
Devers Retractor
Sum Sucker (Suction nosle multiple Hole)
Skin Hook
Uterine Cured
Spoon Shape Cured Double Side
Gland Holding Forcep
Monihans Clamp/Artery
Proctoscope
Babcock Forcep


Uses of Instruments

Artery Forcep:    Artery forceps are a tool used to control blood vessel bleeding. a procedure called hemostasis.
Allis Tissue Holding Forcep: The Allis Tissue Forceps, also known as Allis Clamps, are distinctive surgical instruments used for holding and grasping tissues. These forceps have a ratcheted handle, finger rings, and sharp edges. Additionally, they may be utilized for pulling ligaments and fascia, as well as breast and bowel tissues.
Kocher Forcep/Clamp: Used to control bleeding by securing bulky blood arteries or grabbing hefty tissue. can be applied to thyroid, gallbladder, or intestinal procedures. The hemostat's ratcheted locking mechanism regulates the jaw pressure.
Towel Clip: Towel clips are mostly used to secure draperies so that the working area is left open.
Needle Holding Forcep:  Also known as a needle driver which is used to retain a suturing needle during surgical procedures.
Scissors: During an operation in order to cut tissues at the surface or inside the human body. The blades can be either curved or straight. 
Scalpel/B.P Knife Holder:  Scalpel is an essential Surgical tool used “for making skin incisions, tissue dissections, and a variety of surgical approaches since the onset of 'modern' surgery.” Scalpel blades come in different sizes, identified by a blade number, and each serving a different purpose.
Sponge Holding Forcep: Sponge Holder is usually used to hold a swab, which can be utilized to clean and prepare the skin. A swab can likewise be folded over the jaws of the wipe holder and used to analyze, to spot draining focuses, or to gently withdraw delicate organs or tissue - the supposed "Swab-on-a-stick".
Tooth Forcep:  Their main role is to get a handle on, withdraw, or balance out tissue. They may likewise be utilized to pack or concentrate wipes, pass ligatures, and balance out and control needles during stitching. Forceps are arranged by the presence and sort of teeth that are intended for the particular tissue they are planned to hold.
Plain Forcep: Their primary purpose is to grasp, retract, or stabilize tissue. They may also be used to pack or extract sponges, pass ligatures, and stabilize and manipulate needles during suturing.
Diathermy Forcep: Diathermy forceps are utilized during electrosurgery for coagulating tissue through an electric flow.
Kidney Tray: A kidney Tray is a shallow kidney molded bowl, generally utilized in surgeries for conveying dressing, wraps, little instruments, ruined dressing and other clinical waste. It very well may be held near a patient's body helpfully in light of its shape.
Bowl: A surgical instrument is used to manage used sponges and gauze during surgery, holding sterile fluid until properly disposed of.
Right Angle Hand Retractor: Right angle retractor used for holding back multiple layers of deep tissue. Often used in appendicectomy, Caesarean sections and laparotomy. The blade is right angled, concave, and has a slight lip at the tip. The handle is hollow and features finger ridges for improved grip.
Outlet Baby Forcep: Obstetrical forceps are utilized to get a handle on the child inside the birth trench and assist with directing them out.
Green-Armytage Forcep: Green-armytage forceps are used to grasp and clamp tissue in the uterus.
Doyen Retractor: Doyen Retractor is a handheld retractor used primarily in abdominal OB/GYN procedures such as abdominal hysterectomies, cesarean section deliveries, and procedures for ectopic pregnancies.
Uterine Sound Forcep: The Uterine Sound is use to measure the depth and position of the uterine cavity. It is likewise useful with the situation of IUDs (Intra-uterine gadget) and the confirmation of the intrauterine position and length for HSG (Hysterosalpingography) methodology.
Bladder Sound: A metal instrument used to find stones in the bladder by the instrument raising a ruckus around town. The sound is embedded into the bladder through the urethral waterway, and can be felt grinding against any stones inside the bladder.
Cervical Dialator: An osmotic dilator is regularly used to tenderly open the cervix before a gynecologic technique that requires the cervix to be open, permitting admittance to the uterus and fallopian tubes. Cervical expansion lessens the gamble of injury to the cervix during such a methodology.
Sims' speculum: Sims' speculum is inserted into the vagina to retract posterior vaginal wall. It gives more exposure of the vaginal walls than Cusco's Speculum and therefore is preferred for gynaecological surgeries.
Duck Speculum: A speculum is a duck-bill-formed gadget that specialists use to see inside an empty piece of your body and analyze or treat infection. One normal utilization of the speculum is for vaginal tests. Gynecologists use it to open the walls of the vagina and look at the vagina and cervix.
Vulsellum Forceps: Vulsellum forceps are utilized in gynecology during methods for cervical review.
Metal Catheter: Metal catheter is a thin , flexible, hollow tube that is inserted through the urethra into the bladder and allows the urine to drain out. To clean the bladder and urine, this set is most reliable.
Desjardin/ Pylolithotomy Forcep: Its chief use is to help specialists during choledocholithotomy and different methodology including the Gall bladder.
Bone cutters Single/double Action: The bone cutting forceps (single action) is a single fulcrum bone cutting forceps which is used for for cutting the bone. It is used for cutting sharp edges of the cut bone, to smoothen the amputation stump and to cut into a cavity.
(Bone cutters double action are widely used in spine surgery to cut sharply through small bones such as phalanges.)
Intestinal Clamp (Non-crushing): It is a non-squashing type clip. It has a long and bold edges which gives a superior grasp and forestalls slippage of the stomach. It is utilized to hold and impede stomach for-gastrectomy, gastro-jejunostomy, and so on.
Intestinal Clamp(Crushing): Intestinal Clamp is a specialized instrument commonly used during gut surgeries for secure closure of bowl loops and pylorus. It is also often used in cardiothoracic surgeries as a valuable hemostat.
Morris Retractor: Morris Retractor is a multipurpose hand-held tool used to widen incision edges or wound borders during a broad range of surgical procedures, especially those involving the thoracoabdominal area. Practical L-Shaped Blade For Performing Deep Retractions.
Jolls (Friedman) Self Retaining Retractor: Jolls (Friedman) Self Holding Retractor is a specific careful instrument usually utilized for troublesome entry point locales. It is often utilized for thyroid as well as vaginal medical procedures
Suction Tube: Suction devices for clearing the surgical field are used by surgeons during almost every type of surgical procedure to obtain a better view of the surgical field. The suction device may also be used as a hook, for dissection, and removal of excess tissue.
Suction Nozzle: This is a thin instrument used for the removal of fluid or debris from confined surgical spaces.
Hernial Ring: Its chief use is to give an atraumatic method for uncovering hernia sacs during medical procedure.
Diathermy Lead: Diathermy is the use of high frequency alternate polarity radio-wave electrical current to cut or coagulate tissue during surgery. It allows for precise incisions to be made with limited blood loss and is now used in nearly all surgical disciplines.
Intestinal Forcep/Gut Holding Forcep:  use in the control of tubulovisceral structures in abdominal surgery.
Devers Retractor: used to keep down the Abdominal wall during stomach or thoracic methodology. It might likewise be utilized to move or hold organs from the Surgical site.
Sum Sucker: The atraumatic suckers planned the capability of eliminating liquid from the Surgical field.
Skin Hook: The skin hook is a simple and practical instrument for use in dermatologic surgery  or Breast Surgery. This instrument has been utilized by plastic surgeons for a long time. By means of the skin hook, undesirable trauma to the skin during surgical procedures may be reduced to a minimum.
Uterine Curette: Thin metal tool called a curette is utilized to scratch (instead of vacuum out) the items in the uterus, the methodology is called dilatation and curettage.
Spoon Shape Curette: Its chief use is to scratch hard tissues from bone surfaces to uncover slender careful locales. For this reason, the instrument includes a spoon-molded tip with sharp edges to scratch hard tissues easily.
Gland Holding Forceps: It is used to hold structures like lymph nodes, cysts etc during the dissection.
Moynihan Forceps: Moynihan Forceps  are ratcheted, hemostatic forceps used for grasping sections of tissue. 
Proctoscope: A proctoscope is a hollow tube, usually with a tiny light at the end, that can also be used to take tissue samples for biopsies as a cancer screening tool.
Babock Forceps: They are commonly used in laparotomy and intestinal processes.

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I'm MUHAMMAD AFAQ, a dedicated and skilled Operation Theatre Technician with a passion for ensuring the safety and success of surgical procedures. With 6 years of experience in this critical role, I have honed my abilities to provide essential support to surgical teams and maintain the highest standards of patient care.

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