What are the uterine pliers?
uterine pliers are a special surgical tool designed for gripping and clamping tissue in the uterus. Most of the uterine pliers are made of carbon steel and has toes that resemble scissors with clamp or grip at the opposite end. Birth and gynecological pliers are often concentrated in the same group and referred to as uterine pliers, because many can be used interchangeably. Most procedures that require uterine pliers usually include clamping blood vessels or tissue around the uterus or tissue removal for biopsy and other testing.
uterine pliers may be locking or non -blocking. The locking pliers are suspended in the center similar to scissors and can be introduced and released. Unmistakable models are more like a tweezer and must be compressed to remain clamped. Varieties can be stainless steel, which must be sterilized in an autoclave after each use, or one -time pliers can be made of plastic and designed to be discarded.
One of the most common uses for the standard uterus pliers is tissue, polyp and tumor removal. They are also used for clamping and moving the uterine wall, clamped uterine artery and handling of the uterus bandages. While the common appearance of pliers is like a scissors, many types of uterine pliers specialize in facilitating the doctor to grasp the tissue. Some have scissors similar to the handle with grasped clamps at a very right angle to the handle. The other pliers are curved to make it easier to use.
While many types of uterine pliers can be used for different procedures, some are designed specifically for one task. For example, hysterectomic pliers are uterine pliers that are designed with lockable teeth to cut hard ligaments on each side of the uterus. Another specific type of surgical equipment is used to deliver a child. Although they are sometimes called uterine pliers because they are in the same group of instruments, commonly calledthey are obstetric pliers. They are larger and curved, because the end that grip is designed to fit around the child's head to help him proceed after the birth of the canal.
Hemostatic pliers are designed to clamp blood vessels. Usually, it can be used interchangeably on the blood vessels throughout the body and the uterus. The removal of the tumor and polyp is usually done using special pliers, while tissue removal for testing is performed using biopsy pliers. However, any of these surgical tools can be used for other purposes. It is not uncommon for special pliers to be used for other procedures in other parts of the body if they seem to be the best tool for a surgeon to use.