What are some common instruments used during a cholecystectomy?
A cholecystectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the gallbladder. Some common instruments used during a cholecystectomy include:
- Scalpel: A knife used to make incisions in the skin and tissue.
- Retractors: Instruments used to hold tissue and organs out of the way of the surgical site.
- Forceps: Instruments used to grasp and hold tissue.
- Hemostats: Instruments used to clamp blood vessels and stop bleeding.
- Scissors: Instruments used to cut tissue.
- Electrocautery: A device that uses electrical current to cauterize and cut tissue and seal blood vessels.
- Trocars: Instruments used to create small incisions in the abdomen through which other instruments can be inserted.
- Laparoscope: A small camera that is inserted into the abdomen to provide a view of the surgical site.
- Suction-irrigation device: A device used to rinse and suction the surgical site.
- Suture: Material used to stitch tissue back together.
- Needle driver: An instrument used to hold and move the needle while suturing.
- Drain: A tube inserted into the abdomen to drain any fluid that may collect after surgery.
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