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ARTICLES RELATED TO Surgical instruments - History | | | |  Surgical instruments - History: Encyclopedia II - Surgical instruments - HistorySurgical instruments have been manufactured since the dawn of pre-history. Rough trephines for performing round craniotomies were discovered in neolithic sites in many places. It is believed that they were used by shamans to release evil spirits and alleviate headaches and head traumas caused by war-inflicted wounds.
In the Antiquity, surgeons and physicians in Greece and Rome developed many ingenious instruments manufactured from bronze, iron and silver, such as scalpels, lancets, curettes, tweezers, speculae, trephines, forceps, pro ...
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| | | | Surgical instruments - History: Encyclopedia II - Surgical instruments - Classification There are several classes of surgical instruments:
Graspers, especially tweezers and forceps
Clamps and occluders for blood vessels and other organs
Retractors, used to spread open skin, ribs and other tissue
Distractors, positioners and stereotactic devices
Mechanical cutters (scalpels, lancets, drill bits, rasps, trocars, etc.)
Dilators and speculae, for access to narrow passages or incisions
Suction tips and tubes, for removal of bodily fluids
Irrigation and injec ...
See also:Surgical instruments, Surgical instruments - Classification, Surgical instruments - History, Surgical instruments - Index of surgical instruments, Surgical instruments - Bibliography Read more here: » Surgical instruments: Encyclopedia II - Surgical instruments - Classification |
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