Question

What is the relationship between the characteristics of a particular type of tissue and the instruments that are used on that tissue?

Answer 1

Particular instruments are made for particular type of tissues to increase surgical effectiveness and to increase efficacy of that procedure by decreasing the time and decreasing the the trauma to that tissue

Here are some examples of different types of instrument for different tissues:-

1.Suction tips and tubes, for removal of body fuids.

2.Clamps and occluders for blood vessels.

3.Retractors, used to spread open skin, ribs.

4.Irrigation and injection needles for introducing fluids.

5.Powered devices, such as drills, cranial drills and dermatomes

6.Scopes and probes, including fiber optic endoscopes for inserting into the tubes.