Instruments use in exploratory laparotomy?
Instrument used in an ex lap are: crived criles, straight
criles, kelly, alice, babcock, kocher, right angles, tonsils, short
metzenbaum, long metzenbaum, curved mayo, straight mayo, needle
holders, sponge sticks, towel clamps, richardson retractors,
army-navy retractors, mallauble, balfour, bladder blades, poole
suction with guard, liga-clips.
1)marking pen
2)2 laps
3) scalpel with # 10 blade with adson with teeth/rat tooth
4) ESU/bovie/metz to separte the tissue and the sub-q, fasica,
muscle
5) 2 kochers/criles are used to elevate the muscle tissue
6)2 richardson to retact
7) then the surgeon is gonna most likely need several moist laps
for exploration in the abdomen
8) then the disease/diagnosis is made and you proceed with the
correct procedure needed.