Instruments at a Glance

Instrument name: Bone Cutter

Alternate name: Ruskin Liston, Stille Horsley, Liston bone cutter

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Cutting bone or soft tissue a piece at a time. This instrument comes in an array of sizes and can be double action.

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic, neuro, spine, and head and neck surgery

Instrument name: Bone Tamp

Alternate name: Tamper, tamp

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Compressing bone (along with a mallet)

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Cervical Plate

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Fixation of cervical spine fracture during reconstruction

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic and neurosurgery

Instrument name: Cervical Screw

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Fixation of cervical spine fracture during reconstruction

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic and neurosurgery

Instrument name: Freidman Bone Rongeur

Alternate name: Synovectomy, Luer-Friedmann, rongeur, Freidman, bone cutter

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Cutting bone by grabbing, cutting bone or soft tissue a piece at a time

Specialty commonly used in: General, ortho, neuro, and spine surgery

Instrument name: Kerrison Bone Rongeur

Alternate name: Kerrison Punch, Sella Punch, rongeur, Kerrison, bone cutter

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Cutting bone by grabbing, cutting bone or soft tissue a piece at a time. This instrument comes in an array of sizes.

Specialty commonly used in: Ortho, neuro, ENT, and spine surgery

Instrument name: Mallet

Alternate name: Orthopedic mallet

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Compressing, cutting, or splitting bone

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Osteotome

Alternate name: Lambotte, ostetome, chisel

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Preparing bone or cutting through bone. Commonly used with a mallet. This instrument comes in different sizes and can be curved or straight.

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Pituitary Rongeur

Alternate name: Love Gruenwald, Cushing, IVD, Nasal Pituitary, Disc Rongeur, Rongeur, Pituitary

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Cutting bone by grabbing, cutting bone or soft tissue a piece at a time. This instrument comes in an array of sizes and angles.

Specialty commonly used in: General, ortho, neuro, and spine surgery

Instrument name: Proximal Screw Guide and Slaphammer

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Placing IM nail

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Tap

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Creating the grooves in the drill hole prior to placing a screw

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Tapered Reamer

Alternate name: Reamer

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Cutting and drilling bone down the shaft during a shoulder arthroplasty. This device comes in different sizes and is attached to a pneumatic drill.

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Tibial Block

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Cutting the tibial portion during knee surgery

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Tibial Sizer

Alternate name: Sizer, trial, tibial trial, or by the size

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Sizing the tibia prior to choosing a tibial prosthesis

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Tibial Trial

Alternate name: Trial, tibial trial, or by the size

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Sizing the tibia prior to choosing a tibial prosthesis

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery