Instruments at a Glance

Instrument name: Pedicle Screw

Alternate name: Multi-axial screw

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Grasping, holding, and affixing tissue and ligaments

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: PICC Guidewire

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Gaining access and support the placement of a PICC line

Specialty commonly used in: Placement of a PICC line

Instrument name: Pigtail Wire

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Procedures that require a wire to maintain its position in the heart during the procedure

Specialty commonly used in: Cardiac catheterization procedures

Instrument name: Pleural and peritoneal drainage

Alternate name: Drainage device

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Drainage of fluid from the pleural or abdominal cavity

Specialty commonly used in: Thoracentesis or paracentesis procedures

Instrument name: Pollack Catheter

Alternate name: Urethral catheter

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Drainage, dilatation, instilling and extracting during a procedure, also for retrograde pyelograms

Specialty commonly used in: Urologic procedures

Instrument name: Proximal Drill Guide

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Aligning the drill bill during a tibial IM nailing implant

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Pulse Lavage

Alternate name: Irrigation

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: High-power irrigation of wound

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic and general surgery

Instrument name: Retrieval Snare

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Placement of the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube

Specialty commonly used in: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)

Instrument name: Right Venous Pacing Catheter

Alternate name: RV catheter

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Transvenous pacing of heart

Specialty commonly used in: Cardiac catherization procedures that require pacing of the heart during the procedure

Instrument name: Saline Flush

Alternate name: Prefilled syringe with injectable normal saline

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Priming an intravenous line

Specialty commonly used in: Used for all types of surgery where a line needs to be flushed with injectable saline

Instrument name: Sapien3 Transcatheter Heart Valve Delivery Device

Alternate name: Sapien3

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Deployment and implantation of mitral valve

Specialty commonly used in: Transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedures

Instrument name: Scalp Clip

Alternate name: Clip

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Grasping scalp edges for hemostasis

Specialty commonly used in: Neuro

Instrument name: Schanz Screw

Alternate name: Screw, brand name

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Grasping, holding and affixing bone during external fixation

Specialty commonly used in: Ortho

Instrument name: Screws Used on Mesh Plate

Alternate name: Screw

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Fixation of facial fracture during reconstruction

Specialty commonly used in: Reconstructive plastic surgery

Instrument name: Sizing Tube

Alternate name: Tube

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Determining the size of the graft during an ACL reconstruction

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Skin Stapler

Alternate name: Brand name, stapler

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: To grasp, hold, and approximate skin edges

Specialty commonly used in: All procedures

Instrument name: Snare

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Biopsy of lesions

Specialty commonly used in: Endoscopic procedures

Instrument name: Spacer

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Determining size of the prosthesis for knee surgery

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Specimen Collection Tube

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Sterile collection of fluid for specimens

Specialty commonly used in: Spinal surgery or procedures

Instrument name: Spinal Depth Gauge

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Measuring the depth of hole that was created to determine the length of an implant (screw)

Specialty commonly used in: Spine surgery