[Cutting and incision instruments: incising forceps].
Incising forceps enable one to cut, divide and separate sections of tissue for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. Their singular usage makes them present in a large number of specialized surgical interventions. They are specialized for use on soft tissue and bone tissue; depending on the manner by which surgeons incise a patient, they are specialized. Moreover the most highly specialized incising forceps are those used in endoscope techniques and in microsurgery The author presents a review of these surgical instruments which he hopes will be of interest to surgical nurses and to all professionals connected to operation wards.
Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, EUE Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid.
Emilio Illana
EI
Esteban
D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments