Tissue Forceps Demonstration

00:05 In this video I'm going to demonstrate tissue forceps.

00:07 These are Adson tissue forceps.

00:09 And you'll notice that these have a Kocher tip.

00:11 And a Kocher tip is basically, we call rat teeth.

00:14 Those little teeth are designed to give you integration so that they will hold on to the tissue because we know it's better to poke tissue than it is to crush tissue.

00:22 So inside here, you'll also notice a tungsten carbide insert that not all of these will have.

00:27 But these have the use of that you can get a hold of the other side of the needle once you're driving the needle.

00:33 And the other hand with a needle driver through the tissue, you can reach through and grab it and pull it the rest of the way out.

00:38 Okay, so that's what those are therefore, to give you an extra grip.

00:40 Sometimes you'll have those sometimes you won't.

00:42 But realize that this is called a Adson tissue forcep with Kocher teeth It is a two by one or a one by two Kocher tip Adson.

00:51 The most common technique you'll see these used for with little teeth is for, it can be both for, maintaining the tissue back as retractor.

01:00 Or you can use this also for retrieving the needle.

01:02 So there's multiple ways you can use use for.

01:04 Now some people will say that as a purist that the tissue forcep is for holding tissue.

01:08 Needle drivers are for driving the needles and you're not supposed to do either with the other one.

01:13 But that said, it's very common to use this to retrieve your needle and pull it forward and then regrab with your instrument.

01:19 So keep these in your nondominant hand and your instrument for your actual needle and your dominant hand.

01:25 So typically, if you're a lefty, you're going to have these switched around.

01:29 So you'd have your needle driver over here and you're going to have your tissue forcep in the right hand or if you're righty it's going to be vice versa.

01:36 So you'll have your tissue forcep in your left hand and you'll have your needle driver or needle holder in your dominant hand. Okay.