Category Archives: Plastic Surgery

Card for the sterilization tray guide with a photograph of a perforated stainless steel sterilization box
Sterilization Tray Guide: Sizes, Materials and Loading for Surgical Sets

Sterilization trays and cases for surgical sets: tray anatomy, matching trays to instrument classes, containers [...]

26
Oct
Card for the guide to removing rust from surgical instruments, with a needle holder photograph
How to Remove Rust from Surgical Instruments (and Stop It Returning)

How to remove rust from surgical instruments safely: the eraser test, stain vs rust, the [...]

26
Oct
Card with a photograph of a fiber optic light carrier on a facelift retractor blade, titled Lighted Retractors
Lighted Retractors: How Fiber Optic Blades Work and Which to Choose

How a lighted retractor works, where fiber optic blades earn their cost, the breast and [...]

21
Oct
Card with a photograph of a Gillies single prong skin hook, titled Skin Hooks
Skin Hooks: Types, Uses and How to Choose One

Skin hooks explained: single vs double, sharp vs blunt, Gillies, Guthrie and micro dermal patterns, [...]

21
Oct
Toomey syringe setup for liposuction: Toomey hub, plunger lock and Toomey to luer transfer
Toomey Syringe: Hubs, Locks and Adapters for Liposuction

What a Toomey syringe is, Toomey tip vs luer tip, which cannula hub seals on [...]

19
Oct
MicroAire compatible cannulas: 19 PAL tip patterns on one hub, grouped by job, with fit checks
MicroAire Compatible Cannulas: 19 PAL Patterns and How They Fit

MicroAire compatible cannulas explained: how the PAL hub locks, the 19 tip patterns grouped by [...]

19
Oct
Tonsillectomy instruments guide cover with a Whitehead mouth gag photograph
Tonsillectomy Instruments: The Complete Tray, Name by Name

Tonsillectomy instruments in tray order: mouth gags, tonsil holding forceps, Hurd and Henke dissectors, Schnidt [...]

16
Oct
Adas Adson thumb forceps, the surgical pickups guide cover with tip patterns
Types of Thumb Forceps: Adson, DeBakey and More

Types of thumb forceps explained: toothed or serrated tips, Adson, Adson Brown, DeBakey and dressing [...]

16
Oct
Single hole, spoon tip and Tonnard fat injection cannula tips beside the title Breast Fat Grafting Cannulas
Breast Fat Grafting Cannulas: Composite Augmentation Tools

Breast fat grafting cannulas explained: long blunt injection cannulas up to 25 cm, 1.4 to [...]

12
Oct
Cottle cartilage crusher with smooth bed beside the title Cartilage Crushers and Morselizers
Cartilage Crushers and Morselizers in Rhinoplasty

Cartilage crusher morselizer guide: block crushers tapped with a mallet, smooth or serrated beds, the [...]

12
Oct