Surgical Instruments
3 Threads
🧵regarding what may be the most beautiful of all surgical instruments, which is of course the Castroviejo needle holder. Here we will take a closer look at some of its features, (...
🧵regarding what we in the US often call 'suture scissors', but which are actually straight Mayo scissors; whether they are really deserving of our infatuation with them, and an exa...
In preparation for future 'instrument' threads, I've been going through some of the original works of Theodor Kocher (in German), looking for original diagrams of the many things t...