Foreword
No specific order has been followed while describing the instruments
Cataract being very common, most instruments are related to Cataract surgery
Instruments were obtained from an Ophthalmologist’s clinic and pictures were taken with the author’s Low-Resolution camera
This is not a comprehensive list, not by a long shot! More such presentations will follow in due course
Who will need this?
Ophthalmic Residents in Training
Ophthalmic Surgery Technicians
Ophthalmic Operating Theater Assistants
Ophthalmic Surgery Nurses
Medical Students with interest in Ophthalmology
SMALL VIDEO CLIPS ARE EMBEDDED AFTER EACH INSTRUMENT SLIDE
2. Who Will Need This?
Ophthalmic Residents inTraining
Ophthalmic SurgeryTechnicians
Ophthalmic OperatingTheater Assistants
Ophthalmic Surgery Nurses
Medical Students with interest in Ophthalmology
Foreword
No specific order has been followed while describing the
instruments
Cataract being very common, most instruments are related to
Cataract surgery
Instruments were obtained from an Ophthalmologist’s clinic
and pictures were taken with the author’s Low-Res camera
This is not a comprehensive list, not by a long shot! More such
presentations will follow in due course
3. Artery (Mosquito/Halsted) Forceps
Basic instrument
for any surgery
Numerous sizes
exist
Straight / Curved
Jaws
Small (4") Straight /
Curved are a.k.a.
Mosquito /
Halsted's Forceps
(afterWilliam
Stewart Halsted)
Straight is for
holding Stay-
sutures orTissues
Curved is for catching / crushing small
bleeders; a.k.a. 'Hemostat Forceps'
4. Simcoe Irrigation-Aspiration Cannula
Two Cannulae merged together, in Ophthalmic Surgery
One Hub is to introduce fluid in Anterior Chamber (AC)
Other Hub is to extract Lens matter, Blood etc from AC
5. Universal Eye Speculum
Separates Eyelids during Ophthalmic Procedures
Universal: Can be used on either Eye
Unguarded: Eyelashes can project into operating field
Adjustable: Screw-Handle controls separation of Eyelids
Screw-Handle is always onTemporal Side of Orbit
6. Barraquer Wire Speculum – Adult
Separates
Eyelids
Used on either
eye
Unguarded:
Eyelashes can
project into
operating field
Non-
Adjustable:
Fixed 22-25
mm
separation of
Eyelids
Springy light-wire Instrument
Adult-size is 14 mm (length of Eyelids)
7. Strabismus / Squint / Muscle Hook
To lift up
muscle during
Strabismus
(Squint) surgery
Double-curved
end for hooking
up Muscle
Sideways
flattened tip for
ease of
insertion under
Muscle near its
insertion
Distinguish from Lens Expressor
(blue inset picture), used to force out
Lens in Cataract Extraction
8. Superior Rectus-Holding Forceps
Special double-curve to go inside Orbit and over Eyeball
Toothed tips for firmly grasping Superior Rectus Muscle
9. Suture-Tying Forceps (Straight)
Fine-limbed
Non-
toothed
forceps to
hold fine
sutures (8-0)
Inner surface
of Tip is
faintly
ridged, flat
and slightly
roughened
to hold the
fine suture
Straight Suture-Tying Forceps are held in
Left Hand, for holding one end of the Suture
10. Suture-Tying Forceps (Curved)
Curved Suture-Tying Forceps are held in Right Hand, for
holding other end of the Suture and tying the knot
11. de' Wecker's Iris Scissors
Small,
Slender
spring-
open
Scissors
Slightly
larger
than
Vanna‘s
Scissors
For Iridectomy and other delicate Intraocular
Procedures
12. Dastoor Pupil and Iris Repositor
Two-
limbed
instrument
Pupil
Repositor:
Forked at
the tip;To
reposition
Pupillary
Margin
Iris Repositor: Flattened and rounded at the tip;To move or
reposition the Iris during Intraocular Maneuvers
13. Utrata Capsulorhexis Forceps
Removes
central
portion of
Anterior
Capsule of
Lens in
continuous
curvilinear
fashion (
Continuous
Curvilinear
Capsulo-
rhexis
(CCC))
Fine, Non-toothed, Sharp-tipped, slightly
forward-hooked Forceps
Forward hook mimics a Cystitome
14. Kelman-McPherson IOL Forceps
Fine sharp-
tipped non-
toothed
forceps
AngulatedTip
For holding
and inserting
Intraocular
Lens (IOL) in
Capsular bag
15. Phaco Chopper / Sinskey Hook IOL
Dialer
Chopper
Tip:Very
sharp
curve,
used
along
with
Phaco
Probe for
cutting
Cataract
Lens
Sinskey Hook DialerTip: Curved round hook;
Fits in IOL Dialer Holes or at IOL Haptic-Optic
Junction, for Positioning the IOL in Capsular bag