A standard general surgical needle holder, with a ratchet handle lock.Two specialty needle holders, Mathieu needle holder (above) and Castroviejo needle holder (below).
A needle holder, also called needle driver or needle forceps, is a surgical instrument similar to a hemostat, used by doctors and surgeons to hold and push a suturing needle when performing wound closure, ligation and other surgical procedures that require re-anastomosis.
Being specialized forceps, the components of a typical needle holder are the jaws (often reinforced with tungsten carbide inserts), the hinged joint and the handles (typically with finger rings at the end). Most needle holders also have a ratchet mechanism that locks the handles together and clamps the needle firmly between the jaws, allowing the user to maneuver the needle through various tissues without having to keep squeezing the grip. To maintain a firm grip on the needle, the jaws are often textured and short compared to the handles (increasing the mechanical advantage using the principle of a lever).
Most needle holders are designed to be gripped with the fingers and palm like scissors. However, some are designed for a tweezers-like grip to allow finer, more precise movements around delicate structures or narrow spaces. An example of such is the Castroviejo needle holder (named after Spanish American eye surgeon Ramón Castroviejo), which is commonly used in eye surgery, microsurgery and dental surgery.
A needleholder, also called needle driver or needle forceps, is a surgical instrument similar to a hemostat, used by doctors and surgeons to hold and...
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mounting a needle with attached suture into a needleholder. The needle point is pressed into the flesh, advanced along the trajectory of the needle's curve...
called hemostats. Another form of locking forceps is the needleholder, used to guide a suturing needle through tissue. Many locking forceps use finger rings/loops...
When the needle is screwed into the translucent plastic needleholder, the coated end is inside the holder. When a tube is inserted into the holder, its rubber...
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instruments that pivot (similar to scissors, and including needleholders, tissue holders, and some other clamps) where the structure of the tip determines...
surgical clamp resembling scissors Needleholder, an instrument resembling scissors used to hold a suturing needle Visenio, Michael (2019-03-26). "Commonly...
injection or phlebotomy. It consists, from front to rear, of a hypodermic needle, two bilateral flexible "wings", flexible small-bore transparent tubing...
blade-handles, etc.) and laparoscopic surgery (graspers, scissors/cutter, needleholder, cautery, etc.). They are much costlier than their stainless-steel counterparts...
indicating thinner needles. The needle is inserted into the body part being pierced, frequently by hand but sometimes with the aid of a needleholder or pusher...
This first happened with hypodermic needles, but today many surgical instruments (such as forceps, needleholders, and scalpel handles) are commonly single-use...
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Magdeburg-Altstadt hospital. His name is associated with the "Hagedorn needle", which is a curved surgical needle flattened on the sides. He was the author of Frisches...
required) Percival, R. (6 June 1952). "Modification of Bonney-Reverdin needle-holder". The Lancet. 2 (6732): 469. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(52)90250-x. ISSN 0140-6736...
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nonabsorbable and braided and non-braided) as well. Needle drivers(needleholders) Tools used to hold suture needle while it is passed through tissue and to grasp...
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171–177. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)40479-4. "The Standardised Reverdin NeedleHolder", The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the British Empire, 1931...
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