Array ( [0] => {{short description|Surgical clamp tool commonly used to control bleeding}} [1] => {{for|substances that stop bleeding|hemostatic agent}} [2] => [[File:Pinza kocher.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.35|Hemostats]] [3] => A '''hemostat''' (also called a '''hemostatic clamp'''; '''arterial forceps'''; and '''pean''', after [[Jules-Émile Péan]]) is a tool used to control bleeding during [[surgery]].{{Cite book|author1=N Phillips |author2=P Sedlak |date= 2010|title=Surgical Instrumentation|publisher=Cengage|location= Clifton Park, New York}} Similar in design to both [[pliers]] and [[scissors]], it is used to clamp exposed blood vessels shut. [4] => [5] => Hemostats belong to a group of instruments that [[Lever|pivot]] (similar to scissors, and including needle holders, tissue holders, and some other clamps) where the structure of the tip determines the tool's function. [6] => [7] => A hemostat has handles that can be held in place by their locking mechanism, which usually is a series of interlocking teeth, a few on each handle, that allow the user to adjust the clamping force of the pliers. When the tips are locked together, the force between them is about 40 [[Newton (unit)|N]] (9 [[Pound-force|lbf]]). [8] => [9] => Often in the first phases of surgery, the incision is lined with hemostats on blood vessels that are awaiting [[Ligature (medicine)|ligation]]. [10] => [11] => ==History== [12] => The earliest known drawing of a pivoting surgical instrument dates from 1500 B.C. and is on a tomb at [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], [[Egypt]]. Later [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] bronze and steel pivot-controlled instruments were found in [[Pompeii]]. In the ninth century A.D., [[Abulcasis]] made illustrations of pivoting instruments for tooth extraction.Becker, Marshall Joseph; [[Turfa, Jean MacIntosh]] (2017). The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry: The Golden Smile Through the Ages. Taylor & Francis. p. 146. [13] => [14] => The concept of clamping a bleeding vessel with an instrument before tying it off is generally attributed to [[Galen]], in the second century A.D. This method of [[hemostasis]] was largely forgotten until it was rediscovered by a French barber-surgeon, [[Ambroise Paré]], in the 16th century. He made the predecessor to the modern hemostat and called it the ''Bec de Corbin'' (crow's beak). With it he could clamp a bleeding vessel before securing it with a [[ligature (medicine)|ligature]]. [15] => [16] => [17] => Image:Bec_de_corbin.png|Bec de Corbin [18] => Image:Pean.jpg|Pean forceps [19] => [20] => [21] => [22] => Credit for the modern hemostat has been given to several persons, the foremost of whom is [[Jules-Émile Péan]]. Later surgeons, such as [[William Halsted]], made small changes to the design. [23] => [24] => ==List of hemostats== [25] => [[File:Hemostats.jpg|thumb|Curved and straight tip]] [26] => [27] => *Rankin forceps{{cite web [28] => | url =http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Rankin+forceps [29] => | title = Rankin, Fred Wharton [30] => | date = 2012 [31] => | website = Medical Eponyms [32] => | publisher = Farlex, Inc [33] => | access-date = 13 October 2016 }} [34] => *[[Kelly forceps]] [35] => *Satinsky clamps [36] => *[[Emil Theodor Kocher|Kocher]] forceps [37] => *[[George Washington Crile|Crile]] forceps [38] => *Halsted Mosquito forceps [39] => *Mixter "right angle" forceps{{cite web [40] => | url =http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Mixter+forceps [41] => | title = Mixter Forceps [42] => | date = 2012 [43] => | website = Medical Eponyms [44] => | publisher = Farlex, Inc [45] => | access-date = 13 October 2016 }} [46] => *[[Thomas Spencer Wells|Spencer Wells]] artery forceps (the father of all artery forceps used today)https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co170257/spencer-wells-artery-forceps-artery-forceps Science Museum Group, "Spencer Wells artery forceps" [47] => [48] => ==See also== [49] => *[[Forceps]] [50] => [51] => ==References== [52] => {{Reflist}} [53] => [54] => ==Further reading== [55] => *John Kirkup, MD, FRCS, ''The Evolution of Surgical Instruments'' - historyofscience.com [56] => [57] => {{Surgical instruments}} [58] => [59] => [[Category:Medical clamps]] [] => )
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Hemostat

A hemostat (also called a hemostatic clamp; arterial forceps; and pean, after Jules-Émile Péan) is a tool used to control bleeding during surgery. Similar in design to both pliers and scissors, it is used to clamp exposed blood vessels shut.

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