SUTURE SCISSORS

The Laschal SS combines a forceps with a Lister suture scissors to bring unprecedented ease to suture removal. When a suture is removed by conventional means, two instruments and two hands are required. The non-dominant hand uses a forceps to elevate the tag above the suture to expose the loop of the suture. The dominant hand inserts scissors underneath the suture to cut. The suture is then removed with the forceps. Since both hands are occupied, there is no way to stabilize a nervous patient or, if necessary, to steady the operator's hands.

Both problems eliminated The Laschal SS does all the above - requiring only one hand. As the scissors close, the forceps attached to one blade contacts the semi-lunar tip of the opposing blade, forming an extraordinarily precise forceps. As the scissors are further closed, the forceps flexes, exposing the second blade. When the suture is cut, the forceps maintains its grip on the suture. By holding the scissors in the closed position, the suture can now be removed - with the same instrument. Then the suture may be easily wiped on gauze held in the stabilizing free hand.

Many benefitsfrom one instrument The Laschal SS eliminates the need for a second instrument. It leaves one hand free, which can be used to stabilize the patient (or the operator's working hand). Because the scissors are actually a forceps, they can be used to debride the wound first, in preparation for suture removal. - a blessing for the surgeon as well as the patient. Even more important, the Suture Scissors reduce the risk of accidental cutting or pulling of the wound and healing tissue.

Engage the suture on the right side of the knot...

...cut, leave in a closed position, and remove the suture.

With edema, or encrustation, use the SS as a precision forceps by grasping the tail above the knot, thus elevating and exposing the suture.

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PROPER MAINTENANCE OF THE LASCHAL INSTRUMENTS:
Immediately following use, the instrument should be soaked and scrubbed prior to sterilization.
Upon completion of sterilization a drop of bacteriostatic surgical milk should be applied to the articulate.
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