Equipment Surgical

Surgery on Malignant Mlaucoma

equipmentsurgical — Fri, 11 May 2007 11:01:50 +0000

Microsurgery is applied in various operations nowadays. One of the most common cases where the use of microscopic surgery is done is during the operation on malignant glaucoma. Malignant glaucoma is characterized by a low anterior cavity associated with raised intraocular pressure and in the existence of a patent iridotomy. This condition typically goes after intraocular operation and can be clearly seen only through a microscope. The successive analytical outlook for such eyes with malignant glaucoma was normally poor. Thus, the term malignant remains suitable today as the condition persist to be one of the most complicated type glaucoma to manage. Other terms have been used to describe the condition including cilio-lenticular block, ciliary block, and aqueous misdirection glaucoma. Malignant glaucoma stays a situation with a poor result. At the start, analysis may be deferred and as a result there may be setback in doing optimal medical therapy. Many eyes do not respond to medical therapy and the surgical management remains difficult and controversial. (more…)

Microscope on microsurgery

equipmentsurgical — Fri, 11 May 2007 11:01:07 +0000

Microscopes play a very important role in conducting a surgery. It is commonly used in a microsurgery. As the main instrument for microsurgery, the microscope magnifies the operating field, provide instrumentation accurate enough to maneuver under any magnification, and allow the surgeon to operate on the structures and parts barely visible to the human eye. That is the main reason it is called microsurgery. Like the forceps, scissors, needle holders, vascular lamps, irrigators, vessel dilators, and various standards surgical tools, the microscope also differ in number of ways from a conventional instruments. And so, the surgeon is required to have an extensive training and practice on the use and operation of the microscope and other microsurgical equipments, specifically on maintaining constant visual contact on the microscope during the surgery and how to properly perform basic techniques in microsurgery. The microsurgery is a kind of surgery that is performed on very small structures, such as blood vessels and nerves, with specialized instruments under a microscope. Procedures on this surgery are performed on the parts and organs of the body which are best and accurately shown by the microscope such as the blood vessels, nerves, and the tubes. The methods in microsurgery have been used during as early as the twentieth century. The first ever microsurgeries are the repair of blood vessels and the organ transplants. (more…)

Surgical equipments and its classifications

equipmentsurgical — Fri, 11 May 2007 11:00:12 +0000

Surgical equipments are specially designed to perform specific actions of carrying out desired effects during surgeries or operations. The manufacturing of these surgical equipments started millions of years ago. This is supported by the discovery of rough trephines in neolithic areas in many places which are believed to be the tools used by shamans to fight evil spirits and also to cure headaches and shocks. Since the ancient times, before the discovery of microscopes, the Indian surgeons and physicians already have used modern tools for surgery. In fact, at around 500 B.C., the “father of surgery” named Sushuta, described over 120 surgical equipments, 300, surgical procedures, and made the 8 categories of classification in human surgery. (more…)