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The largest collection on the store: 1,397 forceps spanning general surgery, microsurgery, cardiovascular, ENT, ophthalmic and dental. If an instrument grips, holds or grasps, it is here.

General surgery and tissue handling: Adson, Adson-Brown, Allis, Babcock, Kocher, Gerald, DeBakey, Russian, Potts-Smith, Cushing, Semken, Ferris-Smith, Bonney and Rat-Tooth. Microsurgery: Yasargil, Rhoton, Jansen, Castroviejo, Barraquer, Jeweler, and bipolar patterns. Specialty: Magill catheter, Hartmann and Micro-Hartmann, Tischler and Kevorkian biopsy, Doyen intestinal, Lahey traction, sponge and dressing forceps.

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  • Sopher Ovum Forceps, 12mm Jaws, 11 inch
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    Sopher Ovum Forceps, 12mm Jaws, 11"

    Sopher ovum forceps with 12 mm serrated jaws, 11" (28 cm) overall length. Also known as a Sopher clamp or Sopher tissue forceps, this instrument is...

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  • Overstreet Endometrial Polyp Forceps 9″
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    Overstreet Endometrial Polyp Forceps 9″

    The Overstreet Endometrial Polyp Forceps is a specialized surgical clamp used in obstetrics and gynecology to grasp, isolate, and remove endometri...

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  • Young Capsule Forceps 20cm
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    Young Capsule Forceps 20cm

    Young capsule forceps with a 20cm shaft for grasping and manipulating the prostatic capsule during open prostatectomy. The jaw pattern is shaped fo...

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  • Yeoman Rectal Biopsy Forceps Fig. 2 (28/35/42cm)
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    Yeoman Rectal Biopsy Forceps Fig. 2 (28/35/42cm)

    Yeoman rectal biopsy forceps, Fig. 2 cup pattern, for tissue sampling through a proctoscope or rigid sigmoidoscope. Available in 28cm, 35cm, and 42...

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  • Yeoman Rectal Biopsy Forceps Fig. 1 (28/35/42cm)
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    Yeoman Rectal Biopsy Forceps Fig. 1 (28/35/42cm)

    Yeoman rectal biopsy forceps, Fig. 1 cup pattern, for tissue sampling through a proctoscope or rigid sigmoidoscope. Available in 28cm, 35cm, and 42...

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  • Yasargil-Samii Forceps 7mm Spoon
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    Yasargil-Samii Forceps 7mm Spoon

    The Yasargil-Samii Forceps, 7mm Spoon is a neurosurgical instrument designed for precise tissue handling and tumor removal. Its 7mm spoon-shaped ti...

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  • Yasargil-Samii Forceps 5mm Spoon
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    Yasargil-Samii Forceps 5mm Spoon

    The Yasargil-Samii Forceps, 5mm Spoon is a surgical instrument designed for delicate tissue handling and tumor removal in neurosurgical procedures....

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  • Yasargil-Nicola Forceps - 6 1/2" Long Jaws
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    Yasargil-Nicola Forceps - 6 1/2" Long Jaws

    The Yasargil-Nicola Forceps - 6 1/2" Long Jaws is a precision surgical instrument designed for delicate tissue manipulation in microsurgery. With a...

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  • Yasargil Tumor Forceps Cupped Serrated 5mm
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    Yasargil Tumor Forceps Cupped Serrated 5mm

    The Yasargil Tumor Forceps, Cupped Serrated, 5mm is a neurosurgical instrument designed for delicate tissue handling and tumor removal. Its 5mm cup...

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  • Yasargil Tumor Forceps Cupped Serrated 3mm
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    Yasargil Tumor Forceps Cupped Serrated 3mm

    The Yasargil Tumor Forceps, Cupped Serrated, 3mm is a neurosurgical instrument designed for precise tissue handling and tumor removal. Its 3mm cupp...

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  • Yasargil Needle Holder, Straight Jaw, Bayonet-Shaped
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    Yasargil Needle Holder, Straight Jaw, Bayonet-Shaped

    Yasargil needle holder with a straight jaw and bayonet-shaped shaft for microsurgical and neurosurgical suturing through deep, narrow corridors. Av...

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  • Yasargil Needle Holder, Curved Jaw, Bayonet-Shaped
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    Yasargil Needle Holder, Curved Jaw, Bayonet-Shaped

    Yasargil needle holder with a curved jaw and bayonet-shaped shaft, engineered for neurosurgical and microsurgical suturing where the surgeon's hand...

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  • Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Curved Jaw
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    Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Curved Jaw

    The Yasargil Micro Needle Holder with a curved bayonet shaft is a precision surgical instrument designed for microsurgical procedures, particularly...

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  • Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Straight, 4 3/4" Working Length
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    Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Straight, 4 3/4" Working Length

    Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Straight, 4 3/4" WL is a precision microsurgical instrument designed for delicate suturing in neurosurgery ...

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  • Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Straight
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    Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Straight

    Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Straight is a high-precision instrument designed for microsurgical procedures, particularly in neurosurgery...

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  • Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Curved, Working Length
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    Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Curved, Working Length

    Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Curved, WL is a specialized microsurgical instrument designed for precise suture handling in neurosurgery a...

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  • Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Curved
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    Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Curved

    Yasargil Micro Needle Holder - Bayonet, Curved is a specialized microsurgical instrument designed for precise handling of fine sutures in neurosurg...

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  • Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.9mm Tips 7"
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    Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.9mm Tips 7"

    The Yasargil Micro Forceps, 0.9mm Tips, 7" is a surgical instrument designed for delicate tissue manipulation in microsurgical and neurosurgical pr...

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  • Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.9mm Tips 6.2"
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    Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.9mm Tips 6.2"

    The Yasargil Micro Forceps, 0.9mm Tips, 6.2" is a surgical instrument designed for delicate tissue manipulation in microsurgical and neurosurgical ...

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  • Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.9mm Bayonet 160-240mm
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    Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.9mm Bayonet 160-240mm

    Yasargil-pattern micro forceps with 0.9mm tips on a bayonet shaft, available in 160mm, 180mm, 200mm, 220mm, and 240mm working lengths to match a ra...

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  • Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.6mm Tips 7"
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    Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.6mm Tips 7"

    The Yasargil Micro Forceps, 0.6mm Tips, 7" is a specialized instrument designed for precise tissue manipulation in microsurgical and neurosurgical ...

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  • Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.6mm Bayonet 220-240mm
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    Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.6mm Bayonet 220-240mm

    Yasargil-pattern micro forceps with 0.6mm tips and a bayonet shaft, offered in 220mm and 240mm working lengths for deeper neurosurgical corridors. ...

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  • Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.6mm Bayonet 200mm
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    Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.6mm Bayonet 200mm

    Yasargil-pattern micro forceps with 0.6mm tip on a 200mm bayonet shaft, intended for deeper neurosurgical exposures where shaft length must extend ...

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  • Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.6mm Bayonet 160-180mm
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    Yasargil Micro Forceps 0.6mm Bayonet 160-180mm

    Yasargil-pattern micro forceps with 0.6mm tips on a bayonet shaft that keeps the surgeon's hand and line of sight clear of the operative field. Ava...

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Adson, Allis, Babcock: three that are not interchangeable

These three are the ones most often substituted for each other, and each substitution has a characteristic failure.

Adson is a fine thumb forceps for skin and subcutaneous tissue - short, broad-handled, used in the fingertips. Stocked with cross-serrated tips, fenestrated handles, and 1x2 teeth. Its job is precise, light handling where you can see the tip.

Allis has interdigitating teeth on a ratcheted ring handle. It grips hard and it marks what it grips. Right for tissue being excised, a specimen, or fascia under load. Wrong for anything staying in the patient.

Babcock has a broad, fenestrated, atraumatic jaw shaped for bowel. Wide surface, low pressure, no teeth. It holds; it does not dissect and it does not grip under real load.

The rule: an Allis on bowel perforates it; a Babcock on fascia slips. Same error from opposite directions, and the reason a general tray carries all three.

Why the DeBakey jaw looks the way it does

A DeBakey forceps carries fine longitudinal rows of teeth that interdigitate rather than meet - quite unlike the transverse serrations of an ordinary tissue forceps.

The reason is the intima. A vessel's lining is a single cell layer, and where it is crushed, platelets aggregate and a thrombus forms. Transverse serrations pinch along one line; the DeBakey pattern spreads the hold along the jaw's length and grips a vessel wall firmly without creating that line. It is why DeBakey tips appear on vascular forceps, needle holders and the Gerald-DeBakey hybrid, and why they cost more than a plain tissue forceps of the same size.

Toothed or smooth, and what the numbers mean

Titles here carry notation like 1x2, 2x3 or 4x5. That is the tooth count on each jaw - one tooth opposing two, and so on. More teeth means a broader, more distributed grip; fewer means a more concentrated bite.

Smooth (serrated but untoothed) jaws compress without penetrating - for vessels, bowel, dura, anything where a puncture matters. Toothed jaws penetrate and hold against traction - for skin, fascia, and tissue being removed.

Tip width is the other number to read: a 0.3mm micro tip and a 2.0mm vascular tip are different instruments even when the pattern name is the same.

Bayonet and angled shafts

Several patterns - Gerald, Cushing, Jansen, Yasargil - come in bayonet form, where the shaft steps sideways before the tip.

That step is not styling. It moves the surgeon's hand and the instrument's body out of the line of sight, which is what makes it possible to work down a narrow corridor - a craniotomy, a nasal cavity, a deep pelvic field - while still seeing the tip. On an open field a bayonet offers nothing; in a corridor it is the difference between working by sight and working by feel.

Frequently asked

Are needle holders in this collection? Some appear here historically, but the full range now has its own page - see Needle Holders.

What is the difference between tissue, dressing and thumb forceps? Tissue forceps are toothed and grip tissue. Dressing forceps are serrated and untoothed, for packing and dressings. Thumb forceps describes the non-ratcheted, tweezer-style action rather than the jaw - an Adson is a thumb forceps.

Why are some titanium? Lighter, non-magnetic, and MRI-compatible. On microsurgery, the weight reduction genuinely reduces hand fatigue over a long case.

Is Kocher the same as Rochester-Ochsner? Yes, one instrument with two names, both used on tray lists. Both spellings appear in these titles for that reason.

Related collections

See also Hemostatic Forceps, Needle Holders, Surgical Clamps, General Surgery Instruments, Yasargil Instruments and Rhoton Instruments.

Specialty forceps: Endoscopic Biopsy Forceps, Laparoscopic Forceps, Arthroscopic Graspers, Bipolar Forceps, Micro Cup Forceps, Dissectors and Dental Tissue & Cotton Forceps.