Re: Can anyone identify the forceps?
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Jul 25 11:25:28 2000
just reviewed article in 11/99 grey journal re: Leff forceps - Dan's
aren't Leff's.
art
At Tue, 25 Jul 2000, art fougner, md wrote:
>
>Leff forceps - designed purely for rotation and not extraction.
>
>art
>
>At Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Braun, R. Daniel wrote:
>>
>>Obviously, I have never seen a Gigli saw. And now I own one.
>>We still don't have a good answer for the forceps. Wow if this list can't
>>identify them with certainty, they must be someones personal modification
>>that never caught on.
>>
>>Dan
>>
>>R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG
>>Clinical Professor
>>Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
>>Indiana U. School of Medicine
>>Indianapolis, IN 46202
>>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Gibbons, John [mailto:JGibbons@stfranciscare.org]
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 7:50 AM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>Subject: Re: Can anyone identify the forceps?
>>
>> I agree that the device at the end is a Gigli saw, but I suspect its
>>intended use in that obstetrical era was symphisiotomy.
>>
>> John Gibbons
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> At Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Braun, R. Daniel wrote:
>>> >
>>> >Can anyone identify the forceps in this photo at URL
>>> >ftp://ftp.obgyn.net/pub/OB-GYN-L/surgicaltools1.jpg ? They look like an
>>> >Elliott with a French lock and then they have that little device on the
>>> end
>>> >of the handles. I found them on e-bay and just bought this lot of
>>> instruments.
>>> >
>>> >I think the device on the right end with the wire is a decapitation
>>> device.
>>> >Does anybody know for sure what it is? These will go in the Braun
>>> >Obstetrical History Museum.
>>> >
>>> >Dan
>>> >
>>> >--
>>> >R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG
>>> >Clinical Professor
>>> >Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
>>> >Indiana U. School of Medicine
>>> >Indianapolis, IN 46202
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>>>
>>> --
>>> art fougner, md
>>>
>>> A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
>>>
>--
>art fougner, md
>
>A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
>
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art fougner, md
A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
