Pile clamp

Hemorrhoids--Surgery--Equipment and supplies

Surgical instruments and apparatus

Hemorrhoids--surgery--instrumentation

Surgical Instruments

Surgical

Used to hold hemorrhoids during cautery/removal procedure

Scissor-shaped with crossbar and nut at the top. Metal with ivory insulating plates.

A metal medical instrument with a long shaft and scissor-style finger rings is shown against a light background. Near the finger rings is a threaded adjustment screw used to control the opening and closing of the instrument. The opposite end has two flat, rounded blades made of a light-colored material, attached to the metal shaft. The instrument shows a combination of polished metal and pale handles or blades with small rivets.

Hajek (Firm : Austria)

Health Sciences Library

State University of New York at Buffalo

1890?

Wessex (Firm)

Cravens, Annette

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26 cm.

Medical instrument

Image

Still image

94.11.1

LIB-HSL001

Hemorrhoid clamp

4/7/2006

Steel and ivory