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Equipment and Supplies > Surgical Equipment > Surgical Instruments

Preferred term

Surgical Instruments  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Instruments, Surgical
  • Instrument, Surgical
  • Surgical Instrument

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics or /instrum with specialty or with surgical technique; differentiate from SURGICAL EQUIPMENT on basis of size (instruments are holdable in the hand); surgical instrument left in the operative field: coordinate with FOREIGN BODIES

Scope note

  • Hand-held tools or implements used by health professionals for the performance of surgical tasks.

History note

  • 65

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013525

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