Jump to content

Écraseur

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Écraseur" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Chassaignac's écraseur, a veterinary surgical instrument

An écraseur is a surgical instrument containing a chain or wire loop that is used to encircle and sever a projecting mass of tissue (as the testicles of a horse or a pedicled tumor) by gradual tightening of the chain or loop.

See also[edit]

Instruments used in general surgery

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/%C3%A9craseur

This article related to medical equipment is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Écraseur&oldid=1157462839"

Hidden categories: