There are many different surgical specialties, some of which require specific kinds of surgical instruments to perform.

General surgery is a specialty focused on the abdomen; the thyroid gland; diseases involving skin, breasts, and various soft tissues; trauma; peripheral vascular disease; hernias; and endoscopic procedures.

Instruments can be classified in many ways, but, broadly speaking, there are five kinds of instruments.

1. Cutting and dissecting instruments

2. Grasping or holding instruments

3. Hemostatic instruments

4. Retractors

5. Tissue unifying instruments and materials

Instruments used in surgery are:

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