Question

a freer elevator or a Penfield elevator is used to remove atherosclerotic plaque from an aterey. In what other surgical specialties are these instruments used?

Answer 1

# Free elevator

It is used for neurosurgical procedures such as

To scrape bone , for dissection , elevation and separation of periosteum and soft tissue .

It is used for septoplasty

Elevation of mucoperichondrial or mucoperiosteal flaps in septoplasty and endonasal DCR.

To perform uncinectomy during endoscopic sinus surgery.

For the separation of septal cartilage from the bone during septoplasty.

It is also used in urological surgery to retract soft tissues prior to the resection of renal tumors .

If is also used to create a soft tissue tunnel beneath the rib .

It is used in orthopedic procedures such as lift the periosteum from the bone.

# Penfield elevator

It is a surgical instrument which is used for general dissection and exploration.

It is used for retracting , manipulating , and dissecting nerves , vessels , tissues and bone during carotid endarterectomies , craniotomies and spinal procedures.