Sklar Foss Intestinal Forceps, Angular 11-1/2 Inch

The Sklar Foss Intestinal Forceps is an angular surgical clamp measuring 11-1/2 inches, designed for use on bowel and intestinal tissue during gastrointestinal procedures. The angled jaw allows the surgeon to approach the bowel from a favourable angle within the abdominal cavity, and instruments of this type are built with a jaw surface gentle enough to hold or occlude intestinal tissue without causing unnecessary trauma, which matters because bowel tissue is more delicate than many other structures handled in general surgery.

General and colorectal surgeons use intestinal forceps like this whenever a segment of bowel needs to be held steady, isolated or temporarily occluded, for example during resection, anastomosis or repair. This is a single length listing as offered by Sklar for the Foss pattern, and the instrument is intended for repeated use as part of a general or gastrointestinal surgery instrument set, cleaned and sterilized between procedures according to standard hospital protocols.