ENT

Dr. SAAD Y. Sulaiman

Ninevah college of medicine
ENT Instruments

ENT head mirror

Bull Lamp

This lamp focus the light toward the head mirror. Its position must be above the left shoulder of the patient.

Head Light

Killian nasal speculum : used for anterior rhinoscopy

Thudicum nasal speculum: used for anterior rhinoscopy

Tilly nasal dressing forceps

Auroscope ( otoscope )

Aural speculum

Jobson horne probe

Aural Dressing Forceps:

the joint is proximal. It is used for insertion of wick inside the ear ( ear dressing ) in cases of otitis externa and during ear surgery.








Crocodile ear forceps : note that the joint is distal. It can be introduced through the aural speculum and used for removal of certain types of foreign bodies and biopsy.

Ear (Aural) Syringe

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Seigle pneumatic speculum

Used to assess the mobility and integrity of tympanic membrane

Tuning Fork

Tongue depressors: used for examination of oral cavity and oropharynx

Nasopharyngeal Mirror:

Used after warming the mirror and then introduced behind the soft palate to reflect the image of nasopharynx. The tongue is depressed by tongue depressor. This procedure is called posterior rhinoscopy

Laryngeal Mirror

Laryngeal Mirror: used for indirect larygoscopy. The structures that can be visualized by the mirror are, the base of the tongue, the vallecula, the epiglottis, the false vocal cords and the true vocal cords.







Indirect laryngoscopy is done after warming the mirror ( to avoid fogging) and after pulling the tongue by a piece of gauze.

Left False vocal cord

Left True vocal cord

For checking of vocal cord mobility ask the patient to say EEE

Tracheostomy

Tracheostomy Tubes

Silver Jackson tube

Portex Tracheostomy tube

Non cuffed

Double cuff
Single cuff