Birkett forceps
Fine, serrated hemostatic forceps, straight or curved, with delicate jaws.
How it is used
Traditionally used to clamp and ligate the tonsillar vascular pedicle during tonsillectomy, and generally for hemostasis of small vessels in ENT surgery.
Clinical tip
Named after English surgeon John Birkett (1815-1904); it has long been part of the standard tonsillectomy instrument tray.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-25.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.