Doyen intestinal forceps
Long, straight or curved forceps with flexible, longitudinally serrated, toothless jaws; a different instrument from the Doyen retractor (valve), despite sharing the same eponym.
How it is used
Atraumatic, temporary occlusion of the bowel lumen to prevent spillage of contents during resection or anastomosis.
Clinical tip
The flexible jaws distribute pressure evenly across the bowel wall, avoiding crushing it even when clamped firmly.
Sources
This entry is part of the Instriq catalog, researched and written per specialty from real web research -- never generated or invented without verification -- and reviewed skeptically and independently before publication. How this catalog is written.
History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-02.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.