forceps

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an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)

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Fishbone easily approachable were removed under local anaesthesia with foreceps and in others Endoscopy (Direct laryngoscopy or Oesophagoscopy) was performed under General Anaesthesia.
A terribly messy birth it is, there is a doctor, this doctor will make a mistake, his fingers will slip, the foreceps will scar, and disfigure my arm, the left side of my face, my ear.
COLD INSTRUMENTS: Laryngeal surgical instruments including foreceps, sickle knife and scissors.