Castroviejo Suturing Forceps, 10 cm – Tungsten Carbide, 4 Tip Sizes

Four tip sizes covering 0.3 mm to 1.5 mm is a fivefold range, and at this scale that is not a convenience — it is the difference between instruments. A 0.3 mm tip handles suture finer than hair under a microscope; a 1.5 mm tip holds conjunctiva or a graft edge. Neither can do the other’s job, so the size is chosen before the case rather than adapted to during it.

A suturing forceps differs from a tying forceps in what it grips. Suturing means holding tissue steady while the needle passes through it, so the jaws must grip tissue securely from the very tip. Tungsten carbide matters more here than on a larger instrument: at 0.3 mm there is almost no material to lose, so wear changes the tip geometry quickly and the two jaws stop meeting precisely — which is when fine suture starts slipping.

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