Engineering:Écraseur

Short description: Surgical instrument

Chassaignac's écraseur, a veterinary surgical instrument

An écraseur is a surgical instrument containing a chain or wire loop that is used to encircle and sever a projecting mass of tissue (as the testicles of a horse or a pedicled tumor) by gradual tightening of the chain or loop.

See also

• Instruments used in general surgery

Sources

• http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/%C3%A9craseur