Which of the following instruments is often used to grasp the intestines?
a. kelly
b. crile
c. babcock
d. ochsner

The correct answer to the question: Which of the following instruments is often used to grasp the intestines, would be: C: Babcock clamps.

Explanation:

Surgery on the abdominal cavity, be it open, or through laparoscopy, is major, and requires specialized equipment, as destabilazation of the patient will be very fast, especially with the loss of temperature, and the possibility of coagulopathies. There are many types of equipment and tools that are required during a GI tract surgery, and most of them had to do with either the careful manipulation of the blood vessels around the abdominal cavity, or the intestines. In the case of the intestines, the instrument that must always be present are the Babcock clamps which are used to hold the intestinal tissue during surgery.

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