Surgical Instruments & Tools
20 products
Dissecting kits, suture practice kits and silicone practice pads for medical and veterinary students, plus single instruments and Clini surgical sutures.
- Surgical-grade stainless steel
- Precision engineered tools
- Sterilizable and durable
All Dissecting and Suturing Kits20 products
Dissecting and Suturing Kits
Anatomy Pro Pack – Doctors Jacket + Dissecting Kit + FREE Anatomy WiZpin (Second Year Bundle)
Buying guide
Dissection and suturing kits for medical students
Most students need two things over their degree: a dissecting kit for anatomy practicals and, later, a suture kit for learning to close wounds. Here is how to tell them apart and what to add.
What is a dissecting kit?
A dissecting kit is the small set of hand instruments you use in anatomy practicals on non-living specimens. Ours holds sharp and blunt scissors, two 12 cm tweezers (fine-point and standard), a sharp and a blunt probe, and a scalpel handle with a blade, in a red leatherette case that keeps everything together between sessions. It is not sterile and is not for use on patients. If you are starting first year, the First-Year Anatomy Kit adds a pupil torch, Babinsky hammer, tourniquet, measuring tape, BMI tape and ECG ruler to the same dissecting kit.
Which suture practice kit do medical students need?
A suture practice kit is for learning knots and wound closure, so it holds different instruments: a needle holder, Adson and mosquito forceps, iris scissors, a scalpel handle, a silicone wound pad and practice sutures. That is the WiZmed Premium Suture Kit. If you want more to practise on, the Future Surgeon bundle adds the 3D abdominal practice pad, a fixed-blade scalpel and at least three mixed practice sutures. The 3D pad has raised, curved wounds so you can work at different depths and angles. Neither kit is sterile.
Premium Suture KitFuture Surgeon Suture Training BundleReplacement suturing practice pad
Do I need anything besides the kit?
Check your course list. Wits students are asked for a fixed-blade scalpel, which is 15.5 cm long with a 3.7 cm blade. Rat tooth forceps, with interdigitating teeth, grip skin and dense tissue without slipping, and are useful for both dissection and suturing practice. For a clinic or skills lab, the 24-piece basic surgical set comes in a stainless steel instrument box with artery forceps, towel clamps, a needle holder, scissors, a retractor and a scalpel handle.
Fixed Blade ScalpelRat Tooth ForcepsBasic Surgical Set (24 pieces)
Buying sutures on their own
We also stock the Clini range of absorbable and non-absorbable surgical sutures in braided and monofilament materials, from catgut to braided polyester. Our sutures page explains how to choose between them.
Surgical suturesCliniEster braided polyester suturesGuide: dissection and suturing kits for medical students
Questions we get asked
Before you buy
What is the difference between a dissecting kit and a suture kit?
A dissecting kit is for anatomy practicals: scissors, tweezers, probes and a scalpel handle. A suture kit is for learning wound closure: a needle holder, forceps, iris scissors, a scalpel handle, a silicone wound pad and practice sutures. Most medical students buy the dissecting kit first and the suture kit later.
Are the student kits sterile?
No. The dissecting kit and the suture kit are not sterile. They are for practice on non-living specimens and silicone pads, not for use on patients.
Can I buy a replacement practice pad?
Yes. There is a replacement pad for the suture kit, with a mesh layer under the surface so beginners are less likely to tear sutures, and the reusable 3D abdominal pad with curved wounds at different depths. Check each product page for current stock.
Is the scalpel for Wits included in the dissecting kit?
The dissecting kit has a scalpel handle and blade. Wits asks for a separate fixed-blade scalpel, which we sell on its own.