0 a metal instrument with two handles used in medical operations for picking up, pulling, and holding things --
1 a medical instrument used for holding things firmly --
They should be removed from the caskets in which they are sterilised by means of sterilised forceps, and handed direct to the surgeon.
They can be easily removed with a pair of small forceps or they may be punched out in some instances.
My advice is to take a pair of pincers, or forceps of any kind, and pull it out.
It was eventually extracted by the forceps through an incision in the oesophagus, and the patient recovered.
