New self-retaining retractor to facilitate surgical exposure.
This new self-retaining retractor has blunt prongs that grip firmly but cause minimal trauma. A widely curved arc permits wide separation of the blades. Because the retractor is relatively long and heavy, it sits snugly within the wound, and the base is out of the surgical field. The extra length of the instrument permits considerable upward retraction of the central blade.
D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments