title: A new skin hook retainer as an aid to skin flap retraction.
abstract: A skin hook flange was created to ease and distribute the forces involved in skin hook retraction, shifting these forces from the fingertips to the shaft of the fingers of the person performing the retraction. It will allow for easier retraction and can be used on most standard skin hooks.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lafreniere
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000295:instrumentation*