'Tusked' forceps for rapid and atraumatic subcuticular closure of the skin.
A modified skin forceps is presented that combines the advantages of skin hook and dressing forceps. Its use facilitates the atraumatic placement of continuous intradermal sutures by the surgeon who is working unassisted.
Kelly
M B
MB
Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*