title: Kilner's needle holder.
abstract: Anyone who has assisted, single-handedly, at a long plastic surgery operation, which will inevitably involve dozens of skin sutures, will have blessed the name of Thomas Pomfret Kilner (1890-1964) and his needle holder. This ingenious instrument combines the dual functions of a stitch-cutting scissors with a needle holder, so that the surgeon can put in a stitch, tie it and cut it without having, on each occasion, to put down the needle holder and pick up a pair of scissors, or to get his assistant to snip it for him.
authors: Harold
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authors: Ellis
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000266:history; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000266:history*; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history*