What is a Meyerding retractor used for?
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What is a Meyerding retractor used for?
SURTEX® Meyerding Retractor is a hand-held surgical tool that allows surgeons to separate the large muscles of the back in order to expose their underlying tissues, such as the vertebrae, and the spinal cord and nerves.
What are retractors made of?
Retractors are used to hold an incision or a wound open, to hold an organ or tissue out of the way to expose what’s underneath. We stock three broad categories of retractors. These retractors are made of fine German surgical grade steel or titanium.
What is a double ended retractor?
Goelet Retractor is a double-ended instrument that is 7-1/2″ in length and has strongly curved blades on each end. This hand-held retractor may contribute in exposing superficial or small incisions in the body. In order to reduce glare from operating room lights, the instrument is polished to a dull, satin finish.
What is a Parker retractor?
Novo Surgical Parker-Mott Retractor is a hand-held retractor that is primarily used to pull back soft tissue and spread the edges of a wound in order to enlarge the operating field for the surgeon. The double-ended blades of this retractor are different sizes to accommodate the different areas that may be retracted.
What does a Deaver retractor look like?
Deaver Retractor (12 inch) is a large, handheld retractor commonly used to hold back the abdominal wall during abdominal or thoracic procedures. It may also be used to move or hold organs away from the surgical site. The Deaver retractor is shaped like a question mark with a thin, flat blade.
What’s the difference between osteotome and chisel?
Osteotome: Is similar to chisel, but the edge of the working tip is bibevelled. It splits bone rather than cut or chip the bone as with chisel.
How much does an Alexis retractor cost?
Priced at $75 per piece, the Alexis O C-Section Retractor is not cheap. For high-volume institutions such as Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in which upwards of 3000 cesarean deliveries are performed a year, this could yield a $225,000 per year increase in expenses.
How do you use Deaver?
The Deaver Retractor is a large, handheld retractor commonly used to hold back the abdominal wall during abdominal or thoracic procedures. It may also be used to move or hold organs away from the surgical site….SPECIFICATIONS.
| Disposable/Reusable | Reusable |
|---|---|
| Latex/Latex-free | Latex-Free |
Who invented the osteotome?
Orthopedics became a spe- cialty with the help of a new instru- ment, the osteotome, invented around 1830 by the German Bernard Heine. 1 This illustration from a contemporary inventory of surgical tools2 shows clearly that this clever master of pros- thetics had in fact invented the chain saw.
