Surgical instrument · Retracting & Exposing
Dingman Bone Hook
Also called Dingman zygoma hook, Bone hook
- Lengths
- 6½–7½ in
Heavy handled retractor ending in a single sharp hook, 6 1/2 or 7 1/2 in long.
Primary uses
What this instrument is on the table to do.
Retracts bone. It lifts and retracts the zygoma in facial fracture work and is used on other bones too; two are on the hip instruments tray (hip arthroplasty), and one (or a Gillies zygoma hook) on the plastic surgery tray.
Sizes & variants
The lengths, angles and patterns it comes in.
6½″165 mm7″178 mm7½″191 mm
6 1/2 or 7 1/2 in. Integra Padgett PM-408 Dingman zygoma hook, sharp, heavy, 7 in (178 mm), 9 mm hook. Teleflex 026275 Dingman zygoma hook. Plastic tray: 7 in.
From the field
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