Leyla Brain Retractor
Also called Fukushima retractor, Leyla-Yasargil retractor, Fukushima, Leyla-Yasargil, Leyla Retractor
A self-retaining, table-mounted retractor system: table clamps, U bars, C clamps and flexible snake arms that hold brain spatulas. Each arm is a chain of small ball-and-socket links on a tension cable; turning the knob tightens the cable and locks the arm in place.
Primary uses
What this instrument is on the table to do.
Holds gentle, steady retraction of the brain and nerve tissue during craniotomy and other neurosurgery.
Sizes & variants
The lengths, angles and patterns it comes in.
Flexible tension arms and rigid holding arms; one-armed or two-armed self-retaining sets; separate spatula supports and brain spatulas of different widths.
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