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McBurney Retractor

Also called McBurney Thyroid Retractor

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Lengths
7½–7⅝ in

A hand-held retractor with a long, fluted handle and a small, curved, hook-shaped blade with an open (fenestrated) center.

Primary uses

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Holds back skin and muscle edges in small incisions. Catalogs sell it as a thyroid retractor; it is also used on the abdominal muscles in an open appendectomy.

Sizes & variants

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7½″191 mm7⅝″194 mm

Fenestrated blade about 16 to 20 mm long and 10 to 16 mm wide (Teleflex 481530: 20 x 16 mm; Jarit 200-131: 16 x 10 mm; Aesculap MB748R: 20 x 10 mm).

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