Surgical instrument · Retracting & Exposing
Meyerding Retractor
Also called Meyerding handheld retractor
- Length
- 9½ in
A hand-held retractor with a smooth-grip handle and a blade curved to the side whose lip carries several V-shaped teeth. Blades come small (about 2 in deep x 5/8 in wide) and large (3 in x 1 in).
Primary uses
What this instrument is on the table to do.
Retracts wound edges. Two go on the hip tray and two (9 1/2 in) on the laminectomy tray.
Sizes & variants
The lengths, angles and patterns it comes in.
9½″241 mm
Hip tray: small blade 2 in deep x 5/8 in wide, large 3 in x 1 in. Laminectomy tray: small, 9 1/2 in, with 5/8 x 2 in and 1 x 3 in blades.
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