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The fish hook retractor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

P. Arullendran
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust, Carlisle, UK.
A. K. Robson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust, Carlisle, UK.

Abstract

We describe a simple and easily adjustable method of retracting skin flaps during head and neck surgery. It involves the use of a modified fish hook and rubber band. The retractor is easily applied and adjusted, and inexpensive to manufacture.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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