Sklar Adson Hook, Sharp
A sharp retracting hook used to lift and hold small tissue edges or skin margins steady during surgical procedures. It is built for repeated sterilisation and use across many cases.
The Sklar Adson Hook is a single-pronged sharp hook measuring 8 inches overall, used to catch and lift small areas of tissue or skin so the surgeon can retract and hold them clear of the operative field. Sharp skin hooks like this one are common in plastic, reconstructive and general surgery for handling fine tissue edges during closure or delicate dissection, where blunt instruments would not grip securely enough.
The single fine point lets the surgeon apply targeted traction with minimal surrounding tissue disturbance, which is valuable when working near cosmetically or functionally sensitive areas. This is a single fixed configuration, so it is ordered as a straightforward one-for-one instrument rather than a family of sizes.
Surgical teams typically keep at least a pair of these hooks in a plastics or general instrument tray so that opposing tissue edges can be retracted symmetrically during wound exploration, flap elevation or closure work.
