Sklar Allport Retractor, Sharp Prongs
A 4 inch retractor with 4x4 sharp prongs and a 2-1/2 inch spread, used to hold tissue open in small surgical fields. It remains a routine addition to matching specialty instrument trays.
The Sklar Allport Retractor is a compact instrument measuring 4 inches overall, fitted with 4x4 sharp prongs that engage tissue at the edges of a small surgical opening to hold it apart and provide exposure. Its 2-1/2 inch spread suits confined surgical fields such as those encountered in ENT, mastoid and other head and neck procedures, where a larger self-retaining retractor would not fit or would provide more exposure than the anatomy calls for.
The sharp prong design grips soft tissue securely at the wound edge, reducing the tendency for the field to close in during the procedure. This is a single fixed size listing without additional variants. Because retractors of this compact scale are used across a range of small-field surgical specialties, from otology to plastic surgery, they are typically kept as a general-purpose small retractor within multiple instrument trays rather than being reserved for a single procedure type.
