Sklar Bailey Gigli Saw Guide
A guide instrument used to direct a flexible Gigli wire saw around bone, protecting soft tissue during bone cutting procedures. It is supplied for repeated sterilization and reuse in hospital and clinic settings.
The Sklar Bailey Gigli Saw Guide is a surgical instrument used to pass and direct a flexible Gigli wire saw safely around a bone that needs to be cut, protecting the surrounding soft tissue, nerves, and vessels from the moving saw wire as it is drawn back and forth. Because a Gigli saw is a flexible wire rather than a rigid blade, it needs a guide to control its path around the bone before cutting begins, and this instrument is shaped to hold the wire in position while the surgeon or assistant threads it into place.
Gigli saws and their guides are used in orthopedic surgery for procedures such as osteotomy or amputation, and in neurosurgery for craniotomy in settings where a powered saw is unavailable or where the flexibility of a wire saw offers an advantage in a curved or confined bony passage. This guide is a supporting instrument kept alongside the Gigli saw wire itself in an orthopedic or neurosurgical hand instrument tray, and is reprocessed for reuse between cases.
