Sklar Meyerding Retractor, Three Prongs Sharp
A three pronged retractor used to hold back muscle and soft tissue, commonly used during spinal and orthopaedic surgical procedures.
The Sklar Meyerding Retractor is a hand held retractor commonly associated with spine and orthopaedic surgery, where its sharp, angled prongs are used to hold back layers of muscle and soft tissue that would otherwise obscure the surgeon's access to the vertebral column or other deep structures. The three prong design digs into muscle tissue firmly enough to maintain retraction without constant repositioning, which is valuable during procedures where the surgical assistant needs both hands free for other tasks intermittently.
This pattern is a longstanding fixture in orthopaedic and neurosurgical spine sets, used by surgeons and their assistants whenever muscle needs to be held firmly out of the surgical field during exposure of the spine or similar deep structures. The listing covers six variants of this retractor, giving surgical teams options within the same family for differences in size or prong configuration suited to different levels of the spine or patient anatomy.
As with other Sklar surgical instruments, it is manufactured from surgical stainless steel for repeated sterilisation and use.
