Sklar Wangensteen Needle Holder, Cross-Serrated
A long, cross-serrated needle holder used to grip and drive suturing needles securely in deep surgical fields during general and abdominal surgery.
The Sklar Wangensteen Needle Holder is a long pattern instrument built to grip and drive suturing needles at depth within a surgical cavity, where a shorter needle holder would not give the surgeon enough reach or control at the working tip. Its jaws carry a cross-serrated pattern for a secure, non-slip hold on the needle body during each pass.
This listing offers two configurations, one with short jaws at ten and a half inches and one with long jaws at ten and three quarter inches, letting surgeons choose the jaw profile that suits their suturing technique and the tissue being closed. Needle holders of this length are used in general and abdominal surgery for deep cavity closure, including bowel anastomosis and other procedures where the surgical target sits well below the incision line.
Surgeons and their assisting teams in hospital operating theatres rely on this instrument as part of a deep abdominal or general surgery set. As a reusable stainless steel instrument, it is cleaned, inspected and steam sterilized between cases.
