Surgical orthopedic veterinary retractors are essential tools to ensure good exposure to optimize access and surgical fields. Handling and proper care of your valuable surgical instruments will improve the function of longevity. Weitlaner Retractor used appropriately used for cleaning techniques. This surgical instrument is designed as scissor having downward-pointing prongs at the tip, with either blunt or sharp blades. This Retractor has intensified unidirectional mechanism which is locked in a fix position.

Functions of Orthopedic veterinary retractors

The primary function of the orthopedic veterinary retractors is to hold the skin edges, viscera, or tissues of the incised wound at a position so it gives the surgeon a clear shot to complete his operations. Weitlaner is considered as self-retaining retractor, so it is a set against the wound edges or tissues required to be held apart. The ratcheted handles are then locked by surgeon while the blades remain separate with no assistance. This retractor is ideal to clutch the edges of narrow incision.

Use in Surgical Procedures

Weitlaner Retractor is widely used to clutch the incision made in groin in order to cut or repair the hernia, saphenous vein graft, or femoropopliteal bypass (a graft implanted between femoral and popliteal artery. In case of orthopedic veterinary surgeries, it is used to clutch the incisions as most of the incisions are shallow. Additionally, it is used in neurosurgical operations to hold the skin of scalp in surgical process such as craniotomy. This instrument is also used in cardiac surgeries such as implantations of the pericardial pacemaker. It is also helpful in facial surgeries. Apart from these benefits, the retractor is beneficial in many other surgeries where shallow incision is complex. These retractors are specially designed in metal material that makes it of great importance. A broad range of Roman metal instruments of the rector and hook family have been found by archeologists. These surgical instruments would usually be called hooks if the end was as shallow as the handle of the surgical instrument. If the end was extensive, it would be called a retractor. Arising from this group of surgical tools were other related to other tools for displacing (spatulas and elevators) and scooping (spoons and curettes).

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