Alternative Self-retaining Retractors for Head and Neck Surgery
Objective: To design affordable, easy-to-use self- retaining retractors that can provide adequate exposure of the operative area in head and neck surgery Methods: Design: Surgical Instrumentation Setting: Tertiary government hospital Subjects: One...
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Philippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc.
2009-11-01
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| author | Roselle C. Bargo Samantha S. Castañeda |
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| description | Objective: To design affordable, easy-to-use self- retaining retractors that can provide adequate exposure of the operative area in head and neck surgery
Methods:
Design: Surgical Instrumentation
Setting: Tertiary government hospital
Subjects: One
Results: Self-retaining retractors were designed and fabricated from stainless steel, with tissue prongs on one end and a loop for rubber-band attachment to surgical drapes via a towel clip on the other end. Varying prong lengths were devised for different depths of required retraction. Traction tension could be adjusted by varying rubber-band attachment distance. The retractors were tested on a patient undergoing open reduction and internal fixation for a mandibular fracture and evaluated according to ease of application, adequacy of exposure, and tissue trauma.
Conclusion: The self-retaining retractors may be affordable alternatives to commercially-available self-retaining retractors. They are easily applied, with adjustable tension and depth of retraction that can provide adequate exposure with minimal tissue trauma
Keywords: self-retaining retractor, instrumentation |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f74713c51a454ea2acbcc301179e3b202022-12-21T23:15:41ZengPhilippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc.Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery1908-48892094-15012009-11-0124210.32412/pjohns.v24i2.687Alternative Self-retaining Retractors for Head and Neck SurgeryRoselle C. Bargo0Samantha S. Castañeda1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical CenterDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Rizal Medical Center, The Medical CityObjective: To design affordable, easy-to-use self- retaining retractors that can provide adequate exposure of the operative area in head and neck surgery Methods: Design: Surgical Instrumentation Setting: Tertiary government hospital Subjects: One Results: Self-retaining retractors were designed and fabricated from stainless steel, with tissue prongs on one end and a loop for rubber-band attachment to surgical drapes via a towel clip on the other end. Varying prong lengths were devised for different depths of required retraction. Traction tension could be adjusted by varying rubber-band attachment distance. The retractors were tested on a patient undergoing open reduction and internal fixation for a mandibular fracture and evaluated according to ease of application, adequacy of exposure, and tissue trauma. Conclusion: The self-retaining retractors may be affordable alternatives to commercially-available self-retaining retractors. They are easily applied, with adjustable tension and depth of retraction that can provide adequate exposure with minimal tissue trauma Keywords: self-retaining retractor, instrumentationhttps://pjohns.pso-hns.org/index.php/pjohns/article/view/687self-retaining retractorinstrumentation |
| spellingShingle | Roselle C. Bargo Samantha S. Castañeda Alternative Self-retaining Retractors for Head and Neck Surgery Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery self-retaining retractor instrumentation |
| title | Alternative Self-retaining Retractors for Head and Neck Surgery |
| title_full | Alternative Self-retaining Retractors for Head and Neck Surgery |
| title_fullStr | Alternative Self-retaining Retractors for Head and Neck Surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alternative Self-retaining Retractors for Head and Neck Surgery |
| title_short | Alternative Self-retaining Retractors for Head and Neck Surgery |
| title_sort | alternative self retaining retractors for head and neck surgery |
| topic | self-retaining retractor instrumentation |
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