Skin Hooks

Converse skin hooks retract skin flaps and soft tissues using a curved hook with a sharp tip. Surgeons can move skin out of the way and reach deep tissues during dermatology and skin surgeries with this tool. We provide small and large hook sizes, so you can choose what’s best for your procedure.

A flexible neck rake retractor holds organs and tissues to give the surgeon better access to the surgery site. The flexible neck can angle the blade to reach tissues. This instrument is common in plastic surgery operations. Our flexible retractors have one to four blunt or sharp prongs to safely hold tissues.

Frazier skin hooks have a shepherd’s crook tip to retract skin and soft tissues during surgery. You can also use the hook to isolate biopsy samples and excise the soft tissues. We offer blunt and sharp hook options.

Freer hooks pull back skin and mucosal tissues at the edges of a wound to help surgeons examine the underlying tissues. The tip has two curved hooks to pull delicate skin tissue. This skin hook is most common in nasal surgeries such as rhinoplasties.

A Gillies hook has one sharp prong and a flat, long shaft to hold back skin flaps without traumatizing the tissue. The instrument helps surgeons grasp, hold and elevate delicate tissues in hard-to-access locations. Gillies hooks are often used during orthopedic surgeries for reconstruction or closing wounds.

Guthrie fixation hooks use sharp, delicate double prongs to hold back skin tissues. With this tool, you can access the surgery site better and reduce the chance of skin trauma. Guthrie hooks are suited for plastic surgery and ophthalmic procedures.

Johnson skin hooks lift, retract and cut the periosteum layer around bone. This tool has two sharp hooks to move the periosteum without harming the blood vessels.

A Joseph hook is a precise surgical tool used to hold back skin during surgeries and procedures. This handheld retractor has a one-prong or two-prong hook and is ideal for pharyngeal and intranasal surgeries.

A Kleinert-Kutz hook is a delicate instrument for grasping, manipulating and lifting skin flaps. This tool lets you move the skin to look at underlying muscles and structures without harming the tissues. The skin hook works well for reconstructive ear, nose and throat procedures.

Lahey skin hooks have a single shepherd’s crook at the end to move skin and tissues. This instrument is used in rhinoplasties.

A Niro skin hook is an orthopedic surgical instrument designed to hold back skin and tissues.

Rigid retractors hold back — or retract — soft tissues, blood vessels and muscles to give the surgeon a better view of the surgical site. The long handle tapers to a two-prong blunt or sharp hook that enters into the tissue. This instrument is used in neck surgery.

Rollet retractors, also called Blair retractors, hold back tissues and organs. The hooks are four blunt or sharp prongs for precise and controlled tissue movement. You can use this retractor for pelvic and abdominal surgeries.

A single prong skin hook holds back skin during dental surgeries. With only one prong, the tool can retract skin without damaging the tissue.

Tyrell skin hooks are designed to assist with delicate eye surgeries. The single hook helps surgeons retract, handle, dissect and remove eye tissues. We offer blunt and sharp styles.

Wiener scleral hooks have a wide hook with a sharp or blunt tip for moving delicate tissues during eye surgery.