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JACKSONS VAGINAL RETRACTOR [1 record]

Record 1 2008-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
CONT

With the client in the dorsal lithotomy position, insert a Jackson vaginal retractor to help make the cervix visible. ... Holding a cervical tenaculum horizontally, grasp the anterior lip of the cervix. ... Remove the tenaculum and remove carefully the Jackson vaginal retractor, leaving the uterine elevator in place.

OBS

There are many varieties of vaginal retractors, often bearing the name of their inventor : Breisky vaginal retractor; Breisky-Navratil vaginal retractor; Doyen vaginal retractor; Eastman vaginal retractor; Guardian vaginal retractor; Heaney vaginal retractor; Heaney-Simon vaginal retractor; Joll thyroid and vaginal retractor; Magrina-Bookwalter vaginal retractor; Rigby vaginal retractor; Simon vaginal retractor; Sims vaginal retractor; Simpson vaginal retractor; etc.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Jackson's vaginal retractor", often disappears over the years. For that reason, the written form "Jackson's vaginal retractor" is also found. There are many surgical instruments and diseases bearing the name of Jackson.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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