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ABDOMINAL RETRACTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A surgical instrument for separating the edges of an abdominal incision to expose or access organs or tissues to permit examination or intervention.

OBS

There are many types of abdominal retractors bearing the name of their inventor : Balfour abdominal retractor; Collin abdominal retractor; Deaver abdominal retractor; Doyen abdominal retractor; Frazier abdominal retractor; Gelpi abdominal retractor; Gosset abdominal retractor; Kirschner abdominal retractor; Mobius elastic abdominal retractor; O'Sullivan-O'Connor abdominal retractor; Pilling-Deaver abdominal retractor; etc.

OBS

Other types of abdominal retractors are: self-retaining abdominal retractor; self-retaining atraumatic abdominal retractor; self-retaining elastic abdominal retractor; self-retaining abdominal retractor for minilaparotomy; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Il existe différents écarteurs abdominaux : écarteur abdominal de Balfour; écarteur abdominal Collin; écarteur abdominal de Doyen; écarteur abdominal de Gosset; écarteur abdominal de Kirscher; écarteur abdominal de Richard; écarteur abdominal Rochard; écarteur abdominal à embouts doubles de type Richardson; écarteur abdominal mini-invasif autostable; écarteur abdominal avec cadre; etc.

Spanish

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