Hand held retractors

1. Malleable ribbon retractor:

Use: used to secure and protect viscera during abdominal procedure

2. S retractor
Use: retracting wound edges in laparoscopic incisions.

3. Lahey retractor
Use: used in neck or intermediate tissue depth procedure
4. Green retractor
Use: used in neck or intermediate tissue depth procedure

5. Little retractor
Use: used in neck or intermediate tissue depth procedure

6. Cushing vein retractor

Use : used in neck or intermediate tissue depth procedure

7. Sauerbruch retractor
Use : used by surgeons during intra-abdominal surgeries.
8. Langenbeck retractor
Use: used for layers closer to the surface .
- Used in abdominal, orthopedic and plastic surgeries.

9. Richardson retractor
Use: used for several layers including deep body wall.
This essential hand-held instrument is commonly employed to retract, expose, or push muscles,
organs, and bones during surgeries such as laparotomy, Cesarean section, and appendectomy

10. Kelly retractor

Use: used for several layers including deep body wall
- retract and pull back the edges of incisions or wounds. By doing so, they achieve maximum
exposure of the operating site
11. Deaver retractor
Use: used to hold back the abdominal wall during abdominal or thoracic procedure

12. Harrington retractor

Use: used to retract the liver

13. Scapula retractor

Use: used during lateral and post-lateral thoracotomy procedures. Its primary purpose is
to retract and accommodate the scapula and its peri-scapular tissues during these surgeries.
- Used in orthopedics, shoulder, cardiothoracic surgeries
14. abdominal retractor
Use: to keep abdominal cavity open
- used in abdominal OB/GYN procedures such as abdominal hysterectomies, cesarean section
deliveries, and procedures for ectopic pregnancies.

15. Lung retractor

Use: used to retract lung tissue

16. Army retractor

Use: retract small superficial incisions
 self retaining retractors
1. Cerebellar retractor
Use: Mainly used in Cranial surgery and spine surgery. And retract wound edges

2. Rib retractor or rib spreader

Use: separate ribs in thoracic surgery. It is commonly used by surgeons during thoracic
surgeries to hold back the ribs and provide better access to the surgical site.

3. Balfour retractor
Use: commonly used during various surgeries to retract internal organs and tissues.
4. Collin retractor
Use: used for retracting incisions in bulky tissues.

5. Gelpi retractor
Use: commonly used for retracting deep and superficial tissues