Single-use, sterile, pre-packaged surgical (SSP) instruments and implants are driving a technological evolution in surgery that will be every bit as significant as the ongoing shift toward minimally ...
Traverse City-based Thompson Surgical Inc., one of the largest makers of surgical retractors in the world — devices that hold back skin, muscle and organs to allow surgeons better and cleaner access ...
A study in Germany found a plastic sheath wound retractor reduced the rate of surgical site infections in cesarean sections compared to a metal, self-retaining retractor traditionally used in those ...
Use of Applied Medical’s Alexis ® O C-Section Protector/Retractor Has Shown Statistically Significant Reduction in Mothers’ Surgical Site Infections, Bleeding and Postoperative Pain RANCHO SANTA ...
An Alexis wound retractor (AWR) “about the size of a dinner plate” was accidentally left in a woman’s abdomen after giving birth via c-section in 2020 Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on ...
A San Diego jury yesterday awarded $250,000 to a man who spent 17 days with a 14-inch-long metal retractor inside his body after doctors at Palomar Medical Center forgot to remove it, the San Diego ...