What is the skin hook?

The skin hook is a small medical tool that is used to grip, hold and place fine soft tissues during sewing surgery. At the end of the tool, one or two very thin curved hooks may have and during sewing it is often used with a needle holder to reduce the damage to the fragile tissue that is closed. Skin hooks are used in many different medical procedures that require fine maneuvering of the skin and soft tissues, including remedial surgery, sewing facial skin and sewing fine individual layers of skin.

The device values ​​for the skin hook can be adapted to the procedure. Some types of this surgical equipment have hooks that are very sharp and thin. Other skin hooks have spikes that are strong and have a matte tip. Skin hooks can have one tip or double spikes. Values ​​are often classified as extra fine, standard or fine; Classification ENEBLATION Team Surgical Preparations to choose the bestMachines for procedure.

One type of skin hook is a small surgical tool called thumb pliers, more often known as tweezers. In grasping part of the tweezers, small hooks are added instead of dental projections that are often present at the end of the instrument. Thin hooks are able to move a very fine thin tissue without leaving tags or causing damage to tissue compressing. Preventing damage to the sewing process can accelerate the healing time of the skin and other soft tissues.

The handle on the hook of the skin of the thumb pliers can be long or short depending on the procedure in which the tool is used. Large hands surgeon can prefer longer pinzer -shaped handling hooks. Areas that are usually difficult to access.

Another type of skin hook has a long thin piece of surgical stainless steel, which has one or two small spikes at the end of the instrument. These skin hooks withThey are used for procedures on stronger soft tissues such as abdominal organs or lungs. Most of them are designed for repeated use and can be sterilized by autoclave before each operation. In addition, surgical quality of steel used on the skin hook helps to prevent bacteria during the bacteria procedure to the tool surface.