Loader

WHY THOMPSON?

We Design and Make it We Design and Make it

We Design and Make it

Thompson creates, designs, and brings your systems to life in Michigan, USA. 100% USA made!

We Service it We Service it

We Service it

Need a hand with your new retractor? Reach out to Thompson via direct line, email, or Live Chat for a live member of our team to assist you directly!

We Sell it We Sell it

We Sell it

Work directly with us! Thompson is the sole manufacturer and distributor of the Thompson Retractor.

We Back it We Back it

We Back it

With regular service, maintenance, and proper care, your Thompson System has a lifetime of 10 years*! (* Refer to IFU for details and exceptions). We guarantee the life of your retractor retractor through our Service & Warranty Program.

We Design and Make it

Thompson creates, designs, and brings your systems to life in Michigan, USA. 100% USA made!

We Service it

Need a hand with your new retractor? Reach out to Thompson via direct line, email, or Live Chat for a live member of our team to assist you directly!

We Sell it

Work directly with us! Thompson is the sole manufacturer and distributor of the Thompson Retractor.

We Back it

With regular service, maintenance, and proper care, your Thompson System has a lifetime of 10 years*! (* Refer to IFU for details and exceptions). We guarantee the life of your retractor retractor through our Service & Warranty Program.

new (3)

Thompson:
The "Swiss Army Knife"
of exposure!

Request a Free Trial
swiss-kinfe-img-a
new (2)

quotes-image

What Our Customers Say

“I evaluated the Thompson Retractor as a vascular fellow in 1970 at UCSF Medical Center and have used it throughout my career as a vascular surgeon until my retirement in 2002. A great product!”

No img

PETER NOYES, MD

“This system is a shoulder-saver and is like having another tireless assistant standing next to me.”

No img

STEVEN THOMAS, MD

“Set it, forget it.”

No img

STEVEN F. BOLLING, MD

“The three most important aspects of mitral valve surgery are: EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE.”

No img

STEVEN F. BOLLING, MD

“Thompson products always facilitated my operations!! Great engineering and quality!

No img

JOHN (JEB) HALLETT, MD

“The Thompson AL Brau Blades have become essential for the Anterior Mini-Open approach to the lumbar spine with a proven 15 year track record of safety. You get steady, rock solid exposure providing excellent visualization throughout without the need to re-adjust thus saving time by reducing the ‘fiddle factor.’”

No img

SALVADOR A. BRAU, MD, FACS

“The Thompson retractor is essential for all complex Hepato-Pancreatico-Bilary surgery in order to allow for safe and effective dissection and transection.”

No img

ROBERT CG MARTIN, II, MD, PHD, FACS

“The Thompson Spine Frame allows me to do cases which I would not have thought possible a few years ago and is absolutely essential in us developing these novel and extensive approaches.”

No img

BRONEK BOSZCZYK, MD

“The success of outpatient total hip arthroplasty will depend upon orthopaedic autonomy in the ASC. The Thompson hip system is a simple solution that provides consistent and reproducible exposure. It is cost-effective and creates more OR space by minimizing personnel. It is ‘a must have’ for outpatient THA.”

No img

MARK J. POWERS, MD, FACS, FAAOS

“Thompson did it again…perfect!”

No img

MARK J. POWERS, MD, FACS, FAAOS

“The Thompson Hip System has an elegant design that optimizes the synergy between instrumentation and surgical technique allowing unimpeded visualization while performing muscle sparing ( or minimally invasive ) total hip arthroplasty.”

No img

MARK J. POWERS, MD, FACS, FAAOS

“The Thompson Retractor is in my view the best retractor for liver, hepato-pancreato-biliary and gastric splenic surgery. The access given to the upper abdomen is unmatched by any other system. The availability of valves for overweight and obese patients is also of paramount assistance. I believe that this retractor should be available in all hospitals.

No img

PROF LUC DELRIVIERE, MBBS, MD, FRCS, FRACS

“Optimal visualization and retraction in an increasingly obese surgical population is difficult. Rib cage retraction required suboptimal improvisation with ill-suited blades, until now.”

No img

DAVID SINDRAM, MD, PHD

“I am quicker, more dynamic and precise in my biliary procedures. In addition, I am essentially non-reliant on my assistant for exposure or system.”

No img

DAVID SINDRAM, MD, PHD

“The advantages of the Thompson Retractor over other retractors include excellent upper abdominal visibility thanks to the ability to perform Subcostal Retraction. What is particularly good are the multiple set-up options, including the creation of a circle, catering to multiple procedures and patient sizes including those that are morbidly obese”

No img

MEHRDAD NIKFARJAM MBBS, MD, PHD, FRACS

“The Thompson Retractor is of use at all times during cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC and is essential for an optimal result.

No img

PAUL H. SUGARBAKER, MD, FACS, FRCS

“By improving the direct visualization of the native landmarks during Direct Anterior Approach THA, the Thompson Hip Retractor System provides the surgeon with improved confidence for consistent, accurate component placement.”

No img

LEE E. RUBIN, MD

“The Thompson Liver Transplant/Resection System is the best retractor system available.”

No img

MICHAEL ANGELIS, MD

I find the Thompson Retractor an invaluable tool. It is the only retractor of its kind that can accommodate 3, 5, and 10mm instruments. This allows me to perform complex laparoscopic and thoracoscopic cases on infants and children with ease and safety. I recommend it exclusively for all my cases.

No img

THOM LOBE, MD

“I use the Thompson retractor on every anterior cervical case, even single level procedures. The set up takes me less than 2 minutes and the improved exposure and solid non-mobile retraction provided is phenomenal.”

No img

VINCENT TRAYNELIS, MD

“This retractor provides focal and dependable retraction in the space between the transverse processes. This exposure facilitates a transforaminal decompression, pedicle fixation, and intertransverse fusion in those patients in which an open approach is indicated. The system easily adapts to single or multilevel situations.”

No img

VINCENT TRAYNELIS, MD

“The Thompson retractor is, in my view, the best retractor for complex HPB and gastrointestinal surgeries. It has allowed us to minimize the incision for a multi-visceral transplant, allowing it to be performed by a midline approach. The exposure obtained and the independence provided to the surgeons and assistants, provides the right setting for teaching. Every surgical department should have one.

No img

PROF GABRIEL E. GONDOLESI MD, MAAC, FACS

“I prefer the Thompson Retractor because it reduces dysphagia by reducing tissue damage”

No img

MICHAEL G. FEHLINGS MD PHD FRCSC FACS FRSC

“Thompson Surgical provides the most hassle-free, versatile retractor. For those complex, difficult procedures, as well as the routine, its ease of setup, strength and use, as well as lack of constant readjustment, always provides me reliable and safe exposure. Hands down, this should be every surgeon’s go-to retractor.

No img

MICHAEL NIZZI, DO, FACOS

“The Thompson Retractor makes liver transplant easy. It provides outstanding exposure for pediatric liver transplant, the best retractor I have seen in my 25 years as a transplant surgeon.

No img

MICHAEL WACHS, MD

“I utilize the Thompson Retractor for exposure on all of my nerve sparing radical perineal prostatectomy cases because it contours to the wound, is low profile, and easily accommodates varying patient anatomy. The versatility of the retractor allows me to utilize a less invasive perineal approach to nerve sparing prostatectomies. I use it for excellent exposure to do pubovaginal slings as well.”

No img

MICHAEL J. HARRIS, MD

“The Thompson System provides terrific cephalad rib retraction without ever slipping down or moving during the course of the case.”

No img

BRENDAN C. VISSER, MD

“There is really no other system on the market that is comparable to the Thompson for open liver surgery.  It offers the critical combination of easy set-up and dependable solidity.”

No img

BRENDAN C. VISSER, MD

“The new Thompson cervical system has made a huge difference for my anterior cervical cases. Exposure now is second to none with great reliability and less adjustments needed compared to other systems. It is expedient as well and can be set up in under a minute once you have a handful of cases experience with it. It’s brilliant, the customer service team is very responsive and friendly, and it’s truly the system every anterior cervical spine surgeon needs in their toolbox!

No img

JEFFREY KACHMANN, MD

“I found the exposure afforded by this system to be excellent! It frees up my assistant’s hands and it’s rigidity provides secure consistent exposure.”

No img

DOUGLAS F GEIGER, MD

“The Thompson Cervical Retractor System frees up my assistant’s hands for other tasks to help the surgery run more smoothly. Solid positioning of the retractor blades decreases risk of injury to local tissues. It’s a great system.”

No img

VITTORIO M. MORREALE, MD

“When you buy a Thompson, you buy it for life.”

No img

ALBERTO GÓMEZ PORTILLA, MD, PHD

“I am absolutely in love with the Thompson System and the ‘hands-free’ surgical approach it provides.”

No img

ALBERTO GÓMEZ PORTILLA, MD, PHD

“When someone asks for an assistant, I say, ‘Pull out a Thompson!'”

No img

ROBERT MIKKELSEN, MD

“The versatility of the Thompson Retractor allows us to change approaches to suit each patient, improving results and reducing incision sizes.”

No img

PROF. GABRIEL E. GONDOLESI, MD, MAAC, FACS

I rely on Thompson for all my challenging cases; it is my first choice of system.

No img

BRONEK BOSZCZYK, MD

“Use of the Thompson Hip System has increased efficiency and decreased operating time in our department.”

No img

DR. LUK VERHELST

“I use the Thompson System for every hip case. It has been the most notable advancement the last two years in my orthopedic practice. I would never go back to the way it was done before.

No img

DR. LUK VERHELST

“The Thompson system provides the greatest level of safety for my patients.”

No img

BRONEK BOSZCZYK, MD

“Where we set off to use the system as means to an end, reducing the need for extra staff, it has done much more than that. The Thompson System is always ready, always willing, never tired… It is my go-to, off the shelf, perfect assistant.

No img

DR. LUK VERHELST

“We believe the use of the Thompson System has improved our patient outcomes. The system is able to create much more consistent, non-traumatic tension on the retracted muscles. Intra-operative tears of the Tensor fascia latae in the direct anterior approach have reduced significantly following the introduction of the Thompson.”

No img

DR. LUK VERHELST

"My first step, after applying pressure…is to call for the Thompson retractor. I have successfully dealt with all kinds of uncontrolled situations now and my first step, after applying pressure and making sure anesthesia knows we’re in trouble, is to call for the Thompson retractor."

RICHARD E. DAVIS MD FACS

RICHARD E. DAVIS MD FACS

Consultant General Surgeon, Program Director, General Surgery Residency AIC Kijabe Hospital

"Thompson is the friendliest and most efficient company I have ever used. The whole thing takes time to introduce the product and as a result puts forward only the best opportunities that really suit you. They help from start to finish to create a great product identity for your company."

Shalima Hayden, MD

Shalima Hayden, MD

Customer title TBA