
November 18, 2021
The Instrument, The Name, The Thompson Retractor – General Surgery News
By Lisandro Montorfano, MD, and George Tadros MD, General Surgery Resident, PGY-1 A “retractor” is defined as a device used by surgeons to separate the ends of a surgical incision. Although retractors are very popular and have been used for centuries, not many surgeons know the origins of the different retractors they use. The developer of […]
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