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Product Specialties
- Cardiothoracic
  - Bolling Retractor System
    Bolling Retractor System
    The low profile Bolling Retractor is ideal for Mitral Valve surgery.
  - Drake Hook
    Drake Hook
    The Drake Hook provides improved chord lysis and division of rheumatic tissue.
- General
  - Bariatric System
    Bariatric System
    The Thompson Bariatric System provides strength and rigidity for your largest patients.
  - Breast System
    Breast System
    The Thompson Breast Retractor System allows for a quick set-up, virtually unlimited positioning, and rigid, stable retraction where you need it most.
  - Colon / Rectal System
    Colon / Rectal System
    The versatile, low profile Thompson Colon / Rectal System replaces self-retaining and disposable retractors.
  - General / Vascular System
    General / Vascular System
    Thompson’s General / Vascular System is ideal for general abdominal and vascular procedures, especially aortic repair.
  - HIPEC Retractor System
    HIPEC Retractor System
    Thompson's HIPEC System is reputed for its rigidity, versatility, and flexibility.
  - Liver / Oncology System
    Liver / Oncology System
    Multi-planed retraction and versatility for the most complex abdominal and pelvic cases.
  - Pediatric System
    Pediatric System
    A variety of pediatric blades with smaller frame arms to accommodate your tiniest patients.
  - Radiolucent Liver / Oncology System
    Radiolucent Liver / Oncology System
    Multi-planed retraction and versatility for the most complex abdominal and pelvic cases. Radiolucent blades allow for faster imaging, eliminating the need to remove blades or release retraction during cholangiograms.
  - Small Incision System
    Small Incision System
    The Small Incision System is ideal for general and ENT procedures in the head and neck region.
  - Trauma System
    Trauma System
    Sterile mount rail clamp and independent frame arms allow for quick, versatile setups. When combined with S-Lock Quick Angle handles, the system gives surgeons control over each blade’s exact placement while remaining extremely low profile. The system contains a streamlined selection of blades ideal for trauma procedures.
- Brain
  - Brain System Table Mounted
    Brain System - Table Mounted
    The Thompson Brain Retractor System allows for quick, table mounted set-up in the sterile field.
  - Brain System Skull Clamp Mounted
    Brain System - Skull Clamp Mounted
    The Thompson Brain Retractor System allows for quick, skull clamp mounted set-up, compatible with most skull clamps.
- COVID-19 Barrier
- Total Joint
  - Total Joint
    Total Joint Frame
    Thompson’s table-mounted Total Joint Retractor System is ideal for orthopedic surgeons performing hip, knee, and shoulder procedures. This specialized system utilizes rigid handles or flexible tethers to attach retractor blades to a stable, table mounted frame which eliminates the need for extra staff to hold retractors. A sterile mount, low profile design, and streamlined set up saves time and space.
  - Femur Elevator
    Femur Elevator
    The Thompson Retractor Femur Elevator uses a sterile mount Elite II Rail Clamp to securely attach to the OR table, providing stable elevation of the femur, eliminating the need for extra staff. The Femur hook and Micro-Adjustable handle allow for consistent and precise positioning.
- Spine
  - Cervical System
    Cervical System
    Independent, safe retraction of the esophagus, trachea, and nerves, as well as the ability to elevate the longus colli.
  - CCA System
    CCA System
    “This exposure allows a perfect unobstructed perpendicular visualization of the cervical spine, resulting in a very easy surgery on vertebras or discs.” – Prof. Rudolph Bertagnoli, MD
  - Anterior Lumbar System
    Anterior Lumbar System
    Safe and effortless Uncompromised Anterior Lumbar Exposure.
  - Anterior Lumbar Ring System
    Anterior Lumbar Ring System
    The low-profile Thompson Anterior Lumbar Ring System provides effortless, Uncompromised Exposure to the lumbar spine.
  - Advanced MIS ALIF Access
    Advanced MIS Anterior Lumbar Access
    Achieve exceptional MIS ALIF access with the addition of Thompson’s exclusive AL Advanced MIS Blade Kit to the low-profile Thompson Anterior Lumbar Ring System.
  - Anterior Lumbar Articulating Arm System
    AL Articulating Arm System
    Thompson's table-mounted Anterior Lumbar Articulating Arm Retractor System contains streamlined components for fast, easy set up. This specialized system utilizes easily adjustable articulating arms to attach retractor blades to a stable, table mounted frame. Articulating arms provide maximum positioning versatility, with the added benefit of multiplanar retraction.
  - Posterior Lumbar System
    Posterior Lumbar System
    Ideal for various procedures from deformity correction to discectomies.
  - MIS PLA® System
    MIS PLA® System
    The MIS PLA® System provides excellent exposure for Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Decompression, and Pedicle Screw Fixation.
- Laparoscopic
  - Laparoscopic for Elite Rail Clamp
    Laparoscopic for Elite Rail Clamp
    Thompson’s laparoscopic products offer hands-free, multi-configuration possibilities for holding scopes and laparoscopic instruments.
  - Laparoscopic for Power Rail Clamp
    Laparoscopic for Power Rail Clamp
    Thompson’s laparoscopic products offer hands-free, multi-configuration possibilities for holding scopes and laparoscopic instruments.
- Urology
  - Kidney System
    Kidney System
    The Thompson Kidney System provides open exposure through a mini incision.
  - Urologic Oncology System
    Urologic Oncology System
    Uncompromised Exposure for the most complex and widespread urological oncology procedures.
  - Urology System
    Urology System
    The Thompson Urology System offers a streamlined selection of frame components for smaller abdominal and perineal procedures.
- Gynecology
  - GYN Oncology System
    GYN Oncology System
    Uncompromised Exposure for complex GYN oncology to simple abdominal and vaginal procedures.
  - GYN System
    GYN System
    A streamlined selection of frame components for smaller abdominal and vaginal procedures.
- Plastic
  - Body Contouring System
    Body Contouring System
    Can be used in smaller procedures, such as tummy tucks, to large procedures, such as panniculectomies.
- Thompson RingTrack^®
  - S-Lock^® RingTrack^®
    General / Vascular / Trauma System
    S-Lock® RingTrack® General / Vascular / Trauma System
    The Thompson S-Lock® RingTrack® System combines Thompson Retractor quality and innovation with a ratchet-style ring retractor.
  - RingTrack^® General / Vascular /
    Trauma System (Fixed)
    RingTrack® General / Vascular / Trauma System (Fixed)
    The Thompson RingTrack® System combines Thompson Retractor quality and innovation with a ratchet-style ring retractor.
- Thompson OneFrame^®
  - Thompson OneFrame^®
    General / Vascular System
    Thompson OneFrame® General / Vascular System
    Single piece OneFrame® provides fast, easy set up and adjustments with Thompson's patented S-Lock® and Quick Angle features.
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We love our surgeons! Here are some of the wonderful things Thompson users have said about our retractors:

“We believe the use of the Thompson Retractor has improved our patient outcomes. The retractor 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.”

Dr. Luk Verhelst

“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 Retractor is always ready, always willing, never tired… It is my go-to, off the shelf, perfect assistant.”

Dr. Luk Verhelst

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

Bronek Boszczyk, MD

“I use the Thompson Retractor 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.”

Dr. Luk Verhelst

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

Dr. Luk Verhelst

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

Bronek Boszczyk, MD

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

Prof. Gabriel E. Gondolesi, MD, MAAC, FACS

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

Robert Mikkelsen, MD

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

Alberto Gómez Portilla, MD, PhD

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

Alberto Gómez Portilla, MD, PhD

“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.”

Vittorio M. Morreale, MD

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

Douglas F Geiger, MD

“The new Thompson cervical retractor 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!”

Jeffrey Kachmann, MD

“There is really no other retractor 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.”

Brendan C. Visser, MD

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

Brendan C. Visser, 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.”

Michael J. Harris, MD

“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.”

Michael Wachs, MD

“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.”

Michael Nizzi, DO, FACOS

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

Michael G. Fehlings MD PhD FRCSC FACS FRSC

“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.”

Prof Gabriel E. Gondolesi MD, MAAC, FACS

“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.”

Vincent Traynelis, 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.”

Vincent Traynelis, 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.”

Thom Lobe, MD

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

Michael Angelis, MD

“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.”

Lee E. Rubin, MD

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

Paul H. Sugarbaker, MD, FACS, FRCS

“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”

Mehrdad Nikfarjam MBBS, MD, PhD, FRACS

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

David Sindram, MD, PhD

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

David Sindram, MD, PhD

“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.”

Prof Luc Delriviere, MBBS, MD, FRCS, FRACS

“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.”

Mark J. Powers, MD, FACS, FAAOS

“Thompson did it again…perfect!”

Mark J. Powers, MD, FACS, FAAOS

“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.”

Mark J. Powers, MD, FACS, FAAOS

“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.”

Bronek Boszczyk, MD

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

Robert CG Martin, II, MD, PhD, FACS

“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.’”

Salvador A. Brau, MD, FACS

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

John (Jeb) Hallett, MD

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

Steven F. Bolling, MD

“Set it, forget it.”

Steven F. Bolling, MD

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

Steven Thomas, MD

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Bariatric System

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General / Vascular System

HIPEC Retractor System

Liver / Oncology System

Pediatric System

Radiolucent Liver / Oncology System

Small Incision System

Trauma System

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Total Joint Frame

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CCA System

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Posterior Lumbar System

MIS PLA® System

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Urologic Oncology System

Urology System

GYN Oncology System

GYN System

Body Contouring System

S-Lock® RingTrack® General / Vascular / Trauma System

RingTrack® General / Vascular / Trauma System (Fixed)

Thompson OneFrame® General / Vascular System

We love our surgeons! Here are some of the wonderful things Thompson users have said about our retractors:

Have something you’d like to say about the Thompson Retractor?