3 matching records for Nerve Hook.
A hand-held, shaft-like, manual surgical instrument used to excise a segment of a sympathetic nerve or ganglia. The device tapers towards the distal end to form a hook or multiple hooks used in the procedure. The proximal end forms a handle which may vary i...
A hand-held, surgical instrument used for hooking the spermatic cord (the cord-like structure consisting of the vas deferens and its accompanying arteries, veins, nerves and lymphatic vessels) in order to grasp it during a surgical procedure, e.g., a vasect...
A hand-held, non-self-retaining surgical instrument intended to be used for retracting a nerve, tendon, or blood vessel to separate it from the surrounding tissue primarily to allow access to other tissues during a surgical intervention. It is a shaft-like ...