Awty Condylar Neck Retractor, 22 cm

The condylar neck sits at the top of the mandibular ramus, deep behind a mass of soft tissue, and reaching it means holding that tissue aside for the whole operation rather than momentarily. A retractor for this region has to do two things at once: keep the corridor open and stay put while the surgeon works with both hands. A contoured blade does the second part — shaped to the bone it rests against, it seats and holds instead of sliding off under the tension of the tissue it is holding back.

22 cm gives the reach to place that blade at the top of the ramus while the handle stays outside a small incision, which is the constraint in this region — the approach is kept short for cosmetic and anatomical reasons, so the instrument has to work through it rather than widen it. The same reach suits other deep maxillofacial and orthopaedic exposures where the target is far from the skin opening.

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