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CC BY-NC 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2021; 48(04): 389-391
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2021.00409
Hand/Peripheral Nerve
Idea and Innovation

Jain’s hand retractor system and stand: an innovative device for hand surgery

Aakansh Jain 
Department of Plastic Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India
› Author AffiliationsThe author would like to thank Ms. Deepa Thapa (Artist, Department of Plastic Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India).
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Solo hand surgery is becoming increasingly common, mostly due to a lack of assistants and dedicated operating theatres. The solo hand surgeon faces challenges of proper hand positioning, elevation, and skin flap/tissue retraction. Most commercially available hand retractors or stands do not address all the relevant problems and are not economically feasible for trainee surgeons. The Jain’s hand retractor system and stand, described herein, provides solutions to all these problems, and its simple design helps surgeons to reproduce it easily.

Keywords

Device design, medical - Hand - Reconstructive surgery - Innovativeness


Publication History

Received: 08 March 2021

Accepted: 27 May 2021

Article published online:
21 March 2022

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