Gillies hook
A fine single sharp-pointed hook mounted on a lightweight pencil-style handle, designed to manipulate soft tissue with minimal trauma.
How it is used
Used in plastic and reconstructive surgery to manipulate and retract the skin edge during suturing, avoiding the crush injury forceps would cause.
Clinical tip
Its pencil-grip handling allows very fine control, essential in facial surgery and cutaneous microsurgery.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-05.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.