Skin hook (single/double-prong)
Fine stainless-steel hook (one or two sharp prongs) on a pencil-style handle, used to retract and evert the wound edge without crushing tissue, unlike a toothed forceps.
How it is used
Atraumatic retraction of the skin edges during excision, flap design, and suturing in outpatient dermatologic surgery, including post-Mohs reconstruction.
Sources
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