Crile-Wood needle holder
Needle holder with a straight serrated jaw, often fitted with tungsten-carbide inserts, with narrower, more tapered jaws than a Mayo-Hegar.
How it is used
General and cardiovascular suturing with small- to medium-gauge needles, when a finer grip than a Mayo-Hegar is wanted without the delicacy of a microsurgical needle holder.
Clinical tip
Distinguished from the Mayo-Hegar by its longer, narrower jaw; tungsten-carbide (TC) insert versions are identified by gold-colored handles.
Sources
This entry is part of the Instriq catalog, researched and written per specialty from real web research -- never generated or invented without verification -- and reviewed skeptically and independently before publication. How this catalog is written.
History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-25.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.