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Denis Browne ring retractor

A circular self-retaining retractor with small hooks arranged around a ring, designed to expose the penis from every angle with minimal manual handling.

How it is used

Used in hypospadias reconstruction and other pediatric urology procedures to maintain stable exposure of the operative field without requiring an assistant to continuously retract.

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.

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