Lone Star retractor
A retractor system consisting of a lightweight ring and multiple elastic stay hooks that are individually placed around an incision or natural orifice.
How it is used
Used mainly in pediatric anorectal surgery (for example, endorectal pull-through for Hirschsprung disease or anorectal malformations) to retract the anus and expose the rectum without continuous manual assistance.
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.