Obwegeser retractor
A curved retractor with a wide, long blade, designed to protect soft tissue while exposing the mandibular ramus at depth.
How it is used
Used in sagittal split ramus osteotomy (orthognathic surgery) to protect the inferior alveolar nerve and vessels while the bone is manipulated.
Clinical tip
Its angled shape maintains bony exposure without requiring the assistant to apply excessive traction on the soft tissues.
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 2026-10-05.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.