Category Archives: Plastic Surgery
Surgical Calipers in Plastic Surgery: The Complete Guide to 5 Patterns
Surgical calipers for plastic surgery compared: the Castroviejo, Ginsberg and Jameson calipers and the McKissock [...]
Oct
Types of Surgical Retractors: A Complete Guide to Their Names and Uses
Types of surgical retractors explained by name: hand held patterns from skin hooks to the [...]
Oct
Nasal Rasp Guide: How to Choose the Cut and the Grit
A nasal rasp guide for rhinoplasty: forward and reverse cut, steel or tungsten carbide teeth, [...]
Oct
Osteotome vs Chisel in Rhinoplasty: Straight, Curved or Guarded
Osteotome vs chisel in rhinoplasty: the double bevel against the single bevel, straight blades for [...]
Oct
Breast Augmentation Instruments: The Tray, Step by Step
Breast augmentation instruments in the order a case uses them: marker, retractors, long blunt dissectors [...]
Sep
Periosteal Elevator: Types, Uses and How to Choose One
A periosteal elevator lifts the periosteum off bone in one sheet. The Freer, Cottle, Howarth, [...]
Sep
Types of Needle Holders: Mayo Hegar to Castroviejo (and Why Americans Say Needle Driver)
The three families of needle holder, which suture size each jaw suits, what the gold [...]
Sep
How to Sharpen Surgical Scissors: Tests, Limits and When to Retire
How to test scissor and needle holder sharpness in minutes, what dulls instruments fastest, in-house [...]
Sep
Tungsten Carbide Surgical Instruments: Are Gold Handles Worth It?
Tungsten carbide surgical instruments: what gold rings mean, the service-life math, insert quality checks and [...]
Sep
Supercut Scissors Explained: The Micro-Serrated Razor Edge
Supercut scissors explained: the razor plus micro-serration grind, how it differs from tungsten carbide, where [...]
Sep