Kleinert Kutz Skin Hook, Sharp, 3 mm 5 mm or 7 mm

What the kleinert kutz skin hook is

The kleinert kutz skin hook is a single pronged retractor built for hand and microsurgery, where the whole operative field may be the width of a finger and the structures being exposed are a digital nerve and the vessels lying beside it.

Two things make the pattern. The tip is very fine and tightly curved, so it takes a small bite on skin that has very little to spare, and the shaft is narrow, so the instrument fits inside an opening that a wider hook would fill on its own. In a finger that second point is not a refinement, it is the difference between seeing the structure and not seeing it.

Three tip widths are made, 3 mm, 5 mm and 7 mm, and the choice is decided by how much skin there is to lift.

Key design features of the kleinert kutz skin hook

Four features, and all of them follow from working inside a small opening.

• One fine sharp prong. A single point of purchase, taken on skin that will not tolerate a broad bite.
• Tight curve. The tissue sits in the bend close to the tip, so the hook does not have to be driven deep to hold.
• Narrow shaft. Fits inside confined fields on fingers and toes, and leaves room to see past it.
• Three tip widths. 3 mm, 5 mm and 7 mm, so the bite is matched to the thickness of the skin.

Kleinert Kutz skin hook sizes

Three sizes ship from this page, and the size is chosen at the point of order.

Our own record carries the three tip widths and not an overall length, so no length is stated here. Google AI Mode lists the same three widths for this pattern, 3 mm small, 5 mm medium and 7 mm large, which is independent confirmation of the sizes above and not the source of them.

Kleinert Kutz skin hook uses by specialty

One field dominates this pattern, and the table says where else it earns a place.

What the prong holds, and what it does not

Working beside nerves makes the limits of a sharp instrument worth stating plainly.

How the kleinert kutz skin hook compares with other skin hooks surgical instruments

Three of the rows below are our own hooks, and the rest are the skin hooks surgical instruments buyers weigh it against.

Kleinert Kutz skin hook materials and finish

Made from high quality medical grade stainless steel, satin finished so the operating light does not reflect off the shaft into the eye, which matters more under magnification than it does in an open field. The steel itself is made to a German specification. The prong is hardened at the tip, because on a 3 mm hook the tip is almost the whole instrument.

Skin hook retractor uses, care and sterilization

Buyers searching skin hook retractor uses usually want two answers: what it does in the wound, which is above, and how it is looked after, which is this. Clean with a soft brush under running water, paying attention to the inside of the curve where tissue collects, then rinse in deionized water and dry fully before autoclaving. Store so nothing rests on the tip. A fine prong is easily bent and a bent prong tears skin rather than lifting it, so check the point before the instrument goes back into the set.

Ordering, skin hook price and wholesale

Adas Instruments makes this pattern to order in 3 mm, 5 mm and 7 mm, and supplies hospitals, surgical centers and distributors across the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Skin hook price depends on the size ordered and on the quantity, bulk and wholesale pricing is available, and instruments held on backorder ship in 10 to 12 working days. Every instrument carries a three year replacement warranty against manufacturing defects. Certifications: CE. Production is controlled under an ISO 13485 quality management system.

Frequently asked questions

What is a kleinert kutz skin hook used for?

Retracting skin in hand and microsurgery. The fine tip and the narrow shaft let it work inside a finger or a toe, where it holds a digital skin flap back while a nerve, a vessel or a tendon sheath beneath it is exposed.

What is a skin retractor used for?

Holding a skin edge or a flap out of the surgeon line of work. The skin hook is the handheld version of that idea: one or two points of purchase, held by an assistant, and taken out the moment the exposure is no longer needed.

What is a hook retractor used for?

The same job, done on a point rather than on a blade. A hook retractor engages the tissue on a prong and holds it by the bend of the hook, which spreads almost no pressure across the tissue and therefore leaves no crush mark on skin that is being kept.

What skin hook size should I order?

Match it to the skin. 3 mm for digital work and the tightest fields, 5 mm for everyday hand surgery, and 7 mm where there is palmar thickness to lift. A hand set usually carries a 3 mm and a 5 mm rather than one of each size.

Is this a skin hook retractor or a nerve hook?

A skin hook retractor. It has a sharp prong and it is made to hold skin. A nerve hook is blunt and is made to lift a nerve, and the two are not interchangeable in either direction: a sharp prong near a nerve is a hazard, and a blunt hook will not take a skin edge.

Related products and categories

Buyers who order the kleinert kutz skin hook usually order alongside it the mccoy micro dermal single hook, the gillies skin hook and the guthrie skin hook. The whole family sits in hooks and retractors, and this pattern is also listed under micro surgery instruments.