If the end was broad, it would be called a retractor.

There was the sound of retractors being swung into place.

Park held a retractor with one hand and a mug of coffee in the other.

She gave him a baleful look, picked up the retractor, and went to work.

I have only stepped up to fetch my small retractor from the cabin.

The incision was held open by a small retractor which maintained itself in place.

She made sure all the necessary sutures, instruments, and retractors were available.

Then, the surgeon opens the chest with a retractor to expose the heart.

The retractor is to spread apart the edges of an incision.

After the plaster sets around the retractor, pull it to remove the bottle.

Vesalius described a variety of hooks and retractors in the 16th century.

Stainless-steel retractors pulled back the flaps of skin and muscle.

He kept the lancet in place and asked for a long retractor, pulling open the incision.

Acting together, the two groups serve as retractors by telescoping the abdomen.

The retractors are often very strong and are diffuse or restricted.

The hospital lacked basic surgical equipment such as retractors.

The following is an incomplete list of surgical retractors in use:

After the rotation is complete, a retractor pushes the protruding bars back into place.

The retractor acts like a fisherman who plays out his line to keep a hooked fish from breaking it.

"In the third year, you don't do anything except hold retractors during surgery, but it was very challenging finding a site where I'd be accepted.

With a feeling of utter frustration, Mannerheim threw the brain retractor to the floor.

She thrust in retractors, widening the wound's gap and exposing the field.

Front seat belts with retractors were now standard.