Neuro
Neurosurgery and spine surgery share a problem: the target is deep, the corridor is narrow and the structures along the way cannot be touched. This collection gathers the instruments built for that — microdissectors for the brain, retractors and osteotomes for the spine, and fine suction for the whole field.
More than 150 instruments are listed, including the complete Rhoton set, Hardy transsphenoidal instruments and the long Hibbs, Lambotte and Smith-Petersen osteotomes used in spinal surgery. Buy any piece individually, or ask us to quote a full craniotomy or spine tray.
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Original price $89.10 - Original price $89.10Original price$89.10$89.10 - $89.10Current price $89.10Weitlaner Retractor - Blunt, 4.5"
The Weitlaner Retractor Blunt 4.50" is a self-retaining surgical instrument designed for gentle tissue retraction in delicate surgeries. Its blunt ...
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Original price $93.60 - Original price $93.60Original price$93.60$93.60 - $93.60Current price $93.60Weitlaner Retractor - Blunt, 5.5"
The Weitlaner Retractor Blunt 5.50" is a self-retaining surgical instrument designed for gentle tissue retraction. Its blunt prongs minimize trauma...
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Original price $116.10 - Original price $116.10Original price$116.10$116.10 - $116.10Current price $116.10Weitlaner Retractor - Blunt, 6.25"
The Weitlaner Retractor Blunt 6.25" is a self-retaining surgical instrument designed for gentle tissue retraction in various procedures. Its 6.25-i...
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Original price $116.10 - Original price $116.10Original price$116.10$116.10 - $116.10Current price $116.10Weitlaner Retractor - Blunt, 8"
The Weitlaner Retractor Blunt 8" is designed to offer secure retraction with minimal trauma to surrounding tissues. Its blunt prongs are particular...
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Original price $125.10 - Original price $125.10Original price$125.10$125.10 - $125.10Current price $125.10Weitlaner Retractor - Blunt, 9.5"
The Weitlaner Retractor Blunt 9.50" is a self-retaining retractor with blunt prongs, designed to provide secure tissue retraction while minimizing ...
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Original price $89.10 - Original price $89.10Original price$89.10$89.10 - $89.10Current price $89.10Weitlaner Retractor - Sharp, 4.5"
The Weitlaner Retractor Sharp 4.50" is a self-retaining surgical instrument designed to provide strong, precise tissue retraction with the added be...
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Original price $89.10 - Original price $89.10Original price$89.10$89.10 - $89.10Current price $89.10Weitlaner Retractor - Sharp, 5.5"
The Weitlaner Retractor Sharp 5.50" is a self-retaining surgical instrument designed for strong and secure tissue retraction. With its sharp prongs...
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Original price $116.10 - Original price $116.10Original price$116.10$116.10 - $116.10Current price $116.10Weitlaner Retractor - Sharp, 6.25"
The Weitlaner Retractor Sharp 6.25" is a self-retaining surgical instrument designed for gentle yet secure tissue retraction. Its sharp prongs prov...
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Original price $116.10 - Original price $116.10Original price$116.10$116.10 - $116.10Current price $116.10Weitlaner Retractor - Sharp, 8"
The Weitlaner Retractor Sharp 8" is an instrument designed for use in a variety of surgical settings, especially where a strong grip and secure ret...
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Original price $125.10 - Original price $125.10Original price$125.10$125.10 - $125.10Current price $125.10Weitlaner Retractor - Sharp, 9.5"
The Weitlaner Retractor Sharp 9.50" is a self-retaining retractor designed for strong tissue retraction in larger or deeper surgical sites. Its sha...
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Original price $78.99 - Original price $78.99Original price$78.99$78.99 - $78.99Current price $78.99Jungbluth Mini-Chole Retractor and Clamps
The term "Jungbluth Retractor" is occasionally used in medical literature, but it most accurately refers to the Jungbluth Clamp (or Jungbluth pelvi...
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What This Collection Covers
- Rhoton microdissectors — the numbered range, Nos. 1–19 at 190mm: round, small, medium and large dissectors, elevators, hooks, needle, oval curettes and teardrop dissectors, plus the 19-instrument cased set
- Rhoton-Merz suction tubes — 15, 17 and 20cm, 3 to 12 Fr
- Transsphenoidal instruments — Hardy enucleators (blunt and sharp, left and right), bayonet curettes, 3-prong fork, implant fork and micro mirror
- Dural instruments — Hoen and Frazier dural separators; Samii lancet knives; bayonet scalpel handles (Landolt)
- Spinal osteotomes — Hibbs, Lambotte and Smith-Petersen, straight and curved, 1/4" to 1 1/2"; Hoke and Stille-style osteotomes
- Spinal retractors — Weitlaner (blunt and sharp, 4.5" to 9.5"), Meyerding, Love and D'Errico nerve root retractors, Cushing vein retractor
- Neurological examination — Hartmann tuning forks (128–4096 Hz) and a Wartenberg pinwheel
- Other — Crutchfield traction tong, De Martel saw conductor, Caspar bone graft holder, skull breaker, Jacobson bayonet scissors
Why Bayonet Instruments?
Under a microscope the surgeon looks straight down the corridor, and a straight instrument held in the hand would sit in the line of sight. A bayonet instrument has an offset shaft: the hand and handle sit to one side while the tip stays on the target. That is why so many neurosurgical scissors, forceps and scalpel handles here are bayonet-shaped.
How to Choose
Working length. 190mm is the Rhoton standard for cranial work; transsphenoidal instruments run longer (around 245mm) to reach the sella.
Tip. Round and spatula dissectors for separating planes, hooks and needles for fine arachnoid work, curettes for removing tissue.
Suction size. French gauge divided by three gives the diameter in millimetres: 3 Fr is 1mm, 12 Fr is 4mm. Finer suction for delicate work near vessels and nerves.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Rhoton instruments?
A numbered set of microneurosurgical dissectors, curettes, hooks and elevators. The numbers let the surgeon ask for an instrument without looking away from the microscope. See the Rhoton collection.
What is a transsphenoidal instrument?
An instrument long and slim enough to reach the pituitary gland through the nose and sphenoid sinus.
What is a nerve root retractor?
A narrow retractor that holds a spinal nerve root aside during discectomy and laminectomy.
Related categories: Rhoton instruments, Yasargil instruments, Kerrison punches, rongeurs, osteotomes and brain spatulas.
Also for cranial and spine work: Penfield and dura dissectors, Cobb and periosteal elevators, bipolar forceps, cranial perforators and drills, bone tamps and spine retractor sets.