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Eye surgical hooks designed to temporarily secure suture material around the sclera during dissection, excision, and/or to perform other surgical procedures with minimal trauma. These eye surgical hooks typically consist of handheld manual stainless steel instruments sharply bent at the working end (usually at angles from 135 to 180 degrees); the hooks typically include a slender handle at the proximal end. Eye sclera fixation hooks with a sharp two-prong hook are available. Eye sclera fixation hooks are available in different sizes (small, medium, large) according to the type of surgery. They are used during ocular surgical procedures (e.g., placement of suture material around an extraocular muscle or partially through the sclera for purposes of immobilizing and controlling the position of the globe).
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