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Tonsil surgical hooks designed to temporarily seize, pull, or exert traction on sutures during dissection, excision, and/or to perform other surgical procedures with minimal trauma. These tonsil surgical hooks typically consist of handheld manual stainless steel instruments with a shank bent near the distal end (usually at angles from 135 to 180 degrees) and finished in a blunt or sharp tip; the hooks typically include a sure-grip handle for improved control at the proximal end. Tonsil suturing hooks either straight or curved to the right or to the left are also available. They are used to grasp the suture and slightly pull it away during surgical procedures such as tonsillectomy.
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