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Nasopharyngeal surgical retractors designed to temporarily separate and hold back any of the edges of incisions performed in various palate and/or palate pillar structures, exposing and providing better access to the surrounding anatomic structures. These retractors usually consist of handheld, manual, slender instruments in a variety of shapes, usually with long shafts including sharp blades at one or both ends and a handle at the proximal end or at the center. Dedicated retractors for the soft and hard palate and the palate pillars are also available. Palate/pillar nasopharyngeal surgical retractors are used in a variety of therapeutic and surgical procedures inside the nose, pharynx, and surrounding anatomic structures.
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