Past, present, and future for surgical needles and needle holders
Related Experiment Video
Updated: Nov 8, 2026
04:08
Metacarpal Small Incision for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Published on: April 5, 2024
R F Edlich1, J G Thacker, W McGregor
1Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville.
American Journal of Surgery
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
During the last two decades, major advances in surgical needle and needle holder technology have markedly improved surgical wound repair. These advances include quantitative tests for surgical needle and needle holders performance, high nickel maraging stainless steels, compound curved needles, needle sharpening methods, laser-drilled holes for swages, needle:suture ratios of 1:1, and the atraumatic needle holder.
