Standard Curved Dressing Forceps 180mm — Pelvic Around-the-Corner

Standard Curved Dressing Forceps — 180mm Pelvic Around-the-Corner

The 180mm standard curved dressing forceps reaches around overhanging structures in deep pelvic surgery — the sacral promontory during retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy, the pelvic side wall during paravaginal dissection, and the obturator fossa during obturator-nerve identification in radical hysterectomy. The 18cm curved tip handles tissue at angles a straight 18cm forceps cannot achieve without disrupting the operator’s wrist neutral position.

The obturator-fossa dissection

Obturator-fossa dissection identifies and preserves the obturator nerve during radical pelvic surgery (radical hysterectomy, radical prostatectomy, pelvic exenteration). The obturator nerve emerges from the lumbar plexus and runs through the obturator fossa lateral to the iliac vessels before exiting the pelvis through the obturator foramen. Injury to the obturator nerve produces medial-thigh weakness and adductor-muscle dysfunction. The curved 180mm forceps handles obturator-fossa fat and lymphatic tissue while preserving the nerve.

The robotic-era residual indication

Modern radical pelvic surgery is largely robotic; the curved 180mm forceps lives in the open-conversion tray for the cases requiring conversion from robotic technique.