Use of a Yankauer Sucker as a Temporary Soft Tissue Protector and Drill Stop in Surgical Procedures

Home-Made, Adapted and Modified Devices in Surgical Practice

“…Use of medical devices for purposes not intended by the manufacturer -'off-label' use (for example, the cuff of a flatus tube placed over a gastroscope to remove ingested foreign bodies, 6 sucker tubing as a sheath over orthopaedic drill bits 7 or using a bladder hydrodistension catheter for creating space during retroperitoneoscopy 8 ).…”