Gigli saw

Gigli wire saw

Hand operated, a gigli saw is useful in performing cranial surgeries.

A Gigli saw is a flexible wire saw used by surgeons for bone cutting. ^[1] A Gigli saw is used mainly for amputation, where the bones have to be smoothly cut at the level of amputation. ^[2] It is also used in veterinary medicine for cutting antler, horn, and tusks, as well as bone.

The saw was invented by Leonardo Gigli, an Italian obstetrician, to simplify the performance of a lateral pubiotomy in obstructed labour. ^[3]

It is featured in the 2023 American horror film Saw X ^[4] and in Dexter: Resurrection by Ronald Schmidt, the Dark Passenger killer.

See also

• Instruments used in general surgery

References

1. Tomita K, Kawahara N., The threadwire saw: a new device for cutting bone, in J Bone Joint Surg Am, vol. 78, n. 12, dicembre 1996, pp. 1915-1917,
2. Kojiro Wada, Kentaro Mori, Terushige Toyooka, Naoki Otani, Kazuya Fujii, Hideaki Ueno, Satoshi Tomura, Arata Tomiyama, Safe fronto-orbito-zygomatic osteotomy using a diamond-coated threadwire saw in orbito-zygomatic craniotomy, in Asian J Neurosurg, vol. 10, n. 3, 2015, pp. 250-252
3. Brunori, A.; Bruni, P.; Greco, R.; Giuffré, R.; Chiappetta, F. (Jun 1995). "Celebrating the centennial (1894-1994): Leonardo Gigli and his wire saw". J. Neurosurg. 82 (6): 1086–90. doi: 10.3171/jns.1995.82.6.1086 . PMID   7760186.
4. "It's a trap! All of the goriest 'Saw' horror devices, ranked (including new 'Saw X' movie)". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2023-10-22.