Breast retractors hold the surgical pocket open during augmentation and mammoplasty procedures with wide, contoured blades built to retract soft tissue without the crush injury a general retractor would cause. Peak Surgicals supplies nine patterns: Padgett Biggs, Wieder and Marx in stainless steel, from $93.50 to $218.90. Each is CE marked and built under ISO 13485. Compare all nine patterns in the grid below.

Padgett Biggs, Fiber Optic or Standard: Which Retractor?

The Padgett Biggs pattern is the standard mammoplasty retractor across several width and length variants, the fiber optic version adds illumination for deep or dimly lit pockets, and augmentation-specific patterns like the Ferreira are shaped for the implant-pocket approach specifically. Illumination and blade geometry are what separate this range, not size alone.

Padgett Biggs Mammoplasty Retractor 50mm Width 8" Length ($104.50) is the standard sizing most mammoplasty trays default to. Padgett Biggs Mammoplasty Retractor Fiber Optic ($132.00) carries built-in illumination for visibility deep in the pocket where ambient light does not reach. Biggs Mammoplasty Retractors Multiple Sizes ($218.90) covers a fuller size range in one purchase. Padgett Ferreira Breast Augmentation Retractor ($108.90) and Ferriera Style Retractor ($108.90) are shaped specifically for the augmentation approach. Breast Retractor Double Ended ($148.50), Wieder Breast and Facial Retractor ($104.50) and Marx Breast Retractor ($115.50) round out the range for general breast and facial retraction. We supply every pattern at MOQ 1.

Blade Width, Illumination and Pocket Access

Blade width decides how much tissue a retractor holds back per pass, and it's chosen against the incision and pocket size too narrow requires repositioning through the procedure, too wide risks tissue trauma at the pocket margins. The 50mm width common to Padgett Biggs patterns is the sizing most augmentation and mammoplasty procedures default to before stepping to a specialised width.

Fiber optic illumination solves a specific visibility problem: implant pockets and deep mammoplasty dissection planes sit beyond where overhead theatre lighting reaches effectively, and a lit retractor blade keeps the working plane visible without repositioning an external light source mid-procedure. Double-ended patterns, like the Breast Retractor Double Ended, carry two working profiles on one handle useful where a procedure moves between two retraction tasks without a tray change.

Reprocessing, Blade Integrity and Certification

These retractors are forged from stainless steel corrosion-resistant across repeated autoclave cycles, and holding blade contour under the sustained tension retraction applies. On fiber optic patterns, the light-carrying element is the additional inspection point: check the fiber connection and illumination output before each use, since a dimmed or broken fiber defeats the purpose of the design. Blade edges should be smooth and free of burrs that would traumatise tissue under sustained retraction.

Every instrument is Class I, reusable, CE marked and built under ISO 13485 the documentation a hospital supply team verifies before qualifying a vendor. Warranty is one year with return-and-replacement, MOQ is 1 piece, orders over $99 ship free in carton box packing, and OEM marking is available for distributors. For related plastic surgery sets see breast surgery sets; browse all plastic surgery instruments. Talk to us about OEM and volume terms.