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]

  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.