Abstract
While the Kelly clamp remains one of the most utilized instruments in a host of surgical procedures, the namesake of this instrument has become unfamiliar to many modern practitioners and trainees. Howard Atwood Kelly was one of the “Big Four” founding professors at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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