A surgical wound retractor including two diverging branches made up of a stationary part and a movable working part hinged thereto. The working parts of both branches have one common guide which embraces them and is rigidly secured on central rods installed on the stationary parts of the branches, while a movable rod disposed between the stationary parts of the branches has one end connected to the diverging device and the other end to the drive of the diverging device.
