The invention relates to a surgical retractor fixing device, comprising: (a)a clamp body (16) arranged for removably fixing the surgical retractor fixingdevice (10) to a frameset (93) that extends along a frameset longitudinal axis(L) and that is arranged to be mounted to an operating table, (b) a rotating body(14) attached to the clamp body (16), (c) the rotating body (14) being pivotablearound an axis of rotation (A), (d) the rotating body (14) comprising a fixingelement (32) arranged for fixing a surgical retractor(12) where in that the fixingelement is a releasable one-way fixing element (32).
