surgical scissors
Sterile cutting instrument
Surgical scissors are scissors designed for cutting tissue, sutures, or bandages during medical procedures.
They come in various shapes—curved or straight, blunt or sharp-tipped—each suited to specific tasks like dissecting tissue or snipping stitches.
The surgeon reached for the surgical scissors to cut the suture.
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- MayoRenowned medical center
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
- suturesMedical wound closures
suture removal · sharp · sharp tip · retractors · dissection · clamps · hemostats · stainless steel · shears · point · straight · snip · fenestrated · cut · sterile · sterile field · operating · instrument
intended use/application
surgical scissorssafety scissors
Blunt-tipped cutting tool
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