Surgical Education Learners Forum/Instrument/Scissors, straight Metzenbaum

Also called: straight Metz scissors; straight Metzenbaum dissecting scissors; Straight Metzenbaum scissors

Alternatives: curved Metzenbaum scissors; McIndoe scissors

Used for: Dissects and cuts delicate soft tissue. More commonly used in a curved configuration. Should be reserved for finer dissection than, for instance, that done with Mayo scissors.

Straight Metzenbaum scissors

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