Bone scissors

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A bone scissors is a long, powerful surgical instrument for cutting bone tissue . It is mainly used in thoracic surgery to cut through ribs . Typical designs are the Gluck rib scissors and the Stille-Giertz.

literature

  • Joanna Kotcher Fuller: Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice . Elsevier Health Sciences, 6th edition 2014, ISBN 978-0-323-29233-7 , p. 235.