Maryland dissector
A long-shafted (typically 5 mm) laparoscopic forceps with fine, curved, tapered jaws that open in a narrow plane to slide between tissue planes.
How it is used
Used for blunt dissection and precise grasping of tissue and fine vascular structures during laparoscopic procedures such as cholecystectomy, appendectomy or hysterectomy; often available in a bipolar version to coagulate while dissecting.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-02.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.