Mayo scissors
Sturdy blunt-tipped scissors, straight or curved, with thick blades. Also available in a long version.
How it is used
Cutting resistant tissue: fascia, thick sutures, suture material. The long curved version is used mainly in laparotomy or deep open surgery.
Clinical tip
The curved blade is used for deep tissue; the straight one for superficial tissue and cutting sutures.
Sources
This entry is part of the Instriq catalog, researched and written per specialty from real web research -- never generated or invented without verification -- and reviewed skeptically and independently before publication. How this catalog is written.
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-09-29.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.