Scalpel Handling Techniques in Surgery: The Pencil Grasp
The Pencil Grasp
- Is held much like you hold a pencil when you are writing.
- This is the most precise and delicate grasp
- It is useful when you need to have maximal precision when cutting such as when dissecting through tissue planes, dissecting small structures etc.
- It is useful for cutting sutures.
- A variation is the Modified Pen Grasp, which some people find more comfortable.
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