Stevens Operating Scissors T/C Insert 11 cm Str

Stevens Operating Scissors T/C Insert 11 cm Str

The Stevens Operating Scissors T/C Insert 11 cm Str. measures 11 cm in total length and carries narrow straight blades running in full axial alignment with the instrument shaft, no curvature at any point along the blade length. Both blade tips are sharp-pointed, forming a sharp/sharp tip configuration that allows the surgeon to pierce tissue at entry before spreading or cutting along the target plane. The blades carry a tungsten carbide insert coating across the cutting edges, and one blade runs a micro-serrated face while the opposing blade remains smooth. Gold-colored finger rings identify this instrument on the sterile tray as a TC-fitted instrument at a glance.

The straight blade geometry keeps the cutting path direct and flat, the natural choice for working on superficial tissue layers where a curved blade would drive the tips deeper than the operative plane requires. Stevens Scissor straight 11.5 TC Tip instruments cut skin, conjunctival membrane, fine fascia, and suture material along straight-line dissection paths without deflecting into underlying structures.

Stevens Tenotomy Scissors, Sharp/Sharp, Straight, 11cm instruments are used by ophthalmic surgeons during anterior segment procedures to dissect conjunctival tissue along the limbus before placing stay sutures or performing trabeculectomy flap work. Strabismus surgeons use the straight configuration when hooking and isolating extraocular muscles at their insertion points, where a flat dissection approach keeps the blade away from the globe surface. The Stevens Operating Scissors T/C Insert 11 cm Str. also serves plastic surgeons during superficial eyelid tissue separation in blepharoplasty when the dissection plane runs parallel to the skin surface.

Surgical instrument coordinators who have standardized on Leader Surgical report fewer tray discrepancies, every instrument matches its specification card, the TC coating holds, and the blade alignment stays true across the instrument’s full service life.

In which surgical procedures are these scissors primarily used?
They are highly specialized for fine tissue dissection in procedures involving tight, constrained cavities. Common applications include ophthalmic (eye) surgery, neurosurgery, plastic surgery (specifically rhinoplasty), and hand surgery.