Whats the best way to hold a Scalpel during Surgery?
- 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.