Resection knife

Resection knife Brief definition: A resection knife is a surgical instrument that is used to create incisions in body tissues and to perform organ-preserving resections (removal of parts of organs). This knife has a sharp, beveled tip that allows you to easily cut through tissue without much bleeding. The resection knife is one of the most common surgical instruments.

***Description:***

**Resection knife** is a surgical cutting instrument that has a variety of functional meanings and is used in organ resection, in vascular and ophthalmic surgery, and for cutting the oropharyngeal mucosa. Translated from Latin as scalpel. This is due to the fact that previously special knives were used for medical operations, which are now commonly called scalpels. The shape, length and width of the knife blade corresponds to the field of medicine used and depends on the purpose of the instrument. The peculiarity of this element of the surgeon’s hand, as one of the simplest and most important, is that