| Everyone who's watched television shows like ER | | | | The scissors are actually designed for different types |
| which are based in emergency room situations, are | | | | of cuts or as an extension of the surgeon's finger tips. |
| well aware of what metzenbaum scissors look like | | | | This gives the surgeon a safer way to perform his or |
| and what they are used for, but you may not | | | | her cuts, not to mention certain types of surgery |
| recognize the name at all. This is essentially a long | | | | wouldn't be possible without the use of this miraculous |
| tailed version of a scissors but designed with more | | | | yet simple tool. |
| precision for operating, stitching sutures, and even for | | | | Doctors are well aware of the importance of |
| clamping things in place. This tool is essential in any | | | | maintaining these tools and keeping them free from |
| medical operating facility, be it an ER (emergency | | | | corrosion. The smallest wear can be detrimental to the |
| room) unit or plastic surgery. These tools have been | | | | effectiveness of the tool. The tiniest corrosion or even |
| around for a very long time and are not positioned to | | | | rust or the like, can become very dangerous to the |
| be replaced anytime soon, in fact they are often | | | | patient they are used on. Infections can ensue and a |
| accompanied by new tools not replaced by them. | | | | variety of problems can follow. Doctors can take good |
| Although at first you may see only one type of | | | | care of their instruments and maintain them for many |
| metzenbaum scissors perceptively, the reality is that | | | | years but depending on the amount of use the tools |
| there are several on the tray that accompanies the | | | | get, replacement can be as soon as several months, |
| doctors operating table. They come in various sizes, | | | | or several years. There are strict safety rules |
| and even shapes, granted they look alike to the | | | | surrounding all use of medical equipment and |
| untrained eye, they are all very different, and have | | | | metzenbaum scissors are no exception. Tools are |
| different uses. If you've ever noticed a doctor | | | | cleaned, sterilized, and maintained after each use and |
| operating will often change surgical tools quite often. | | | | stringent precautions are taken each and every time. |