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Surgical scissors designed to cut tissue from the rectum. These scissors are typically handheld, manual instruments with two metallic (e.g., stainless steel) straight, curved, or bayonet-shaped blades with sharp tips that slide past each other (i.e., shearing action) and a long shank. The blades are attached to handles with the proximal end conformed as a ring to facilitate holding and operating with the fingers; both parts are joined by a swivel pin in the center. Rectal scissors are used in surgical procedures of the rectum and anal canal.
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